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Households with diabetes spent a relatively higher monetary value on several unhealthy foods and less on several healthy groceries compared to households without diabetes. There is a need for more diabetes self-management education focused on including more healthy dietary choices in their household grocery purchases.

Households with diabetes spent a relatively higher monetary value on several unhealthy foods and less on several healthy groceries compared to households without diabetes. There is a need for more diabetes self-management education focused on including more healthy dietary choices in their household grocery purchases.

To investigate the effects of problematizing intervention in the treatment of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

A randomized clinical trial was conducted in 41 patients ages 18 to 64 with type 2 diabetes who were treated with insulin and had glycosylated hemoglobin greater than 7.0%. The mean age of participants was 55.9 (SD = 5.49). A high percentage of patients had comorbidities such as hypertension (92.7%), dyslipidemia (68.3%), overweight (95%), retinopathy (41%), and neuropathy (39%). The patients in the intervention group participated in 6 educational groups using problematization methodology, whereas the patients in the control group attended only routine consultations. Sociodemographic, clinical, behavioral, and lifestyle variables were assessed.

After 6 months of follow-up, no statistically significant difference in glycemic control and anthropometric parameters was observed between participants in either study group. The intervention group showed an increase in knowledge about the disease, and an improvement in total cholesterol and uric acid levels.

The use of a problematizing intervention provided an improvement in behavioral as well as specific clinical parameters, compared to routine diabetes care. However, longer follow-up time for these patients could bring benefits regarding glycemic control.

The use of a problematizing intervention provided an improvement in behavioral as well as specific clinical parameters, compared to routine diabetes care. However, longer follow-up time for these patients could bring benefits regarding glycemic control.

Correlational models suggest increased cardiometabolic risk when sleep replaces moderate-to-vigorous (but not sedentary or light) physical activity. This study tested which activity ranges are impacted by experimentally altering adolescents' bedtime.

Adolescents completed a 3-week within-subjects crossover experiment with 5 nights of late bedtimes and 5 nights early bedtimes (6.5- and 9.5-hours sleep opportunity, respectively). Experimental condition order was randomized. Waketimes were held constant throughout to mimic school start times. Sleep and physical activity occurred in the natural environments, with lab appointments following each 5-day condition. Waist-worn accelerometers measured physical activity and sedentary behavior. Wrist-worn actigraphs confirmed sleep condition adherence. Wilcoxon tests and linear mixed effects models compared waking activity levels between conditions and across time.

Ninety healthy adolescents (14-17 years) completed the study. When in the early (vs. late) bedtime coatively, later bedtimes (allowing for ≤ 6.5 hours of sleep opportunity, mimicking common adolescent school night sleep) increased sedentary behavior. Results are reassuring for the benefits of earlier bedtimes.Chagas disease is a disease that is emerging in North America and Europe countries. Benznidazole is the main drug available, but it has high toxicity and low efficacy in the chronic phase. In this way, researching new antichagasic agents is necessary. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of novel chalcones and the influence of chlorine substitutions on Trypanosoma cruzi and host cells. Unsubstituted (1), 4-chlorine substituted (2) and 2,4-chlorine substituted (3) chalcones were synthesized by Claisen-Schmidt condensation, characterized, and electrical distribution was assessed by Density Fuctional Theory (DFT). The host cells toxicity (LLC-MK2) was performed by 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide (MTT) reduction assay. The effect on epimastigote (24, 48 and 72h), trypomastigote (24h) and amastigotes (24 h) was evaluated. Marimastat research buy Flow cytometry assays were performed with 7-Aminoactinomycin D (7-AAD) and Annexin-PE, Dichlorofluorescein diaceteate (DCFH-DA) and Rhodamine123 (Rho123). Finally, molecular docking predicted interactions between chalcones and cruzain (TcCr) and trypanothione reductase (TcTR). The toxicity on host cells was reduced almost twenty times on chlorine substituted molecules. On epimastigote and trypomastigote forms, all substances presented similar effects. After treatment with molecule 3, it was observed a decrease in infected cells and intracellular amastigotes. Their effect is related to necrotic events, increase of cytoplasmic Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and mitochondrial dysfunction. Also, this effect might be associated with involvement of TcCr and TcTR enzymes. Therefore, the results showed that chlorine substitution on chalcones reduces the host cell's toxicity without compromising the effect on Trypanosoma cruzi Y strain forms, and it occurs over membrane damage, oxidative stress and possible interactions with TcCr and TcTR.

Requests from the emergency department (ED) for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) checks constitute a large workload for cardiac electrophysiology services. We sought to determine the yield of, and clinical characteristics associated with, clinically relevant (remarkable) issues from ED CIED checks.

Consecutive CIED checks from our ED over a 12-month period were studied. A remarkable issue (RI) was defined as arrhythmia relating to the presentation or device/lead issue requiring reprogramming or intervention. The association between the presenting complaint and an RI was assessed using regression analysis. Multivariable regression model was used to identify pre-specified patient-level characteristics that were predictive of a RI.

