Most participants were opposed to any deferral period in relation to MSM-specific sexual activity. A fair and safe policy was one that was the “same for everyone” and included screening for several risk factors during the blood donation process with no categorical exclusion of all sexually activ...
Second, the sample size was not powered for the presented research question, and data were not distributed equally due to the standard practice of blood banks to transfuse older pRBCs first. This explains the underrepresentation of fresh blood in this trial. Third, variability of measurements was...
select article 343 - Evaluating GVHD Outcomes Using Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide/Tacrolimus/Mycophenolate Mofetil As GVHD Prophylaxis Compared with Methotrexate/Tacrolimus in Matched-Related and Matched-Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Relation to the Haplo-Identical Setting: A Single Center ...
Whether to use butter or margarine has been an ongoing question since margarine was first introduced into US markets in the 1800s. Even then there were color bans and issues about margarine labeling. The decision about which spread to use in baking, cooking and spreading is many-sided. It is...
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.6431 Key Points Question Are hypertension and blood pressure change in early adulthood associated with late-life brain health, and is there variation by sex? Findings In this cohort study of 427 adults 50 years and older, hypertension and increasing blood pressure ...
Medications were characterized by the question: “Do you regularly take any of the following medications?”.Current tobacco smokers were defined as participants who responded “yes, on most or all days” at the question “do you smoke tobacco now”. CV diseases were defined by heart attack, ...
The question is whether the fly could discern a vessel on the basis of the vessel-specific double T-gradient. Tabanid-preference of black stripes on the sunlit half of the grey barrel In our field experiment, host-seeking female tabanids landed on the black-striped grey barrel. Some of ...
Moffitt, PhD JAMA Key Points Question Is childhood lead exposure associated with cognitive and socioeconomic outcomes in adults in a country where the degree of childhood lead exposure was not related to socioeconomic status? Findings In 565 New Zealanders observed for 4 decades, lead exposure in ...
Those who did not respond to the question “Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had hypertension, also called high blood pressure?” were also excluded. Venous blood was obtained to measure blood lead level. Blood samples were stored at − 20 °C ...
Future studies could perhaps focus on genetic and environmental factors to answer this important question. CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflict of interest. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Burnie Take Heart project was funded by grants from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, ...