The effects of private equity acquisitions of US hospitals on the clinical quality of inpatient care and patient outcomes remain largely unknown.Objective To examine changes in hospital-acquired adverse events and hospitalization outcomes associated with private equity acquisitions of US hospitals.Design, Setting, and Participants Data from 100% Medicare Part A claims for 662 095 hospitalizations at 51 private equity–acquired… Continue reading Changes in #Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With #Private Equity Acquisition
Multi-site #microbiota alteration is a hallmark of kidney #stone formation
Inquiry of microbiota involvement in kidney stone disease (KSD) has largely focussed on potential oxalate handling abilities by gut bacteria and the increased association with antibiotic exposure. By systematically comparing the gut, urinary, and oral microbiota of 83 stone formers (SF) and 30 healthy controls (HC), we provide a unified assessment of the bacterial contribution… Continue reading Multi-site #microbiota alteration is a hallmark of kidney #stone formation
Abstract 13719: Minimal and Delayed Age-Related Increase of Arterial #Stiffness Among Tsimane Forager-Horticulturalists
Background: Tsimane forager-farmers of the Bolivian Amazon exhibit a distinct trajectory of vascular aging, characterized by low age-related increases in BP, the lowest levels of coronary calcification ever reported, and robust VO2 max. However, the prevalence of arterial stiffness (ArSt) in this population and its association with age and other cardiovascular risk factors are unknown.Methods: Large artery elasticity… Continue reading Abstract 13719: Minimal and Delayed Age-Related Increase of Arterial #Stiffness Among Tsimane Forager-Horticulturalists
Clinically apparent #Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of incident #Alzheimer’s disease: A population-based nested case-control study
INTRODUCTIONOur population-based study assessed whether clinically apparent Helicobacter pylori infection (CAHPI) is associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD).METHODSWe assembled a population-based cohort of all dementia-free subjects in the United Kingdom's Clinical Practice Research Datalink (UK CPRD), aged ≥50 years (1988–2017). Using a nested case-control approach, we matched each newly developed case of AD with 40… Continue reading Clinically apparent #Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of incident #Alzheimer’s disease: A population-based nested case-control study
Enhanced SREBP2-driven #cholesterol biosynthesis by PKCλ/ι deficiency in intestinal epithelial cells promotes aggressive serrated tumorigenesis
The metabolic and signaling pathways regulating aggressive mesenchymal colorectal cancer (CRC) initiation and progression through the serrated route are largely unknown. Although relatively well characterized as BRAF mutant cancers, their poor response to current targeted therapy, difficult preneoplastic detection, and challenging endoscopic resection make the identification of their metabolic requirements a priority. Here, we demonstrate… Continue reading Enhanced SREBP2-driven #cholesterol biosynthesis by PKCλ/ι deficiency in intestinal epithelial cells promotes aggressive serrated tumorigenesis
#Walking speed and the risk of type 2 #diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To investigate the association between walking speed and the risk of type 2 diabetes.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, Scopus, CENTRAL and Web of Science to 30 May 2023.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies We included cohort studies that explored the association between walking speed and the risk of type 2 diabetes in adults. We used random-effects meta-analyses… Continue reading #Walking speed and the risk of type 2 #diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Neurophysiological and behavioral synchronization in group-living and #sleeping mice
Social interactions profoundly influence animal development, physiology, and behavior. Yet, how sleep—a central behavioral and neurophysiological process—is modulated by social interactions is poorly understood. Here, we characterized sleep behavior and neurophysiology in freely moving and co-living mice under different social conditions. We utilized wireless neurophysiological devices to simultaneously record multiple individuals within a group for 24 h, alongside video acquisition. We… Continue reading Neurophysiological and behavioral synchronization in group-living and #sleeping mice
Cortical reactivations predict future sensory responses
Many theories of offline memory consolidation posit that the pattern of neurons activated during a salient sensory experience will be faithfully reactivated, thereby stabilizing the pattern1,2. However, sensory-evoked patterns are not stable but, instead, drift across repeated experiences3,4,5,6. Here, to investigate the relationship between reactivations and the drift of sensory representations, we imaged the calcium… Continue reading Cortical reactivations predict future sensory responses
Dietary #circadian rhythms and #cardiovascular disease risk in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort
Dietary circadian rhythms and #cardiovascular disease risk in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohortDaily eating/fasting cycles synchronise circadian peripheral clocks, involved in the regulation of the cardiovascular system. However, the associations of daily meal and fasting timing with cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence remain unclear. We used data from 103,389 adults in the NutriNet-Santé study. Meal timing and… Continue reading Dietary #circadian rhythms and #cardiovascular disease risk in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort
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