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IntroductionLocated 200 km northeast of Quebec City, Canada, the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region http://vicstyles.com/where-can-i-buy-propecia/ is a relatively propecia online without prescription geographically isolated region with approximately 279 000 inhabitants (https://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca). The genetic structure of propecia online without prescription its population is considered to be the product of three successive migration waves corresponding to a triple founder effect (figure 1). (a) the first founder effect took place during the French regime (1608–1760) when approximately 10 000 immigrants settled in the Saint Lawrence valley, in propecia online without prescription the west of the Province of Quebec. They account for the propecia online without prescription major part of the contemporary French-Canadian gene pool1. (b) the second founder effect started at the end of the 17th century, when inhabitants from Quebec city and Côte-de-Beaupré (on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence river) moved to the Charlevoix region where 600 individuals settled between 1675 and 18402.

(c) the third founder effect corresponds to the colonisation of the SLSJ region propecia online without prescription. It started in the 1830's with the arrival of inhabitants coming first mostly from the nearby Charlevoix region, and afterwards from other regions of the Saint Lawrence valley.3 From 1838 to 1911, almost 30 000 individuals migrated to the SLSJ, 70% of them from Charlevoix.4 5 Thus, SLSJ provides a great example of a founder population.Three main migratory events propecia online without prescription contributing to the founder effect in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region. During the 17th and 18th centuries, between 10 000 and 12 000 immigrants, propecia online without prescription mainly from France, settled in the Saint Lawrence Valley (first founder effect). From the end of the 17th century, inhabitants of the Saint-Lawrence Valley, more particularly from Quebec City and the propecia online without prescription Côte-de-Beaupré area, settled in the Charlevoix region (second founder effect). Finally, settlers from Charlevoix moved to the SLSJ region from the 1830s (third founder effect).

They were later followed propecia online without prescription by settlers from other Quebec regions, but they represent the majority of the founders of the SLSJ population." data-icon-position data-hide-link-title="0">Figure 1 Three main migratory events contributing to the founder effect in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region. During the 17th and 18th centuries, between 10 000 and 12 000 immigrants, mainly from France, settled in the Saint Lawrence Valley (first founder propecia online without prescription effect). From the end of propecia online without prescription the 17th century, inhabitants of the Saint-Lawrence Valley, more particularly from Quebec City and the Côte-de-Beaupré area, settled in the Charlevoix region (second founder effect). Finally, settlers from Charlevoix propecia online without prescription moved to the SLSJ region from the 1830s (third founder effect). They were later followed by settlers from other Quebec regions, but they represent the majority of the founders of the SLSJ population.In the last decades, many studies have investigated rare genetic disorders or susceptibility genes showing higher frequency in the SLSJ population.

Altogether, these studies indicate that hereditary disorders in this population follow a specific pattern propecia online without prescription consistent with a founder effect. The ‘founder’ diseases have a higher prevalence explained by a lower genetic variability whereas some others (eg, phenylketonuria) are ua-rare or not reported in the SLSJ population.6–8 Also consistent with the characteristics of settlement history, many reports documented that most of the genetic disorders found in the SLSJ region are also found in Charlevoix.9 As the existing founder effect increases haplotype homozygosity and reduces genetic diversity, many geneticists and physicians worked on the SLSJ population for gene discovery as well as for clinical and epidemiological studies.10–13From a research standpoint, the SLSJ population has also been propecia online without prescription of great interest to demographers and population geneticists. A research programme was developed in the 1980s through the propecia online without prescription use of the complete genealogy of the SLSJ population available in the BALSAC database (https://balsac.uqac.ca/). A major goal of these studies was to understand and explain the role of demographic dynamics and population history in the origin and spread of genetic diseases. Results have propecia online without prescription confirmed the impact of the founder effect and its associated factors, such as drift and remote inbreeding.

These studies have also clearly established that, contrary to a widely held propecia online without prescription belief, consanguineous marriages were similar and even less frequent then in the other regions of the Province of Quebec. Consanguinity therefore cannot explain the observed higher frequency of rare genetic diseases in propecia online without prescription the SLSJ.6 8 14 15A better understanding of the genetic characteristics of these diseases has made it possible to offer genetic counselling for affected patients and their families and free carrier testing screening for the Quebec people with at least one grandparent born in the SLSJ, Charlevoix or Côte-Nord regions (https://www.sante.gouv.qc.ca/tests4maladies). Currently, the carrier test includes four selected diseases with increased incidence in SLSJ (autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS | MIM 270550), agenesis of the corpus callosum with/without peripheral neuropathy (ACCPN | MIM 218000), Leigh syndrome French-Canadian type (LSFC | MIM 220111) and hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (TYRSN1 | MIM 276700).16 The carrier frequency of these diseases is between 1/19 and 1/23 meaning that 20% of the SLSJ inhabitants carry the mutated allele of at least one pathogenic variants causal of these recessive diseases.In this review, we present some of the most frequent hereditary diseases identified in propecia online without prescription SLSJ and published in the literature. PubMed, Google Scholar and other documentary sources were explored using the following key words. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ), Charlevoix, French-Canadian origin, genetic disease, founder mutation and carrier test propecia online without prescription.

When available, updated data are provided (table 1) propecia online without prescription. We describe the estimated frequency, clinical and genetic characteristics, available or emerging treatments and propecia online without prescription potential impacts on public health of these diseases. Finally, we discuss the clinical utility and highlight some issues related to a recently developed multiplex recessive diseases carrier testing programme offered to couples originating from the SLSJ.View this table:Table 1 Inherited disorders in propecia online without prescription Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ)Rare autosomal recessive diseases with higher prevalence in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean populationAutosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS, MIM 270550)Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay is an early-onset neurodegenerative disorder due to progressive degeneration of the spinal cord and the cerebellum.17 ARSACS manifests between 12 and 18 months with early-onset ataxia, and leads to peripheral neuropathy, spasticity, hypermyelination of the retinal nerve fibres, and finger and foot deformities.18 It was first described among a cohort of about 325 French-Canadian patients from 200 families originating from the Charlevoix and SLSJ regions19 where a higher incidence has been observed. The estimation of incidence and carrier frequency were 1/1932 live born infants and 1/22, respectively.19 20 ARSACS was for a long time recognised as a form of early-onset ataxia limited to Quebec, due to a founder effect. However, over time, several studies showed that ARSACS occurs elsewhere in the world, including in Europe and Asia, with significant clinical variability between patients.17 21–24 Pathogenic variants in the gene Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (SACS) were first described propecia online without prescription in French-Canadian patients.25 The product of this gene is a very large cytoplasmic protein, sacsin, with a suggested potential chaperone activity.

Over the years, the number of individuals with ARSACS harbouring pathogenic variants in the SACS gene has rapidly increased worldwide and close to 200 pathogenic variants have been reported.26 27 Two founder mutations propecia online without prescription in the SACS gene have been identified in French-Canadian patients, c.8844del (p.Ile2949fs) and c.7504C>T (p.Arg2502Cys).28 Up to now, there is no effective treatment for ARSACS. Physiotherapy and exercises tailored to ataxia and medications such as baclofen to control spasticity in the early stage of the disease may joint contractures and prevent tendon shortening and, hence, may help postpone functional impairments.29 Urinary urgency and incontinence may be controlled with specific treatments.29 An Ataxia propecia online without prescription Charlevoix-Saguenay Foundation was established in 1972 in Montreal in order to help the management and diagnosis of patients with ARSACS. In SLSJ, the Clinique des maladies neuromusculaires (CMNM) provides specialised adaptation and rehabilitation services to people with neuromuscular diseases such as ARSACS, and support to their families (https://santesaglac.gouv.qc.ca/soins-et-services/deficience-physique/clinique-des-maladies-neuromusculaires/).Agenesis of the corpus callosum and peripheral neuropathy (ACCPN, MIM 218000)Agenesis of the corpus callosum and peripheral neuropathy (Andermann syndrome) is an autosomal recessive motor and sensory neuropathy with agenesis of the corpus callosum. ACCPN manifests with progressive axonal degeneration and peripheral neuropathy leading to absence of deep tendon reflexes, atypical psychosis, mental retardation and growth delay.30 On cerebral imaging, around 67.2% of patients present partial or total propecia online without prescription corpus callosum agenesis.31 The mean age at death is 33 years.32 Children usually begin to walk at a mean age of 3.8 years and lose the ability to walk at a mean age of 13.8 years (Muscular Dystrophy Canada, 2013). The prevalence of this condition in the world is propecia online without prescription very low, as only a few cases have been reported outside Quebec.31 33 In the population of SLSJ, the prevalence is 1/2117 live births, and 1/23 individuals is a carrier of the founder mutation.32 The causal gene is solute carrier family 12 member 6 (SLC12A6) located on chromosome band 15q14.

It encodes propecia online without prescription the potassium-chloride cotransporter 3 (KCC3). Two pathogenic variants have been found in French-Canadians, c.2436delG (p.Thr813Profs) (161/162 propecia online without prescription alleles) and c.1584-1585delCTinsG (Phe529fsX531).30 No treatments are currently available. As the disease progresses, orthoses for upper and lower limbs and physiotherapy are beneficial to prevent contractures. Early developmental/educational propecia online without prescription intervention addresses cognitive delays. Neuroleptics may be used to treat psychiatric manifestations.30Leigh syndrome, French-Canadian type (LSFC, MIM 220111)Leigh syndrome, French-Canadian type or congenital lactic acidosis specific to SLSJ is an autosomal propecia online without prescription recessive form of cytochrome oxidase deficiency (COX, respiratory chain complex IV).

