Feb 18, 2020

During liver development bipotent progenitor cells differentiate into hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells (BECs) to ensure a functional liver required to maintain organismal homeostasis. The deve...

Feb 18, 2020

The purpose of the work was to assess changes in chemerin and irisin levels in women with diagnosed intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnant women treated with ursodeoxycholic acid. The study group consis...

Feb 18, 2020

To characterize the evaluation, treatment, and insurance coverage among couples with male factor infertility in the US.A cohort of 969 couples undergoing fertility treatment with a diagnosis of male f...

Feb 18, 2020

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease which is associated with aberrant chemokine expression. We have established a three-dimensional (3D) floating collagen gel culture of human endometrioti...

Feb 18, 2020

The therapy of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is based on synthetic hormones associated with lifestyle changes, but these therapies cannot be taken continuously, especially by women who would like t...

Feb 18, 2020

Male hypogonadism is associated with higher risk of co-morbidity and premature mortality. It is therefore of utmost importance to identify young men, who are at highest risk of testosterone deficiency...

Feb 18, 2020

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and preeclampsia are leading causes of mortality and morbidity in mothers and children. High childhood body mass index (BMI) is among their myriad of negative outco...

Feb 18, 2020

POCT urinalysis (UA) and urine pregnancy tests (UPT) are routinely performed in obstetrics and gynecology (Ob/Gyn) clinics by dipstick and pregnancy test kit methods respectively. In this study, we co...

Feb 18, 2020

Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is high acuity, low occurrence event. It involves the coordination of multiple teams to take care of ultimately two patients. This is further compounded by physiology that ...

Feb 18, 2020

Universal screening for substance use during pregnancy, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is recommended by ACOG and the USPSTF. Here we present the implementation of SBIRT into th...

Feb 18, 2020

The lack of knowledge from healthcare providers regarding fertility preservation will certainly affect the patient's knowledge, attitude, behavior, and also perspective. Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/...

Feb 18, 2020

Although short- and medium-term outcomes after liver transplantation for alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) are generally excellent and similar to outcomes for transplantation for other indications,...

Feb 18, 2020

The incidence of chronic disease is elevated in women after menopause. Increased expression of ESR1 (the gene that encodes the estrogen receptor alpha, ERα) in muscle is highly associated with metabo...

Feb 18, 2020

The intrauterine and early life environments have been linked to the etiology of breast cancer in prior studies. We prospectively examined whether maternal and newborn anthropometric factors as report...

Feb 18, 2020

To assess the effect of patient's sex on response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with clinically nonmetastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).Complete pathologic response, define...

Feb 18, 2020

Hormone therapy continues to be a favourable option in the management of menopausal symptomatology, but the associated risk-benefit ratios with respect to neurodegenerative diseases remain controversi...

Feb 17, 2020

The introduction of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has revolutionized hepatitis C treatment. Short courses of treatment with these drugs are highly beneficial to patients, eliminating the hepatitis C...

Feb 17, 2020

HCC incidence has been continuously rising in the US for the past 30 years. To understand the increase in HCC risk, we conducted a case-control study in Connecticut, New Jersey and part of New York C...

Feb 17, 2020

Diagnosis and timely treatment of neonatal jaundice and prevention of dangerous side effects of pathologic neonatal jaundice remain a serious debate. The first step in prevention of jaundice is the id...

Feb 17, 2020

Epigenetic age indices are markers of biological aging determined from DNA methylation patterns. Accelerated epigenetic age predicts morbidity and mortality. Women tend to demonstrate slower blood epi...