A RI was found in 28% (n=98) of 354 ED CIED checks for 306 patients (76±16 yrs, 59% male). Most patients had no RI (n=224, 73%). One third of checks occurred after-hours and these had a higher yield of RIs than those during routine clinic hours (35% vs 23%, p=0.018). Presenting with a perceived ICD shock was predictive of a RI (odds ratio [OR] 6.0, 95% CI=1.8-20.0). Syncope/presyncope was five-fold less likely to be predictive of a RI (OR 0.19, 95% CI=0.13-0.28) despite being the most common indication for CIED check (51%, n=180 checks). Only history of AF was predictive of RI while advancing age was predictive of not finding a RI.

Almost three-quarters of ED CIED checks did not yield any RI. Patient-reported ICD shock and history of AF were predictive of RI, while syncope/presyncope was not. New models of care especially during after-hours, may help to reduce the burden on cardiac electrophysiology services and health care costs.

Almost three-quarters of ED CIED checks did not yield any RI. Patient-reported ICD shock and history of AF were predictive of RI, while syncope/presyncope was not. New models of care especially during after-hours, may help to reduce the burden on cardiac electrophysiology services and health care costs.

During abdominal Computed Tomography (CT) studies, vicinity organs receive a dose from scatter radiation. The thyroid is considered an organ at greater risk due to high radiosensitivity.

The primary objective of this study was to determine the entrances surface dose (ESD) to the thyroid during abdominal CT studies and to evaluate the efficiency of dose reduction by lead shielding. The calibrated thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD) chips were used to measure the ESD during 180 contrast-enhanced (CE) and non-contrast-enhanced (NC) abdominal CT studies in the presence and absence of lead shielding.

Thyroid shielding reduces the ESD by 72.3% (0.55mGy), 86.5% (2.95mGy) and 64.0% (2.24mGy) during NC, 3-phase and 4-phase abdominal CT scans. Also, the patient height was identified as a parameter that inversely influenced the thyroid dose, proving that the taller patients receive less dose to the thyroid. Regardless, the scan parameters such as time and display field of view (DFOV) positively impact the thyroid dose.

Lead shielding can prevent the external scatter reaching the thyroid region by 64%-87% during the non-vicinity scans such as abdomen CT. However, the actual dose saving lies between 0.2% and 0.4%, compared to the total effective dose of the whole CT procedure.

The thyroid shield can effectively reduce external scatter radiation during abdominal CT procedures. However, the dose saving is insignificant compared to the total effective dose from the whole examination. Therefore, the use of thyroid shielding should be carefully evaluated during CT abdomen procedures.

The thyroid shield can effectively reduce external scatter radiation during abdominal CT procedures. However, the dose saving is insignificant compared to the total effective dose from the whole examination. Therefore, the use of thyroid shielding should be carefully evaluated during CT abdomen procedures.

The relationship between ways of coping and health outcomes has been a focus of interest for decades. There is increasing recognition that positive psychological functioning can influence health outcomes beneficially. This work investigated the role of coping in predicting survival in CF.

A longitudinal observational cohort study with a 20-year follow-up period was undertaken. At entry to the study, demographic and clinical variables were recorded, and ways of coping were assessed using the Cystic Fibrosis Coping Scale which measures four distinct ways of coping optimism, hopefulness, distraction and avoidance. Survival outcome was measured as time in days from the date of recruitment to exit from the study, where exit was either death, loss to follow-up or the end of the follow-up period.

Survival time was modelled using Cox's proportional hazards model. At baseline, 116 people with CF were recruited. By the census date, 54 people had died (14 men had died during 248,565 person-days of observation and 40 women had died during 358,372 person-days of observation). Optimism was the only way of coping that showed any beneficial effect on survival (RR=0.984, p=0.040) after adjustments for age, gender, ppFEV

and the three other coping variables measured at baseline.

This work suggests that optimistic coping serves as a prognostic measure of survival in CF beyond key clinical and demographic variables. Ways of coping are modifiable, providing a target for clinical intervention; to improve quality of life and clinical outcomes and potentially increase longevity.

This work suggests that optimistic coping serves as a prognostic measure of survival in CF beyond key clinical and demographic variables. Ways of coping are modifiable, providing a target for clinical intervention; to improve quality of life and clinical outcomes and potentially increase longevity.Data regarding immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are limited. We prospectively measured total (TAbs-RBD; U/ml) and neutralizing (NAbs-RBD; %) antibodies of SARS-CoV-2 spike-receptor binding domain (RBD) protein in 33 CF patients and 66 healthy controls with median age (IQR) 19.6 (17.6-24.3) years and 31 (29-36) years, respectively and investigated possible associations with epidemiological and clinical parameters. Compared to healthy controls, CF patients had higher levels of TAbs-RBD and NAbs-RBD after both doses (P-value less then 0.001). One month after the second dose, CF patients and controls had TAbs-RBD median (IQR) 3396 (2443) and 1452 (1231) U/ml, respectively. Similarly, the NAbs-RBD (%) were 97.30 (1.00) and 95.70 (3.71) %, respectively. CF patients also had fewer local and systemic adverse events (AEs) (P-value less then 0.001). Among CF patients, no significant differences in immunogenicity were detected regarding the phenotype, genotype, medications, or severity of the disease.