This mitochondrial disease is diagnosed in children aged between 0 and 4 years and is characterised by developmental delay, hypotonia, elevated lactate levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and high mortality in infancy.34 It affects propecia online without prescription 1/40 000 newborns worldwide.10 In SLSJ, this disorder affects 1/2000 births, with a carrier rate of 1/23 individuals.35 A genome-wide linkage-disequilibrium scan carried in 13 families from SLSJ localised the candidate region for the SLSJ cytochrome oxidase deficiency on chromosome 2p16.10 Two years later, the responsible gene was identified as the leucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat containing protein (LRPPRC) gene. It encodes for a mitochondrial and nuclear protein predicted to bind mRNA and thus regulates post-transcriptional propecia online without prescription mechanisms such as RNA stability, RNA modifications or RNA degradation.36 37 The majority of patients from SLSJ carry the homozygous founder mutation c.1061C>T (p.Ala354Val) in LRPPRC.35 To date, there is no treatment for this disease. Patients are encouraged to eat several small meals throughout the day in order to reduce the high-energy demands of digestion. During acute acidotic crises, management involves control of acidosis and provision of life-supporting care.35 In 1991, a patient and family association was established in SLSJ as well as an international multidisciplinary consortium in order to better understand the pathophysiology of this disease and advance the development of diagnosis and treatment.Tyrosinemia type I (TYRSN1, MIM 276700)Tyrosinemia propecia online without prescription type I (hepatorenal tyrosinemia) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disease. It manifests with renal tubulopathy, hypophosphatemic rickets and mild renal Fanconi syndrome, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and acute neurological crises and sometimes paralysis.8 The worldwide prevalence of hereditary tyrosinemia type I is 1/120 000 live births.38 propecia online without prescription However, the prevalence is much higher in SLSJ, where around 1/1846 newborns is affected and 1/20 individuals is a carrier.39 The responsible gene is fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH), located on chromosome 15q23-25 and encoding fumaryl acetoacetate hydrolase (Fah).

Pathogenic variants in this gene lead to a deficiency in Fah, involved in the catabolism of tyrosine.40 This deficiency causes an accumulation of metabolic products with high toxicity in the liver, kidneys and peripheral nerves.41 42 The founder splice mutation c.1062 5G>A (IVS12+5G+A) is the main allele found in patients from the SLSJ region.43 Before 2005 and prior to the availability of nitisinone (a synthetic reversible inhibitor of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase), the only available curative therapy for tyrosinemia type I propecia online without prescription was liver transplantation. Since 2005, the pharmacological medication nitisinone or NTBC (2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)−1,3-cyclohexanedione) combined with a strict diet and close monitoring of disease progression is the standard management.42 44 45 Liver transplantation is still offered to those with severe complications or if therapeutic response is not achieved.46 Recently, a CRISPR-Cas9-mediated correction of a FAH pathogenic variant in hepatocytes of a mouse model resulted in expression of the wild-type Fah protein in liver cells.47 This is promising for a future therapeutic avenue. Newborn screening for this condition is routinely offered in Quebec since 1970 as part of the provincial newborn screening programme.48Cystic fibrosis (CF, MIM 219700)Cystic fibrosis (CF) (mucoviscidosis) is an autosomal recessive disorder classically described as a triad of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and congenital bilateral agenesis of the vas deferens.8 In the world, CF incidence is approximately 1/2000 and carrier rate about 1/22.49 In the population of European descent, CF has an incidence of 1/2500 and a carrier propecia online without prescription rate of 1/25.50 In Quebec, CF incidence is 1/2500 and a carrier rate of 1/22. In SLSJ, the incidence of cystic fibrosis propecia online without prescription reached 1/902 live births between 1975 and 1988. This corresponds to a carrier rate of 1/15.51 CF is caused by pathogenic variants in the gene cystic fibrosis transmembrane propecia online without prescription conductance regulator (CFTR) on chromosome 7q31.2.52 Over 2000 disease-causing pathogenic variants have been reported in CFTR .53 Three mutations are particularly frequent in the SLSJ population (c.1521-1523delCTT (p.Phe508del), c.489+1G>T (621+1G>T) and c.1364C>A (p.Arg347Pro)).

As in most populations, p.Phe508del propecia online without prescription is the most frequent one.54 Three other pathogenic variants are present in at least three different families (c.579+1G>T (711+1G>T), c.3067_3072del (p.Ile1023Val1024del) and c.3276C>A (p.Tyr1092X)) in SLSJ.55 56 CF treatment is supportive, with pancreatic enzyme supplementation, antibioprophylaxis and respiratory therapy.57 58 Patients homozygous for the p.Phe508del mutation, treated with a combination of a corrector and a potentiator of the mutated CFTR protein, showed some amelioration of respiratory function.59 60 Since 2017, screening for CF is available for all Quebec newborns, allowing for early diagnosis and management of children with CF. Cystic Fibrosis Canada, a national charitable not-for-profit corporation, was created in 1960 in order to help patient management and treatment development for CF. In SLSJ, a CF clinic was also established and offers diagnosis and treatment for children and adults with CF.Mucolipidosis (MLII, MIM 252500)Mucolipidosis (MLII) (I-cell disease) is a rare autosomal recessive form of lysosomal propecia online without prescription storage disorder. This disease is fatal in childhood and causes developmental delay, coarse facial features with hyperplastic gums, dislocation of the hips, short stature, thickened skin and generalised hypotonia.61 62 MLII prevalence at birth in SLSJ was reported to be 1/6184, with a carrier rate of 1/39 which is the highest frequency documented worldwide.4 MLII is caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase (GNPTAB), an enzyme required for the mannose 6-phosphate tagging of newly synthesised lysosomal enzymes.63 A single founder mutation propecia online without prescription c.3503_3504delTC (p.Leu1168Glnfs) was present in 100% of MLII obligatory carriers of SLSJ origin and is responsible for MLII in this population.64 Although this mutation has been observed elsewhere, it reaches the highest reported frequency in SLSJ.65 66 No cures or specific therapies for MLII currently exist. Management of symptoms and supportive propecia online without prescription care are the only treatments available.

For example, interactive programmes to stimulate cognitive development, physical and/or speech propecia online without prescription therapy may be beneficial for patients (https://www.orpha.net). For those with severe mouth pain and s, gingivectomy may be considered.67 68 Respiratory support and assisted ventilation may be required for some patients.69Vitamin D–dependent rickets type 1 (VDDR1, MIM 264700)Vitamin D plays an essential role in ensuring bone growth, mineral metabolism and cellular differentiation.70 Vitamin D dependency type I (VDDR1), also referred to as pseudo-vitamin D-deficiency rickets (PDDR), is an autosomal recessive disease due to renal 25(OH)-vitamin D 1a-hydroxylase deficiency, the key enzyme in vitamin D metabolism. This results in impaired synthesis of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, the active form of vitamin D.71–73 VDDR1 is characterised by early onset propecia online without prescription of rickets, hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism that appeared in the first or second year of life.74 This disorder is rarely described in the world but was reported to be particularly common in the French-Canadian population. In SLSJ, it was recognised for the first time in 197075 and its prevalence was estimated to be 1/2916 live births giving a carrier frequency of 1/27 inhabitants.4VDDR1 is caused by pathogenic variants in the 25-hydroxyvitamin D 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP27B1) that was mapped to chromosome 12q14 by genotyping French-Canadian families.72 Two founder mutations were identified in French-Canadian patients, the c.262delG (p.Val88Trpfs) mutation was found in three patients at the homozygous state76 and c.958delG (frameshift after 87Tyr) mutation was described on 11/12 alleles.77 This suggests the propecia online without prescription existence of more than one founder effect of this disease in that population. The clinical phenotype of this disorder is completely corrected by daily administration of physiological doses of hormonally propecia online without prescription active, synthetic, vitamin D analogue (calcitriol).78Autosomal recessive lipid disordersThe molecular genetic basis is well established for 25 monogenic dyslipidemias affecting blood levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), other lipids or fat metabolism.79 Although the majority of known monogenic dyslipidemias are encountered among French Canadians, familial dysbetalipoproteinemia and lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) are two autosomal recessive disorders having a significantly higher-than-expected prevalence in the Charlevoix-SLSJ population.

Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia (MIM 617347), formerly known as type III hyperlipidemia, is a treatable hypertriglyceridemic phenotype most often associated with lipoprotein remnants accumulation, apolipoprotein E2 (APOE2) homozygosity, palmar xanthomas, and increased risk of coronary and peripheral artery disease.80 Its estimated worldwide prevalence is 1/5000 but it is fivefold more frequent in the SLSJ due to a propecia online without prescription higher prevalence of APOE2, as estimated from the regional sample of the Quebec Heart Health Survey in 199181 and other sources.82–84 LPLD (MIM 238600) is the main cause of the familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) which is due to the presence of null variants in the LPL gene or in genes directly affecting LPL bioavailability, such as APOC2, GPIHPB1, APOA5 or MLF1.85 LPLD is characterised by chylomicronemia (very severe hypertriglyceridemia), lipemia retinalis, eruptive xanthomas, and increased risk of recurrent acute pancreatitis and other morbidities. The prevalence of FCS is estimated at 1–2 cases per million worldwide, but it is 200-fold more frequent in the SLSJ-Charlevoix population.81 86 The higher prevalence of LPLD in the SLSJ is due to the high frequency of the c.701C>T (p.Pro234Leu) variant87 88 and, to a lesser extent, the c.644G>A (p.Gly215Glu) variant in LPL gene,88 although other loss-of-function pathogenic variants, in both LPL and LPL-related genes, also contribute to the FCS phenotype in this region. The treatment propecia online without prescription of LPLD is a very strict low-fat diet. Effective therapies are in advanced clinical development for LPLD, including apoC-III antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) or small interfering RNA.89–91 LPL gene replacement therapy has been used and a next generation is in development.92 93 ANGPTL3 inhibitors (monoclonal antibodies, propecia online without prescription ASO or siRNA) are also in clinical development for severe hypertriglyceridemia and chylomicronemia.94 Oligogenic and polygenic causes of chylomicronemia also exist and are 50- to 100-fold more common than monogenic, autosomal recessive, causes.95Rare autosomal dominant diseases with higher prevalence in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean populationMyotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1, MIM 160900)Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), also known as dystrophia myotonica or Steinert disease, affects the muscular system and also the central nervous, ocular, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine and reproductive systems.96 97 Its prevalence ranges between 2.1 and 14.3/100 000 worldwide.98 In SLSJ, the prevalence was estimated in 2010 to be 158/100 000, which is the highest reported prevalence in the world.12 In 1985, 406 patients with DM1 were known in SLSJ. From 1985 to 2010, propecia online without prescription 352 new patients with DM1 were identified and 321 patients died.12 The local founder effect of this disease in SLSJ was confirmed by haplotype analysis.99 The genetics of this condition is characterised by anticipation due to a highly instable trinucleotide (CTG) repeat expansion within the 3′ untranslated region of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase gene (DMPK) at chromosome 19q13.3.100 Treatment is palliative and can include the use of ankle–foot orthoses, wheelchairs, or other assistive tools, special education programmes for children with DM1, and when appropriate, treatment of hypothyroidism, management of pain, consultation with a cardiologist for symptoms or electrocardiogram evidence of arrhythmia, and removal of cataracts if present.101 102 In SLSJ, patients can benefit from services offered by the Clinique des maladies neuromusculaires (CMNM).

Roussel et al showed that strength/endurance training programmes in patients with DM1 leads to skeletal muscle adaptations linked to muscle growth.103Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH, MIM 143890)Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an autosomal codominant disorder of cholesterol metabolism. The world prevalence is estimated at 1/250 for heterozygous FH and 1/300 000 propecia online without prescription for homozygous FH.104–106 The overall prevalence of FH is known to be higher in several founder clusters, including French Canadians. Although the FH prevalence varies from one Quebec region to another,107 it was estimated at 1/80 in the SLSJ region in the early propecia online without prescription 1990s.108 FH is most often caused by loss-of-function pathogenic variants in the low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-receptor (LDLR) gene, although variants in APOB, PCSK9 and LDLRAP1 genes are also FH causing. The most frequent mutation in SLSJ is the non-null c.259T>G (p.Trp87Gly) in LDLR gene.109 For a long time, propecia online without prescription a large (>15 kb) deletion was considered as the most frequent mutation in Quebec, but this was due to the severity of the FH phenotype associated with this null deletion. Despite the clinical utility of molecular testing, the diagnosis of FH is primarily clinical.110–112 On top of life habits, statin therapy, with or without ezetimibe, is the standard of care for HeFH and can be started during childhood.113–115 Monoclonal antibodies or siRNA agents inhibiting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), a serine protease that binds and promotes the lysosomal degradation of the LDLR, and incrementally decrease LDL-C in HeFH by more than 50% are now available in affected adults116–119 and are currently under advanced clinical investigation in the severe paediatric HeFH propecia online without prescription population.120–122 PCSK9 inhibitors, however, require some residual LDL receptor bioavailability and are therefore less effective or non-effective in homozygous FH (HoFH) patients.

For HoFH and refractory FH, LDL receptor–independent agents have been developed, including lomitapide, a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTTP) inhibitor,123–125 and evinacumab, an Angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL-3) inhibitor.126–128 Given the prevalence of FH in SLSJ, the use of expensive therapies such as PCSK9 inhibitors, lomitapide or evinacumab might constitute an important socioeconomic hurdle.124Other rare Mendelian diseases in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean populationAs discussed previously, on top of recessive or dominant disorders being more prevalent in SLSJ, several other genetic disorders are regularly diagnosed in this region and are the object of clinical intervention or clinical research. These include well-documented lipid disorders such as elevated lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)), abetalipoproteinemia, propecia online without prescription ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) deficiency, lecithin-cholesterol acyansferase (LCAT) deficiency, chylomicron retention disease, lipid storage diseases and rare causes of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to name a few, as well as the diseases described later.Cystinosis (MIM 219800)Cystinosis (MIM 219800) is a lysosomal storage disease with autosomal recessive transmission. It is characterised by high accumulation of the amino acid cystine inside the lysosomes of cells due to a defect in cystine transport.129 130 This cystine deposits begins during fetal life and affects various tissues leading to failure to thrive, disturbance of renal function, ocular impairment and hypothyroidism.131 132 The worldwide incidence of this metabolic disorder is estimated to 0.5–1.0/100 000 live births.133 In SLSJ, between 1971 and 1990, eight cases were identified and thus the incidence was calculated to be 1/11 939 births and carrier rate to 1/39.4 propecia online without prescription High incidence rate was also observed in the founder population in the province of Brittany, France (1/26 000 live births).134In 1998, Town et al mapped the gene cystinosin, lysosomal cystine transporter (CTNS) on chromosome 17p13 and confirmed its responsibility of cystinosis. This gene propecia online without prescription is encoding for the lysosomal membrane protein cystinosin, transporting cystine out of the lysosomal compartment.135 More than 100 pathogenic variants have been further reported within this gene in the literature.133 Mutational analysis of 20 cystinosis French-Canadian families identified five pathogenic variants, from which two are novel. One mutation, propecia online without prescription c.

414G>A (p.Trp138X), previously found in the Irish population (but not French), accounted for 40%–50% of cystinosis alleles in Quebec suggesting a probable Irish origin of this mutation in French-Canadian patients.131For over 20 years, cysteamine is used for the treatment of cystinosis. This agent decreases intracellular cystine resulting in slows organ deterioration and delaying the onset of end-stage renal disease.136 137 Although this cystine-depleting agent does not treat the disease, it highly improves the overall propecia online without prescription prognosis.132 138 The side effects of cysteamine include stomach problems, unusual breath, sweat odour and allergic reactions.139 A novel aminoglycoside (ELX-02) is now under investigation as a novel read-through therapy without cytoxicity.140Zellweger syndrome (ZS, MIM 601539)Zellweger syndrome (ZS) is an autosomal recessive condition due to a peroxisome biogenesis dysfunction. This leads to developmental defects and progressive neurological involvement and often results in death in the first year of life.141 The world incidence of ZS is 1/50 000–100 000 live births.142 For some years, increased incidence of ZS has been suspected in French Canadians in SLSJ6 and was calculated to be 1/12 191 live births, with a carrier rate of 1/55.11 ZS is genetically heterogeneous and can be caused by pathogenic variants in any of 13 peroxisomal biogenesis factor (PEX) genes.143 PEX1 and PEX6 pathogenic variants account for 70% and 10%–16% of all cases, respectively.143 144 The homozygous pathogenic variant c.802_815del (p.Asp268fs) in PEX6 was identified in five SLSJ patients.11 This pathogenic variant was observed only one time in the literature, in a US patient with unknown ethnicity.145 No close relationship between the five patients with propecia online without prescription ZS from SLSJ was identified which provides strong evidence that the c.802_815del variation in PEX6 is a founder mutation in SLSJ and suggests that this could be a relevant target for carrier screening in this population. If we propecia online without prescription consider an a priori estimated carrier frequency of 1/55, about 3000 individuals would have to be screened to find one carrier couple at 25% risk of having an affected child.11 There is currently no cure or effective treatment for ZS. Management is supportive and based on the signs and symptoms.

For example, propecia online without prescription infants with feeding issues may require placement of a feeding tube to ensure proper intake of calories. Symptomatic therapy propecia online without prescription may also include hearing aids, cataract removal in infancy, corrective lenses, vitamin supplementation, primary bile acid therapy, adrenal replacement, antiepileptic drugs, and possibly monitoring for hyperoxaluria.141Naxos disease (NXD, MIM 601214)Naxos disease (NXD) is an autosomal recessive disorder that combines palmoplantar keratoderma, peculiar woolly hair and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. It was first described in the island of Naxos, Greece.146 Since then, propecia online without prescription other cases were reported in Turkey, other Aegean Islands, Italy, Israel, Saudi Arabia, India, Argentina and Ecuador.147 In 2017, seven unrelated patients of French-Canadian descent were diagnosed with this disease. Five of these patients came from the SLSJ or Charlevoix propecia online without prescription regions. All the cases shared the same novel homozygous pathogenic variant in exon 5 of the plakoglobin (JUP) gene on chromosome 17q21.

C.902A>G (p.Glu301Gly).148 Authors suggest propecia online without prescription that could be a founder mutation. Further studies are needed to confirm propecia online without prescription the pathogenicity of this variation and to confirm its founder origin. Management of NXD includes implantation of an automatic cardioverter defibrillator to prevent sudden cardiac arrest, antiarrhythmic drugs to prevent recurrences of episodes of sustained propecia online without prescription ventricular tachycardia and classical pharmacological treatment for congestive heart failure, while heart transplantation is used for patients with late-stage heart failure.149Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS-loc, MIM 131800. EBS-gen intermed, propecia online without prescription MIM 131900. EBS-gen sev, MIM 131760)Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous skin disorder characterised by blistering of the skin following minor trauma as a result of cytolysis within the basal layer of the epidermis.

