Abstract Silica particles cause silicosis (SIL) and represent one of the most typical environmental and occupational substances that induce autoimmune disorders among the exposed population. Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), anti-Sjögren’s-syndrome-related antigen A (SS-A), anti-centromere protein B (CENP)-B, and anti-scleroderma (Scl)-70 autoantibodies were examined in SIL and compared with those in healthy volunteers (HV) and patients with [...]

Abstract Fetal intervention has progressed in the past two decades from experimental proof-of-concept to practice-adopted, life saving interventions in human fetuses with congenital anomalies. This progress is informed by advances in innovative research, prenatal diagnosis, and fetal surgical techniques. Invasive open hysterotomy, associated with notable maternal-fetal risks, is steadily replaced by less invasive fetoscopic alternatives. A [...]

George Santayana wrote “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic has revealed many failures in different countries and systems that have combined to yield lethal consequences. Such failures, as well as actions in ongoing responses, contain elements that many members of the Society for Risk Analysis [...]

Abstract Background Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and comorbid asthma have more severe disease and are difficult to treat. However, the molecular endotypes associated with CRSwNP with comorbid asthma (CRSwNP + AS) are not clear. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of type 2 inflammation and the molecular signatures associated with CRSwNP + AS.   [...]

The novel coronavirus has been compared to the flu almost from the moment it emerged in late 2019. They share a variety of symptoms, and in many cases, an influenza test is part of the process for diagnosing COVID-19. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are now developing a new sensor that can tell [...]

The researchers published their findings in the European Journal of Pain, providing the first scientific evidence that microdosing can be applied medical cannabis solution. Israeli pharma-tech company Syqe Medical recently conducted a clinical trial in which they found evidence that inhaling “extremely low and precise doses” of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the principal psychoactive component in cannabis [...]

Chicago public health legend and retired physician Linda Rae Murray, MD, discusses systemic racism and the pandemic’s disproportionate effect among African Americans and other people of color with JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi. Dr Murray is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and [...]

Bookmark is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a wide variety of themes. Our hope is for readers to find new depths and perspectives on the issues we explore here. Two nearly identically equipped and crewed cruise liners with similar passenger [...]

Bookmark is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a wide variety of themes. Our hope is for readers to find new depths and perspectives on the issues we explore here. The Grand Princess (GP) sailed from San Francisco for Mexico on February 11, [...]

Advice on playdates, social distancing, and healthy behaviors to help prevent infection Children’s lives have been turned upside down by this pandemic. Between schools being closed and playdates being cancelled, children’s routines are anything but routine. Kids also have questions about coronavirus, and benefit from age-appropriate answers that don’t fuel the flame of anxiety. It [...]