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HDL-cholesterol concentration and its association with coronary artery calcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abedi F, Sadeghi M, Omidkhoda N, Kelesidis T, Ramezani J, Samadi S, Mohammadpour AH. HDL-cholesterol concentration and its association with coronary artery calcification: a systematic[...]

By sjmartinez • May 10, 2023
Longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in the LA-SPARTA cohort reveals increased risk of infection in vaccinated Hispanic participants

Jenkins MM, Phan Tran D, Flores EA, Kupferwasser D, Pickering H, Zheng Y, Gjertson DW, Ross TM, Schaenman JM, Miller LG, Yeaman MR, Reed EF.[...]

By sjmartinez • May 8, 2023
Year 2. May 8. Our Residents: Achieving and Recharging.

Each day, I receive a report of the inpatient medicine hospital census at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. For[...]

By sjmartinez • May 8, 2023
The PEST (Pathology, Epidemiology, Severity, Treatment) approach to optimizing antimicrobial therapy

Davar K, Vijayan T. The PEST (Pathology, Epidemiology, Severity, Treatment) approach to optimizing antimicrobial therapy. BMC Med Educ. 2023 May 6;23(1):316. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04286-1. PMID: 37149569.

By sjmartinez • May 7, 2023
Correlates of prior HIV testing and schistosomiasis treatment: Baseline survey findings from the “creating demand for fishermen’s schistosomiasis HIV services” (FISH) cluster-randomized trial in Mangochi, Malawi

Kangogo G, Conserve DF, Kayuni S, Kumwenda MK, Dovel KL, Chirombo J, MacPherson P, Corbett EL, Butterworth A, Choko AT. Correlates of prior HIV testing[...]

By sjmartinez • May 5, 2023
Strategies to improve antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and early engagement among men in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of interventions in the era of universal treatment

Dovel KL, Hariprasad S, Hubbard J, Cornell M, Phiri K, Choko A, Abbott R, Hoffman R, Nichols B, Gupta S, Long L. Strategies to improve[...]

By sjmartinez • May 3, 2023
A linked physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for hydroxychloroquine and metabolite desethylhydroxychloroquine in SARS-CoV-2(-)/(+) populations

Steinbronn C, Chhonker YS, Stewart J, Leingang H, Heller KB, Krows ML, Paasche-Orlow M, Bershteyn A, Stankiewicz Karita HC, Agrawal V, Laufer M, Landovitz R,[...]

By sjmartinez • April 30, 2023
A Successful National and Multipartner Approach to Increase Immunization Coverage: The Democratic Republic of Congo Mashako Plan 2018-2020

Lame P, Milabyo A, Tangney S, Mbaka GO, Luhata C, Gargasson JL, Mputu C, Hoff NA, Merritt S, Nkamba DM, Sall DS, Otomba JS, Mourid[...]

By sjmartinez • April 29, 2023
Novel Approaches to Postnatal Prophylaxis to Eliminate Vertical Transmission of HIV

Ruel T, Penazzato M, Zech JM, Archary M, Cressey TR, Goga A, Harwell J, Landovitz RJ, Lain MG, Lallemant M, Namusoke-Magongo E, Mukui I, Permar[...]

By sjmartinez • April 29, 2023
Characterizing Symptoms and Identifying Biomarkers of Long COVID in People with and without HIV: Protocol for a Remotely-Conducted Prospective Observational Cohort Study

Marquez NG, Jamal A, Johnston R, Richter EI, Gorbach PM, Vannorsdall TD, Rubin LH, Jennings CL, Landay AL, Peluso MJ, Antar AAR. Characterizing Symptoms and[...]

By sjmartinez • April 28, 2023