Most subtypes are autosomal dominant propecia online without prescription inherited. The localised propecia online without prescription form is characterised by blistering primarily on the hands and feet. The other two main types of EBS include the milder propecia online without prescription generalised intermediate type and the generalised severe types.150 All three forms are caused by pathogenic variants in the keratin 5 (KRT5) or keratin 14 (KRT14) genes.151 EBS worldwide prevalence is estimated to be approximately 6–30/1 000 000 live births.152 There are 230 known causative pathogenic variants for EBS in KRT5 and KRT14 including 123 in KRT5 and 107 in KRT14 (http://www.interfil.org/). From 2007 to 2019, ten EBS French-Canadian patients were described in Quebec, including four from SLSJ. Two SLSJ patients carried pathogenic variants in KRT5 (c.74C>T propecia online without prescription (p.Pro25Leu), c.449C>T (p.Leu150Pro)) and the two others share the same pathogenic variant in KRT14 gene (c.1130T>C (p.Ileu377Thr)) with no known familial relationship.153 There is no treatment for EBS and the clinical management is primarily palliative, focusing on supportive care to protect the skin from blistering, and the use of dressings that will not further damage the skin and will promote healing.

Blister formation can be propecia online without prescription limited by applying aluminium chloride to palms and soles. Hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles can be prevented by using keratolytics and propecia online without prescription softening agents. Treatment with topical and/or systemic antibiotics or silver-impregnated dressings propecia online without prescription or gels can be used for limiting secondary s. Avoiding higher weather temperature and activities that damage the skin is typically recommended.150 Several potential attempts of protein therapy and gene therapy to cure EBS were initiated and are under development.154Organisation of resources and services for patients and familiesIn 1980, a not-for-profit organisation (La Corporation de recherche et d’action sur les maladies héréditaires. CORAMH) (www.coramh.org) was founded propecia online without prescription by Gérard Bouchard and colleagues.155 Its mission is educating the SLSJ population and providing information about severe hereditary diseases known to have a higher frequency in the region (table 1).

CORAMH was of great help to propecia online without prescription raise awareness about the medical implications for individuals in SLSJ, including modes of transmission, clinical features and reproductive options. Moreover, CORAMH propecia online without prescription contributes at the community level to the offer of support to individuals affected by genetic diseases and their families, and also contributes to promote scientific research on various issues linked to these diseases and to the needs of affected individuals. Throughout the years, this expertise has facilitated the implementation and the development of propecia online without prescription specialised services in the region, including the Clinique des maladies neuromusculaires (1982) which currently provides services to over 1000 individuals with neuromuscular diseases and the regional chapters of Muscular Dystrophy Canada (1983). Moreover, CORAMH participated to the creation of the tyrosinemia association (1984) (Groupe d'Aide aux Enfants Tyrosinémiques du Québec, https://gaetq.org), as well as the creation of the lactic acidosis association (1990) (Association de l'acidose lactique du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, www.aal.qc.ca). CORAMH has always supported and has promoted research activities propecia online without prescription.

It has propecia online without prescription participated in several committees and task forces with government organisations, including the implementation of a reliable screening test to identify carriers of tyrosinemia in SLSJ in 1995 in collaboration with the Applied Genetic Medicine Network. CORAMH was one of the propecia online without prescription most important partners of the first international community genetics meeting, which has been held in June 2000 under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Canada.155–157 The CORAMH experience has also been presented in Geneva at the WHO consensus meeting on FH (Gaudet and Hegele, as coauthors of the WHO FH experts consensus (World Health Organization 1998)) and has participated in a consultative committee for the Quebec government about orientations in human genetics in the last years (figure 2). Patient associations, local healthcare professionals and specialised clinics have joined CORAMH to get involved in their education and research programme (figure 3).CORAMH in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region. The Corporation de recherche et d’action sur les maladies héréditaires (CORAMH) activities combine education programmes, support to affected individuals and their families, research promotion and community propecia online without prescription involvement. The main goal of CORAMH is to provide information on the basics of genetics and propecia online without prescription heredity and on the most frequent hereditary diseases in SLSJ and to describe the available services (eg, specialised clinics, genetic counselling, Regroupement québécois des maladies orphelines (RQMO) and support groups) through presentations in high schools, vocational schools, colleges and university health programmes.

The CORAMH programmes also target workers in their workplaces as well as members of various social propecia online without prescription clubs and lay organisations. CORAMH has also developed a plethora of information and prevention tools that present the problematic hereditary diseases in the region and its consequences on affected propecia online without prescription individuals and their families. These tools include brochures, posters and documentaries, as well as a website (www.coramh.org). CORAMH also supports and has promoted research about genetic diseases at the national and international level." data-icon-position propecia online without prescription data-hide-link-title="0">Figure 2 CORAMH in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region. The Corporation de recherche et d’action sur les maladies héréditaires (CORAMH) activities combine education programmes, support to affected individuals and propecia online without prescription their families, research promotion and community involvement.

The main goal of CORAMH propecia online without prescription is to provide information on the basics of genetics and heredity and on the most frequent hereditary diseases in SLSJ and to describe the available services (eg, specialised clinics, genetic counselling, Regroupement québécois des maladies orphelines (RQMO) and support groups) through presentations in high schools, vocational schools, colleges and university health programmes. The CORAMH programmes also target workers in their workplaces propecia online without prescription as well as members of various social clubs and lay organisations. CORAMH has also developed a plethora of information and prevention tools that present the problematic hereditary diseases in the region and its consequences on affected individuals and their families. These tools include brochures, posters and documentaries, as well as propecia online without prescription a website (www.coramh.org). CORAMH also supports and propecia online without prescription has promoted research about genetic diseases at the national and international level.The network of organisations specialising in genetic diseases in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region.

Many resources of information on diseases exist in SLSJ region (patients associations, the Corporation de recherche et d’action propecia online without prescription sur les maladies héréditaires (CORAMH), the Réseau Québécois sur les maladies orphelines (RQMO), the Grand défi Pierre Lavoie (GDPL) and specialised clinics). These organisations propecia online without prescription support patients and their families by different means and services. ECOGENE-21 is devoted to access to innovation for unmet medical needs, helps to identify new biological pathways and disease markers, and develops diagnostic and screening tools, innovative treatments and new knowledge and technologies, through genetic research and its application to clinical practice and disease prevention. Canada Research Chair in the Environment and genetics of respiratory disorders and allergy, the Centre intersectoriel en santé durable (CISD) and Leigh’s syndrome French-Canadian consortium are working on promoting scientific research on these disorders in order to improve treatment and alleviate their burden on the SLSJ population." data-icon-position data-hide-link-title="0">Figure 3 The network of organisations specialising in genetic diseases in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (SLSJ) region propecia online without prescription. Many resources of information on diseases exist in SLSJ region (patients associations, the Corporation de recherche et d’action sur les maladies héréditaires (CORAMH), the Réseau Québécois sur les maladies orphelines (RQMO), propecia online without prescription the Grand défi Pierre Lavoie (GDPL) and specialised clinics).

These organisations support patients propecia online without prescription and their families by different means and services. ECOGENE-21 is devoted to access to innovation for unmet medical needs, helps to identify new biological pathways and disease markers, and develops diagnostic and screening tools, innovative treatments and new knowledge and technologies, through genetic research and its application to clinical practice and disease prevention. Canada Research Chair in the Environment and genetics of respiratory disorders and allergy, the Centre intersectoriel en santé durable (CISD) and Leigh’s syndrome French-Canadian consortium are working on promoting scientific research on these disorders in order to improve treatment and alleviate their burden on the SLSJ population.In 2000, CORAMH joined and received support from the Canadian propecia online without prescription Institute for Health research (CIHR) Community Alliance on Health Research (CAHR) in community genetics (CIHR grant #CAR43283) and from the Canada research Chair in community genetics.155 156 At the end of the CIHR/CAHR programme in 2005, CORAMH, the SLSJ health authorities and the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) joined the 5-year CIHR Interdisciplinary Health Research Team (IHRT) in community genetics (ECOGENE-21). Both the CAHR and IHRT (CIHR grant #CTP-82941) programmes provided support to the conception and development of the propecia online without prescription community carrier screening programme. During this period, CORAMH pursued the development of mobilisation and knowledge transfer tools and participated in the activities of a multidisciplinary working group whose mandate was to document the situation of genetic, orphan diseases in the SLSJ region propecia online without prescription.

This committee submitted a brief to the provincial government that recommended the implementation of a propecia online without prescription pilot project on carrier testing for four autosomal recessive disorders. In 2010, the CIHR decided to not renew the IHRT programme and ECOGENE-21 became a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to access to health innovations for unmet medical needs. After almost 10 years of studies and planning, the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) launched a pilot population-based carrier-screening programme in SLSJ to offer carrier screening for a selected set of autosomal propecia online without prescription recessive diseases. Spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay propecia online without prescription (ARSACS), the agenesis of the corpus callosum with/without peripheral neuropathy (ACCPN), the Leigh syndrome, French-Canadian type (LSFC) and the hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (TYRSN1) (https://www.sante.gouv.qc.ca/tests4maladies). The carrier screening testing for the four mentioned disorders includes all five frequent mutations reported in propecia online without prescription the region.

This allows a carrier detection rate in this population between 97% and 100% depending on the disease tested which is relatively high considering only five mutations were tested (this is an advantage of the founder effect).The test is free and offered propecia online without prescription to couples planning a pregnancy (preconception) and couples with an ongoing pregnancy (prenatal). To be eligible for this test, individuals needed to be over 18 years of age and either are planning to have children or have an ongoing pregnancy under 16 weeks of pregnancy (later during pregnancy, they are seen in a prenatal clinic). For this pilot programme, they also had to live in SLSJ and have propecia online without prescription at least one grandparent born in SLSJ (https://www.inesss.qc.ca). Before doing the carrier screening test, all individuals had a face-to-face 45 min information session given by a well-trained nurse about the target diseases, the risks and benefits of the test, and its possible results propecia online without prescription. Information about all reproductive options available to carrier couples was also presented propecia online without prescription.

