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2% vs. 72.0%, p less then 0.001) and achieve functional independence (74.2% vs. 36.8%, p less then 0.001). NIHSS before EVT, complete recanalization, white blood cell counts and general anesthetics were significant factors associated with ENI. A one-unit higher NIHSS and complete recanalization were associated with 1.04 (95% CI 1.01-1.08) and 2.71 (95% CI 1.14-6.45) times higher odds of achieving ENI, respectively. In conclusion, in patients with acute BAO, ENI within 24 hours after EVT can predict favorable outcomes at 90 day. Patients with higher NIHSS, lower white blood cell counts before surgery, without general anesthetics and patients with complete recanalization were more likely to achieve ENIs.Evidence of a possible association between religion and health in secular societies is sparse. We therefore conducted a nationwide study using data from 1596 Danes aged 50 + who participated in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) wave 1 (2004-2005) and were followed up between 2006 and 2015, to investigate the association between religiousness and health including a lifestyle index. Results from the longitudinal models adjusted for age and gender showed that being religiously educated by parents, taking part in a religious organization, and praying were factors associated with fewer risk factors of unhealthy lifestyle. Furthermore, being religiously educated was associated with lower odds of self-rated poor health and depressive symptoms. Results were overall consistent across the cross-sectional and longitudinal models and persisted after further adjustment for education and marital status. TNG908 molecular weight These findings provide support for a positive relationship between religiousness and health among Danes, particularly for those being religiously educated by their parents.Religion, science and government have been institutions throughout the ages that have helped us deal with fears and threats like SARS-CoV-2. However, reliance on any one of these institutions exclusively has limitations and therefore are sources of disappointments. The SARS-CoV-2 is a reminder that we can and need to blend these seemingly divergent views of science, religion and government. Each of these institutions provides ways to cope with this worldwide pandemic but they can exercise a much greater impact if they operate in unison for the common good and well-being of all.The current outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is a critical moment in time for institutional religion in the USA and throughout the world. Individual clergy and congregations, across faith traditions, have been sources of misinformation and disinformation, promoting messages and actions that engender fear, animosity toward others, and unnecessary risk-taking. But there is a positive role for religion and faith-based institutions here, and many examples of leaders and organizations stepping up to contribute to the collective recovery. Personal faith and spirituality may be a source of host resistance and resilience. Religiously sponsored medical care institutions are vital to health care response efforts. Ministries and faith-based organizations are source of religious health assets that can help to meet community-wide needs. There is a pastoral role for clergy and laypeople who are instrumental in providing comfort and strength to the suffering and fearful in our midst. The outbreak presents an ethical challenge to all of us to step outside of our own preoccupations and to be present and of service for others. This includes having the courage to represent the highest values of our faith in speaking out against religiously motivated foolishness and hatred and in calling for political and public health leaders to be truthful and transparent in their messages to us.Tragically, a majority of people with mental illness never seek treatment; however, people may be more likely to seek help from religious clergy than from mental health professionals. In the current study, 25 Protestant seminary students were interviewed. The majority of students considered there to be biological, spiritual, and environmental causes of mental illness and favored psychological, medication, or spiritual treatments. Some participants reported stigma of mental illness, including avoidance and "dangerous" stereotypes. Religious clergy are frontline mental health providers, and their attitudes about mental illness are critical in reducing stigma and increasing treatment seeking among people with mental illness.It is widely accepted that socioeconomic status (SES) is a fundamental cause of health inequality. There is evidence, however, that race is also a fundamental cause of disparities in health. Based on this idea, the weathering hypothesis developed by Geronimus and her colleagues views the elevated rates of illness and disability seen among Black Americans as a physiological response to the structural barriers, daily slights, and other threats to identity that comprise the Black experience. The current study tests the weathering hypothesis using chronic inflammation as an indicator of biological weathering. Specifically, we examine the extent to which persistent exposure to racial discrimination predicts elevated inflammation and, in turn, diagnosed chronic illness, after taking into account SES and several control variables. This mediation model was tested using zero-inflated Poisson path modeling with five waves of data collected from 391 African American women participating in the Family and Community Health Study (FACHS). A 13-item index was used to assess exposure to racial discrimination across 8 years. ELISA blood assays of seven cytokines central to the inflammatory response were used to construct an inflammatory index. Respondents reported their diagnosed chronic diseases. Consonant with the weathering hypothesis, persistent exposure to discrimination predicted inflammation which, in turn, predicted number of chronic diseases. This indirect effect was statistically significant. SES predicted having a chronic disease and the various controls showed no effect. The findings support the idea that race, like SES, is a fundamental cause of health inequalities.