Purpose Harassment and discrimination include a wide range of behaviors that medical
trainees perceive as being humiliating, hostile, or abusive. To understand the significance of …

Background Acute pancreatitis creates a catabolic stress state promoting a systemic inflammatory
response and nutritional deterioration. Adequate supply of nutrients plays an important …

Nitric oxide (NO) has been suggested to be a pathophysiological modulator of cell proliferation,
cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. In this context, NO can exert opposite effects under …

Background: SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) inhibitors lower cardiovascular events
in type 2 diabetes mellitus but whether they promote direct cardiac effects remains unknown…

Background—Adropin is a recently identified protein that has been implicated in the maintenance
of energy homeostasis and insulin resistance. Because vascular function and insulin …

The endothelium plays a central role in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. One of
the main effectors of endothelial dysfunction is ANG II, and pharmacological approaches to …

Background— MicroRNA are essential posttranscriptional modulators of gene expression
implicated in various chronic diseases. Because microRNA-145 is highly expressed in …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Since most gynecologists use the Veres/trocar entry, and because
the Veres intraperitoneal (VIP) pressure appears to be the most reliable indicator of correct …

Methods Using hospital discharge abstracts of patients with acute appendicitis from all acute
care hospitals in Ontario for the fiscal years 1991–1998 coded for the Canadian Institute for …

Altered macrophage kinetics is a pivotal mechanism of visceral obesity-induced inflammation
and cardiometabolic risk. Because monocytes can differentiate into either proatherogenic …