All individuals needed to sign a consent form before doing the screening test and were advised they can withdraw from the test at any time after blood collection.16 After the samples were analysed, all received a letter reporting their results. Carriers were informed about their status by phone call with the nurse who collected the samples and propecia online without prescription carrier couples were in addition offered genetic counselling sessions. In 2012, the INSPQ, with the propecia online without prescription support of the CIHR/IHRT (CIHR grant #82941), completed the evaluation of the pilot programme. At that time, a total of 3915 individuals were already screened and 846 carriers identified.158 159 The report acknowledged the pilot project was a success and recommended the carrier screening tests should be offered on a continuous basis.In 2018, the MSSS announced the deployment of the screening tests offer in the Province of Quebec for all potential carriers of at least one of propecia online without prescription the four diseases with increased incidence in SLSJ. As the same diseases affected Charlevoix and Haute-Côte-Nord (on the north of SLSJ) regions, these populations propecia online without prescription were also prioritised for the screening test.

Admissible individuals need to (1) be over 18 years. (2) have at least one of propecia online without prescription their four biological grandparents born in SLSJ, Charlevoix or Haute-Côte-Nord regions. And (3) plan to have children (preconception or within 16 weeks of propecia online without prescription pregnancy) (https://www.sante.gouv.qc.ca/tests4maladies). The test remains free but is now made at home on self-sampled buccal propecia online without prescription cells. After an online propecia online without prescription registration, which includes an information session about the test, the four genetic diseases and the possible results, the collection kit (two buccal swabs, instructions and consent form) is sent and returned by mail.

Results are shared following the same procedures as in the pilot project.ConclusionThe initial founder effect and subsequent population movements on the Quebec territory have strongly impacted the genetic load of the current population of French-Canadian descent. These migrations have resulted in a series of regional and local founder effects leading to an increased frequency propecia online without prescription of specific deleterious mutations and shaping their geographical distribution. In the SLSJ region, numerous research projects have been conducted over the past 40 years on the clinical, epidemiological propecia online without prescription and demogenetic aspects of some of these mutations and the associated genetic conditions. This work has confirmed that the elevated frequency of these disorders is the consequence of subsequent founder effects and cannot be explained by consanguineous marriages.14 15These studies have also led to the creation in 1980 of a community association (CORAMH) aiming at developing public awareness on the various issues linked to the genetic disorders propecia online without prescription found in the region, promoting research and offering support to affected individuals and their families. CORAMH and partners have supported the implementation in 2010 of a pilot project aimed at offering screening tests on a voluntary basis for four genetic disorders with a higher prevalence in the region.

These diseases are rare in the world and usually have no treatment, which increases the challenges for patients who are affected, clinicians, propecia online without prescription researchers and the SLSJ population as a whole. Since 2018, propecia online without prescription the programme is offered in the entire Province of Quebec.Finally, there is a need to pursue the study of the current genetic make-up of the SLSJ population and take into account the evolution of the population including ageing and the decrease of the population size, outmigration of individuals with SLSJ ancestry and the arrival of newcomers from other regions of Quebec or with other ethnocultural backgrounds. This is essential to better understand the prevalence and distribution of genetic diseases in the population and organise genetic screening and testing services accordingly.Our paper summarises key elements propecia online without prescription of the recent literature about genetic disorders in SLSJ and offer a portrait for geneticists, clinicians, health professionals and scientists of the current situation in SLSJ. In doing so, we hope to contribute to the sound management of genetic diseases and to the development of intervention strategies that meet the needs of the SLSJ population and abroad.AbstractThe association between NOTCH4 and propecia online without prescription schizophrenia has been repeatedly reported. However, the results from different genetic studies are inconsistent, and the role of NOTCH4 in schizophrenia pathogenesis remains unknown.

Here, we provide convergent lines of evidence propecia online without prescription that support NOTCH4 as a schizophrenia risk gene. We first performed a meta-analysis and found that a genetic variant (rs2071287) in NOTCH4 was significantly associated with propecia online without prescription schizophrenia (a total of 125 848 subjects, p=8.31×10−17), with the same risk allele across all tested samples. Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis showed that rs2071287 was significantly associated with NOTCH4 expression (p=1.08×10−14) in human brain tissues, suggesting that rs2071287 may confer schizophrenia risk through propecia online without prescription regulating NOTCH4 expression. Sherlock integrative analysis using a large-scale schizophrenia GWAS and eQTL propecia online without prescription data from human brain tissues further revealed that NOTCH4 was significantly associated with schizophrenia (p=4.03×10−7 in CMC dataset and p=3.06×10−6 in xQTL dataset), implying that genetic variants confer schizophrenia risk through modulating NOTCH4 expression. Consistently, we found that NOTCH4 was significantly downregulated in brains of schizophrenia patients compared with controls (p=2.53×10−3), further suggesting that dysregulation of NOTCH4 may have a role in schizophrenia.

Finally, we showed that NOTCH4 regulates proliferation, self-renewal, differentiation and migration of neural stem cells, suggesting that NOTCH4 may confer schizophrenia propecia online without prescription risk through affecting neurodevelopment. Our study provides convergent lines of propecia online without prescription evidence that support the involvement of NOTCH4 in schizophrenia. In addition, propecia online without prescription our study also elucidates a possible mechanism for the role of NOTCH4 in schizophrenia pathogenesis.geneticspsychiatrypsychotic disorders (incl schizophrenia)neurosciencesData availability statementAll data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as online supplementary information. The data generated in this study will be available from the corresponding author on reasonable request..

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€‚For the podcast associated Online celexa prescription with this article, please propecia beard growth visit https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/pages/Podcasts.This Focus Issue on congenital heart disease contains the Special Article ‘Transition to adulthood and transfer to adult care of adolescents with congenital heart disease. A global consensus statement’.1 Most children with congenital heart disease (CHD) in high-income countries survive into adulthood. Further, paediatric cardiac propecia beard growth services have expanded in middle-income countries. Both evolutions have resulted in an increasing number of CHD survivors.2–5 In adolescence, patients transition from being a dependent child to an independent adult.

They are also advised to transfer from paediatrics to adult propecia beard growth care. There is no universal consensus regarding how transitional care should be provided and how transfer should be organized. This consensus document describes issues and practices propecia beard growth of transition and transfer of adolescents with CHD, accounting for different possibilities in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Transitional care ought to be provided to all adolescents with CHD, taking into consideration the available resources.

When reaching adulthood, patients ought to be transferred to adult care facilities/providers capable of managing their needs, and systems must be in place to make sure that continuity of high-quality care is ensured after leaving paediatric cardiology. Figure 1Suggested anticoagulation strategy for women with a prosthetic mechanical heart valve and (A) low-dose pre-conception vitamin K antagonist or (B) high-dose pre-conception vitamin K antagonist (from Egidy Assenza G, Dimopoulos K, Budts W, Donti A, Economy KE, Gargiulo GD, Gatzoulis propecia beard growth M, Landzberg MJ, Valente AM, Roos-Hesselink J. Management of acute cardiovascular complications in pregnancy. See pages 4224–4240).Figure 1Suggested anticoagulation strategy for women with a prosthetic mechanical heart valve and (A) low-dose pre-conception vitamin K antagonist or (B) high-dose pre-conception propecia beard growth vitamin K antagonist (from Egidy Assenza G, Dimopoulos K, Budts W, Donti A, Economy KE, Gargiulo GD, Gatzoulis M, Landzberg MJ, Valente AM, Roos-Hesselink J.

Management of acute cardiovascular complications in pregnancy. See pages 4224–4240).In a State of the Art Review article entitled propecia beard growth ‘Management of acute cardiovascular complications in pregnancy’, Gabriele Egidy Assenza from the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna in Italy and colleagues note that the growing population of women of reproductive age with heart disease has been associated with an increasing number of high-risk pregnancies.6 Pregnant women with heart disease are a very heterogeneous population, with different risks for maternal cardiovascular, obstetric, and foetal complications.7–11 Adverse cardiovascular events during pregnancy pose significant clinical challenges, with uncertainties regarding diagnostic and therapeutic approaches potentially compromising maternal and foetal health. This review provides a summary of recommendations on the management of acute cardiovascular complications during pregnancy, based on available literature and expert opinion. The authors cover the diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapy, and the review is organized according to the clinical presentation and the type of complication, providing a reference for the practising cardiologist, obstetrician, and acute medicine specialist, while highlighting areas of need and potential future research.

Topics covered include heart failure (HF), arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, aortic and thrombo-embolic events, and the management of mechanical heart valves during propecia beard growth pregnancy (Figure 1). Figure 2Graphical Abstract (from Diller GP, Orwat S, Lammers AE, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Schmidt R, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Enders D, Bronstein L, Kaleschke G, Baumgartner H. Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and propecia beard growth mortality in adult congenital heart disease. A population-based study.

See pages propecia beard growth 4241–4248).Figure 2Graphical Abstract (from Diller GP, Orwat S, Lammers AE, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Schmidt R, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Enders D, Bronstein L, Kaleschke G, Baumgartner H. Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease. A population-based study propecia beard growth. See pages 4241–4248).In a Clinical Research article entitled ‘Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease.

A population-based study’, Gerhard-Paul Diller from the University Hospital Münster in Germany, and colleagues aimed to provide population-based data on the healthcare provision for adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) and the impact of cardiology care on morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population.12 Based on administrative data from one of the largest German Health Insurance Companies, all insured ACHD patients (<70 years of age) were included. Patients were stratified into those followed exclusively by primary care physicians (PCPs) and those with additional cardiology follow-up between 2014 and 2016 propecia beard growth. Associations between level of care and outcome were assessed by multivariable/propensity score Cox analyses. Overall, 24 139 patients (median age 43 years, propecia beard growth 54.8% female) were included.

Of these, only 50% had cardiology follow-up during the 3-year period, with 49% of patients only being cared for by PCPs and 1% having no contact with either. After comprehensive multivariable and propensity propecia beard growth score adjustment, ACHD patients under cardiology follow-up had a significantly lower risk of death [hazard ratio (HR) 0.81. P = 0.03] or major events (HR 0.85. P < 0.001) compared with those only followed by PCPs.

At 3-year follow-up, the absolute risk difference for propecia beard growth mortality was 0.9% higher in ACHD patients with moderate/severe complexity lesions under the care of PCPs compared with those under cardiology follow-up (Figure 2). The authors conclude that cardiology care compared with primary care is associated with superior survival and lower rates of major complications in ACHD. It is alarming that even in a high-resource setting with well-established specialist ACHD care, ∼50% of contemporary ACHD patients are still not linked to regular propecia beard growth cardiac care. Thus, more efforts are required to alert PCPs and patients to appropriate ACHD care.

The manuscript is accompanied by an Editorial by Anne Marie Valente from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, USA and Abigail Khan from the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR, USA.13 The authors propecia beard growth conclude that it is clear that cardiology care matters for adults living with CHD. The next step for us all is to take this message forward, educating providers, empowering patients, and developing better care networks to support this growing population of individuals with complex care needs.In a Clinical Research article entitled ‘Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease. A nationwide analysis’, Astrid Elisabeth Lammers from the University Hospital Münster in Germany, and colleagues provide population-based data on maternal and neonatal complications and outcome in pregnancies of women with congenital heart disease (CHD).14 Based on administrative data propecia beard growth from one of the largest German Health Insurance Companies (BARMER GEK, ∼9 million members representative for Germany), all pregnancies in women with CHD between 2005 and 2018 were analysed. In addition, an age-matched non-CHD control group was included for comparison, and the association between ACHD and maternal or neonatal outcomes was investigated.

Overall, 7512 pregnancies occurred in 4015 women with CHD. The matched non-CHD control group propecia beard growth included 6502 women with 11 225 pregnancies. Caesarean deliveries were more common in CHD patients (40.5% vs. 31.5% in the control propecia beard growth group.

P <. 0.001). There was no excess mortality. Although the maternal complication rate was low in absolute terms, women with CHD had a significantly higher rate of stroke, HF, and cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy (P <0.001 for all).

Neonatal mortality was low but also significantly higher in the ACHD group (0.83% vs. 0.22%. P = 0.001), and neonates to CHD mothers had significantly low/extremely low birth weight or extreme immaturity, or required resuscitation and mechanical ventilation more often compared with non-CHD offspring. On multivariate logistic regression, maternal defect complexity, arterial hypertension, HF, prior fertility treatment, and anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists emerged as significant predictors of adverse neonatal outcome.

Recurrence of CHD was 6.1 times higher in infants to ACHD mothers compared with controls.The authors conclude that this population-based study illustrates a reassuringly low maternal mortality rate in a highly developed healthcare system. Nevertheless, maternal morbidity and neonatal morbidity/mortality were significantly increased in women with ACHD, highlighting the need for specialized care and pre-pregnancy counselling. This manuscript is accompanied by an Editorial by Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink from Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues.15 The authors note that the study by Lammers et al.

Is an excellent and clinically relevant contribution to the existing literature on pregnancy in women with CHD. The study shows that a good healthcare system, a multidisciplinary approach, and decisive pre-pregnancy counselling are effective in achieving safe pregnancies. Pre-pregnancy counselling with an individualized approach is a crucial step in this process, because both maternal and perinatal outcomes vary largely by the complexity of maternal illness, and further studies dedicated to specific congenital diagnoses are still warranted.Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) cardiomyopathy is a devastating genetic disease caused by insufficient consolidation of ventricular wall muscle that can result in inadequate cardiac performance.16 Despite being the third most common cardiomyopathy, the mechanisms underlying the disease, including the cell types involved, are poorly understood. In a Translational Research article entitled ‘Endocardial/endothelial angiocrines regulate cardiomyocyte development and maturation and induce features of ventricular non-compaction’, Siyeon Rhee from Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA, and colleagues aimed to identify candidate angiocrines expressed by endocardial and endothelial cells in embryonic hearts of Tie2Cre;Ino80fl/fl transgenic mouse (an experimental model of LVNC).

Then they tested the effect of these candidates on cardiomyocyte proliferation and maturation.17 The authors observed a pathological endocardial cell population in non-compacted hearts and identified multiple dysregulated angiocrine factors that dramatically affected cardiomyocyte behaviour. They identified Col15a1 as a coronary vessel-secreted angiocrine factor, down-regulated by Ino80 deficiency, that functioned to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation. Furthermore, mutant endocardial and endothelial cells up-regulated expression of secreted factors, such as Tgfbi, Igfbp3, Isg15, and Adm, which decreased cardiomyocyte proliferation.The authors conclude that these findings support a model where coronary endothelial cells normally promote myocardial compaction through secreted factors, but that endocardial and endothelial cells can secrete factors that contribute to non-compaction under pathological conditions. The contribution is accompanied by an Editorial by Stefanie Dimmeler and Julian Wagner from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.18 The authors note that the study by Rhee et al.

Elegantly identifies the importance of a timely orchestrated and well-balanced repertoire of extracellular factors that coordinate the proper development of the left ventricle. It will be important to learn more about the cellular cross-talk to understand the mechanisms of cardiac development and homeostasis. The interplay between endothelial cells and other vascular cells such as pericytes and smooth muscle cells, and fibroblasts and immune cells, with cardiomyocytes has to be taken into account. The modulation of extracellular matrix proteins and paracrine factors may also be a therapeutic strategy promoting cardiac repair and regeneration, but probably needs to be carefully adapted to the underlying stage and type of heart disease.The issue is also complemented by two Discussion Forum contributions.

In a commentary entitled ‘Big cohort studies offer insights into preventable risk factors’, Karolina Agnieszka Wartolowska and Alastair John Stewart Webb from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK comment on the recent Editorial ‘On cerebrotoxicity of antihypertensive therapy and risk factor cosmetics’ by Franz H. Messerli from the University of Bern in Switzerland.19,20 Messerli et al. Respond in a separate comment.21The editors hope that this issue of the European Heart Journal will be of interest to its readers.With thanks to Amelia Meier-Batschelet, Johanna Huggler, and Martin Meyer for help with compilation of this article. References1Moons P, Bratt EL, De Backer J, Goossens E, Hornung T, Tutarel O, Zühlke L, Araujo JJ, Callus E, Gabriel H, Shahid N, Sliwa K, Verstappen A, Yang HL, Thomet C.

Transition to adulthood and transfer to adult care of adolescents with congenital heart disease. A global consensus statement of the ESC Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP), the ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease (WG ACHD), the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society (APPCS), the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (IASC), the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ), the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD), the World Heart Federation (WHF), the European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation (ECHDO), and the Global Alliance for Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts (Global ARCH). Eur Heart J 2021;42:4213–4223.2Chessa M, Brida M, Gatzoulis MA, Diller GP, Roos-Hesselink JW, Dimopoulos K, Behringer W, Möckel M, Giamberti A, Galletti L, Price S, Baumgartner H, Gallego P, Tutarel O. Emergency department management of patients with adult congenital heart disease.

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Doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa946.2215.5Playan Escribano J, Segura De La Cal T, Segovia Cubero J, Rueda Soriano J, Garcia Hernandez FJ, Lopez Meseguer M, Perez Penate GM, Lara Padron A, Campo Ezquibela A, Sala Llinas E, Mombiela T, Guerra Ramos FJ, Samper GJ, Blanco I, Escribano Subias P, REHAP Investigators. Pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart disease. Medical treatment and risk factors for survival. Eur Heart J 2020;41(Suppl_2).

Doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa946.2299.6Egidy Assenza G, Dimopoulos K, Budts W, Donti A, Economy KE, Gargiulo GD, Gatzoulis M, Landzberg MJ, Valente AM, Roos-Hesselink J. Management of acute cardiovascular complications in pregnancy. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4224–4240.7Maas A, Rosano G, Cifkova R, Chieffo A, van Dijken D, Hamoda H, Kunadian V, Laan E, Lambrinoudaki I, Maclaran K, Panay N, Stevenson JC, van Trotsenburg M, Collins P. Cardiovascular health after menopause transition, pregnancy disorders, and other gynaecologic conditions.

A consensus document from European cardiologists, gynaecologists, and endocrinologists. Eur Heart J 2021;42:967–984.8Al-Hussaini A. Pregnancy and aortic dissections. Eur Heart J 2020;41:4243–4244.9Beyer SE, Dicks AB, Shainker SA, Feinberg L, Schermerhorn ML, Secemsky EA, Carroll BJ.

Pregnancy-associated arterial dissections. A nationwide cohort study. Eur Heart J 2020;41:4234–4242.10Roos-Hesselink J, Baris L, Johnson M, De Backer J, Otto C, Marelli A, Jondeau G, Budts W, Grewal J, Sliwa K, Parsonage W, Maggioni AP, van Hagen I, Vahanian A, Tavazzi L, Elkayam U, Boersma E, Hall R. Pregnancy outcomes in women with cardiovascular disease.

Evolving trends over 10 years in the ESC Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease (ROPAC). Eur Heart J 2019;40:3848–3855.11Koenig T, Hilfiker-Kleiner D. Future cardiovascular risk prediction in women with pregnancy complications. The HUNT is on.

Eur Heart J 2019;40:1121–1123.12Diller GP, Orwat S, Lammers AE, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Schmidt R, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Enders D, Bronstein L, Kaleschke G, Baumgartner H. Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease. A population-based study. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4241–4248.13Khan AD, Valente AM.

Don’t be alarmed. The need for enhanced partnerships between medical communities to improve outcomes for adults living with congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4249–4251.14Lammers AE, Diller G-P, Lober R, Möllers M, Schmidt R, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Kaleschke G, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Gerß J, Enders D, Baumgartner H. Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease.

A nationwide analysis. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4252–4260.15Ramlakhan KP, Roos-Hesselink JW. Promising perspectives on pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4261–4263.16Ross SB, Jones K, Blanch B, Puranik R, McGeechan K, Barratt A, Semsarian C.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of left ventricular non-compaction in adults. Eur Heart J 2020;41:1428–1436.17Rhee S, Paik DT, Yang JY, Nagelberg D, Williams I, Tian L, Roth R, Chandy M, Ban J, Belbachir N, Kim S, Zhang H, Phansalkar R, Wong KM, King DA, Valdez C, Winn VD, Morrison AJ, Wu JC, Red-Horse K. Endocardial/endothelial angiocrines regulate cardiomyocyte development and maturation and induce features of ventricular non-compaction. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4264–4276.18Wagner JUG, Dimmeler S.

The endothelial niche in heart failure. From development to regeneration. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4277–4279.19Wartolowska KA, Webb AJS. Big cohort studies offer insights into preventable risk factors.

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Cerebrotoxicity of antihypertensive therapy in the UK Biobank Cohort Study. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4282. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.

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Lammers et al., https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab571.With the increasing survival of children born with congenital heart disease into adult age, the focus has shifted from survival to quality of life. Most patients wish to live a normal life, including participation in sports and also starting a family. In earlier times, concerns were raised about the risks of pregnancy, as pregnancy is associated with impressive hormonal changes and haemodynamic impact. Older studies reported high rates of maternal complications, including maternal mortality, and substantial rates of perinatal complications.1–3 In addition, there were concerns about the hereditable recurrence risk of congenital heart disease for the baby.

However, studies were limited by small sample size or retrospective study design, and for a long time only the reported data from Nora and Nora were available.4 As a result, many physicians and, thus patients, were reluctant to embark on pregnancy, especially in more complex congenital heart disease, such as women with a systemic right ventricle, but also in severe aortic stenosis. The risks were deemed very high or too high, and these women were typically advised against pregnancy. Although research in the field of pregnancy and congenital heart disease is hampered by small numbers, often with retrospective design, over the past decades gradually some larger studies and registries became available, elucidating the risks of pregnancy and in fact showing relatively good results. A clear development over time in adult patients with congenital heart disease (ACHD) was seen for instance in women with transposition of the great arteries corrected with the Mustard and Senning operation, which started as being seen as very high risk, to high risk, and now to moderate risk.

The trend for women with aortic stenosis is now also to allow pregnancy, even when the stenosis is severe, as long as the woman is asymptomatic.5–7The study of Lammers et al. In this issue of the European Heart Journal provides an important contribution to the existing literature.8 Not only is this the largest study, but it includes all women with ACHD, without a possible bias of only including patients seen at a tertiary centre or including patients with other kinds of heart disease. Furthermore, because it is performed in a western country with an optimal healthcare system, the results are applicable to other western countries with comparable systems of care organization with appropriate counselling in place and good collaboration between cardiac and obstetric care. The pregnancy outcomes in studies with a global perspective, including patients from developing countries, show less favourable results (Graphical Abstract).8,9 These differences illustrate how the healthcare system and environment of women have great impact on their pregnancy outcomes and show that we still need to work to improve these outcomes for all women worldwide.10 A possible step forward is to utilize the expertise in the specialized healthcare centres such as described by Lammers et al., by providing long-distance digital or telephone consultations to rural centres in developing countries.

Lammers et al. Also describe better pregnancy outcomes than an older study (1980–2007) in a Dutch and Belgian healthcare system similar to the German system, which may be due to advances in medical care for both the treatment of the original heart defect in the mother, and the management of pregnancy in heart disease, which includes the introduction of multidisciplinary pregnancy heart teams and the establishment of international guidelines (Graphical Abstract).8,11 Graphical AbstractComparison of studies on pregnancy outcomes of women with congenital heart disease. ACHD. Adult congenital heart disease.Graphical AbstractComparison of studies on pregnancy outcomes of women with congenital heart disease.

ACHD. Adult congenital heart disease.The most important finding of this well-performed and excellently written study is the zero maternal mortality in women with congenital heart disease.8 This is unexpected and fantastic news. As the authors point out, this is partly the result of good counselling, where the high-risk patients were advised against pregnancy and most probably did not become pregnant. However, other studies show that some women at highest risk (mWHO IV) will actually still become pregnant, irrespective of counselling.

In any case, this important finding makes it possible to reassure the large majority of ACHD patients about the mortality risk of pregnancy. This is an important message and should lead to a change in policy from approaching pregnancy as potentially very dangerous, to considering pregnancy as relatively safe and explaining the possible risks, on the condition that women in mWHO IV should not become pregnant. Of course morbidity is increased, but the rates are relatively low. The prevalence of heart failure in pregnancy might be under-reported in the study of Lammers et al., because pregnancies in women who had heart failure in the year before the pregnancy were not considered to be complicated by heart failure, probably because of the limitations of the method of registration with ICD codes.

The relationship between the occurrence of stroke and having a co-existent atrial septal defect or patent foramen ovale is shown nicely and should lead to a more proactive approach in taking lifestyle measures and considering a low threshold to prescribing antiplatelet drugs in these women. As in other studies, the mode of delivery is more often by Caesarean section in women with congenital heart disease, while this is not advised in the latest guidelines.6 An attempt must be made to change this policy, because planned Caesarean section in women with heart disease does not improve maternal outcome over vaginal delivery and can be harmful for neonatal outcome.12Another important finding of this study is the relatively high risk of the baby also having congenital heart disease.8 This study provides data on the numbers of children needing cardiac surgery with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass at young age, as a nice surrogate marker for congenital heart disease needing treatment, and reports 6% in ACHD patients vs. 0.4% in the general population. Scarce data were available on this topic, and for many years we had to rely on old studies.4 In particular, the comparison with the age-matched control group in this study provides the opportunity to finally gain reliable estimates.

In counselling we can now inform our patients that the risk for their baby to also have congenital heart disease requiring surgery within ≤6 years is ∼15 times higher, compared with the general population (6% vs. 0.4%).8 What is astonishing is the reported rate for a univentricular heart being as high as 26.5%. Until now there was no reliable information on this specific congenital defect, because most women did not have children. However, this high rate fuels the discussion on pregnancy for women after Fontan correction.

In addition to the high rates of miscarriage and maternal and foetal complications and the fear of the long-term impact on the maternal condition, now the high rate of foetal congenital defects also has to be taken into account when deciding on pregnancy in these high-risk women. It would be of interest to study trends over time, as earlier and better prenatal diagnostics and changes in termination management might have an impact, not only in these complex defects but also in less complex cardiac defects.In conclusion, the study by Lammers et al. Is an excellent and clinically relevant contribution to the existing literature on pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease. The study shows that a good healthcare system, a multidisciplinary approach, and decisive pre-pregnancy counselling are effective in achieving safe pregnancies.

Pre-pregnancy counselling with an individualized approach is a crucial step in this process, because both maternal and perinatal outcomes vary greatly by the complexity of maternal illness, and further studies dedicated to specific congenital diagnoses remain warranted.Conflict of interest. None declared.The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the Editors of the European Heart Journal or of the European Society of Cardiology. References1Mendelson CL. Pregnancy and coarctation of the aorta.

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Evolving trends over 10 years in the ESC Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease (ROPAC). Eur Heart J 2019;40:1–8.8Lammers AE, Diller GP, Lober R, Möllers M, Schmidt R, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Kaleschke G, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Gerβ J, Enders D, Baumgartner H. Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease. A nationwide analysis.

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€‚For the podcast associated with this propecia online without prescription article, please visit https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/pages/Podcasts.This Focus Issue on congenital heart disease contains the Special Article ‘Transition to adulthood and transfer to adult care of adolescents with congenital heart disease. A global consensus statement’.1 Most children with congenital heart disease (CHD) in high-income countries survive into adulthood. Further, paediatric cardiac services have expanded propecia online without prescription in middle-income countries. Both evolutions have resulted in an increasing number of CHD survivors.2–5 In adolescence, patients transition from being a dependent child to an independent adult. They are also advised to transfer from propecia online without prescription paediatrics to adult care.

There is no universal consensus regarding how transitional care should be provided and how transfer should be organized. This consensus document describes issues and propecia online without prescription practices of transition and transfer of adolescents with CHD, accounting for different possibilities in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Transitional care ought to be provided to all adolescents with CHD, taking into consideration the available resources. When reaching adulthood, patients ought to be transferred to adult care facilities/providers capable of managing their needs, and systems must be in place to make sure that continuity of high-quality care is ensured after leaving paediatric cardiology. Figure 1Suggested anticoagulation strategy for women with a prosthetic mechanical heart valve and (A) low-dose pre-conception vitamin K antagonist or (B) high-dose pre-conception vitamin K antagonist (from Egidy Assenza propecia online without prescription G, Dimopoulos K, Budts W, Donti A, Economy KE, Gargiulo GD, Gatzoulis M, Landzberg MJ, Valente AM, Roos-Hesselink J.

Management of acute cardiovascular complications in pregnancy. See pages 4224–4240).Figure 1Suggested anticoagulation strategy for propecia online without prescription women with a prosthetic mechanical heart valve and (A) low-dose pre-conception vitamin K antagonist or (B) high-dose pre-conception vitamin K antagonist (from Egidy Assenza G, Dimopoulos K, Budts W, Donti A, Economy KE, Gargiulo GD, Gatzoulis M, Landzberg MJ, Valente AM, Roos-Hesselink J. Management of acute cardiovascular complications in pregnancy. See pages propecia online without prescription 4224–4240).In a State of the Art Review article entitled ‘Management of acute cardiovascular complications in pregnancy’, Gabriele Egidy Assenza from the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna in Italy and colleagues note that the growing population of women of reproductive age with heart disease has been associated with an increasing number of high-risk pregnancies.6 Pregnant women with heart disease are a very heterogeneous population, with different risks for maternal cardiovascular, obstetric, and foetal complications.7–11 Adverse cardiovascular events during pregnancy pose significant clinical challenges, with uncertainties regarding diagnostic and therapeutic approaches potentially compromising maternal and foetal health. This review provides a summary of recommendations on the management of acute cardiovascular complications during pregnancy, based on available literature and expert opinion.

The authors cover the diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapy, and the review is organized according to the clinical presentation and the type of complication, providing a reference for the practising cardiologist, obstetrician, and acute medicine specialist, while highlighting areas of need and potential future research. Topics covered include heart failure (HF), arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, aortic and thrombo-embolic events, and the management of mechanical heart valves propecia online without prescription during pregnancy (Figure 1). Figure 2Graphical Abstract (from Diller GP, Orwat S, Lammers AE, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Schmidt R, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Enders D, Bronstein L, Kaleschke G, Baumgartner H. Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital propecia online without prescription heart disease. A population-based study.

See pages 4241–4248).Figure 2Graphical Abstract (from Diller GP, Orwat S, Lammers AE, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Schmidt R, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Enders D, Bronstein propecia online without prescription L, Kaleschke G, Baumgartner H. Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease. A population-based propecia online without prescription study. See pages 4241–4248).In a Clinical Research article entitled ‘Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease. A population-based study’, Gerhard-Paul Diller from the University Hospital Münster in Germany, and colleagues aimed to provide population-based data on the healthcare provision for adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) and the impact of cardiology care on morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population.12 Based on administrative data from one of the largest German Health Insurance Companies, all insured ACHD patients (<70 years of age) were included.

Patients were stratified into those followed exclusively by primary care physicians (PCPs) and those with additional cardiology follow-up between 2014 and 2016 propecia online without prescription. Associations between level of care and outcome were assessed by multivariable/propensity score Cox analyses. Overall, 24 139 patients (median age 43 years, 54.8% female) were included propecia online without prescription. Of these, only 50% had cardiology follow-up during the 3-year period, with 49% of patients only being cared for by PCPs and 1% having no contact with either. After comprehensive multivariable and propensity score adjustment, ACHD patients under propecia online without prescription cardiology follow-up had a significantly lower risk of death [hazard ratio (HR) 0.81.

P = 0.03] or major events (HR 0.85. P < 0.001) compared with those only followed by PCPs. At 3-year follow-up, the absolute risk difference for mortality was 0.9% higher in ACHD patients with moderate/severe propecia online without prescription complexity lesions under the care of PCPs compared with those under cardiology follow-up (Figure 2). The authors conclude that cardiology care compared with primary care is associated with superior survival and lower rates of major complications in ACHD. It is alarming that propecia online without prescription even in a high-resource setting with well-established specialist ACHD care, ∼50% of contemporary ACHD patients are still not linked to regular cardiac care.

Thus, more efforts are required to alert PCPs and patients to appropriate ACHD care. The manuscript is accompanied by an propecia online without prescription Editorial by Anne Marie Valente from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, USA and Abigail Khan from the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR, USA.13 The authors conclude that it is clear that cardiology care matters for adults living with CHD. The next step for us all is to take this message forward, educating providers, empowering patients, and developing better care networks to support this growing population of individuals with complex care needs.In a Clinical Research article entitled ‘Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease. A nationwide analysis’, Astrid Elisabeth Lammers from the University Hospital Münster in Germany, and propecia online without prescription colleagues provide population-based data on maternal and neonatal complications and outcome in pregnancies of women with congenital heart disease (CHD).14 Based on administrative data from one of the largest German Health Insurance Companies (BARMER GEK, ∼9 million members representative for Germany), all pregnancies in women with CHD between 2005 and 2018 were analysed. In addition, an age-matched non-CHD control group was included for comparison, and the association between ACHD and maternal or neonatal outcomes was investigated.

Overall, 7512 pregnancies occurred in 4015 women with CHD. The matched non-CHD control group included 6502 women with 11 225 propecia online without prescription pregnancies. Caesarean deliveries were more common in CHD patients (40.5% vs. 31.5% in the control group propecia online without prescription. P <.

0.001). There was no excess mortality. Although the maternal complication rate was low in absolute terms, women with CHD had a significantly higher rate of stroke, HF, and cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy (P <0.001 for all). Neonatal mortality was low but also significantly higher in the ACHD group (0.83% vs. 0.22%.

P = 0.001), and neonates to CHD mothers had significantly low/extremely low birth weight or extreme immaturity, or required resuscitation and mechanical ventilation more often compared with non-CHD offspring. On multivariate logistic regression, maternal defect complexity, arterial hypertension, HF, prior fertility treatment, and anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists emerged as significant predictors of adverse neonatal outcome. Recurrence of CHD was 6.1 times higher in infants to ACHD mothers compared with controls.The authors conclude that this population-based study illustrates a reassuringly low maternal mortality rate in a highly developed healthcare system. Nevertheless, maternal morbidity and neonatal morbidity/mortality were significantly increased in women with ACHD, highlighting the need for specialized care and pre-pregnancy counselling. This manuscript is accompanied by an Editorial by Jolien W.

Roos-Hesselink from Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues.15 The authors note that the study by Lammers et al. Is an excellent and clinically relevant contribution to the existing literature on pregnancy in women with CHD. The study shows that a good healthcare system, a multidisciplinary approach, and decisive pre-pregnancy counselling are effective in achieving safe pregnancies. Pre-pregnancy counselling with an individualized approach is a crucial step in this process, because both maternal and perinatal outcomes vary largely by the complexity of maternal illness, and further studies dedicated to specific congenital diagnoses are still warranted.Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) cardiomyopathy is a devastating genetic disease caused by insufficient consolidation of ventricular wall muscle that can result in inadequate cardiac performance.16 Despite being the third most common cardiomyopathy, the mechanisms underlying the disease, including the cell types involved, are poorly understood. In a Translational Research article entitled ‘Endocardial/endothelial angiocrines regulate cardiomyocyte development and maturation and induce features of ventricular non-compaction’, Siyeon Rhee from Stanford University in Stanford, CA, USA, and colleagues aimed to identify candidate angiocrines expressed by endocardial and endothelial cells in embryonic hearts of Tie2Cre;Ino80fl/fl transgenic mouse (an experimental model of LVNC).

Then they tested the effect of these candidates on cardiomyocyte proliferation and maturation.17 The authors observed a pathological endocardial cell population in non-compacted hearts and identified multiple dysregulated angiocrine factors that dramatically affected cardiomyocyte behaviour. They identified Col15a1 as a coronary vessel-secreted angiocrine factor, down-regulated by Ino80 deficiency, that functioned to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation. Furthermore, mutant endocardial and endothelial cells up-regulated expression of secreted factors, such as Tgfbi, Igfbp3, Isg15, and Adm, which decreased cardiomyocyte proliferation.The authors conclude that these findings support a model where coronary endothelial cells normally promote myocardial compaction through secreted factors, but that endocardial and endothelial cells can secrete factors that contribute to non-compaction under pathological conditions. The contribution is accompanied by an Editorial by Stefanie Dimmeler and Julian Wagner from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.18 The authors note that the study by Rhee et al. Elegantly identifies the importance of a timely orchestrated and well-balanced repertoire of extracellular factors that coordinate the proper development of the left ventricle.

It will be important to learn more about the cellular cross-talk to understand the mechanisms of cardiac development and homeostasis. The interplay between endothelial cells and other vascular cells such as pericytes and smooth muscle cells, and fibroblasts and immune cells, with cardiomyocytes has to be taken into account. The modulation of extracellular matrix proteins and paracrine factors may also be a therapeutic strategy promoting cardiac repair and regeneration, but probably needs to be carefully adapted to the underlying stage and type of heart disease.The issue is also complemented by two Discussion Forum contributions. In a commentary entitled ‘Big cohort studies offer insights into preventable risk factors’, Karolina Agnieszka Wartolowska and Alastair John Stewart Webb from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK comment on the recent Editorial ‘On cerebrotoxicity of antihypertensive therapy and risk factor cosmetics’ by Franz H. Messerli from the University of Bern in Switzerland.19,20 Messerli et al.

Respond in a separate comment.21The editors hope that this issue of the European Heart Journal will be of interest to its readers.With thanks to Amelia Meier-Batschelet, Johanna Huggler, and Martin Meyer for help with compilation of this article. References1Moons P, Bratt EL, De Backer J, Goossens E, Hornung T, Tutarel O, Zühlke L, Araujo JJ, Callus E, Gabriel H, Shahid N, Sliwa K, Verstappen A, Yang HL, Thomet C. Transition to adulthood and transfer to adult care of adolescents with congenital heart disease. A global consensus statement of the ESC Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP), the ESC Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease (WG ACHD), the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society (APPCS), the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (IASC), the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ), the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD), the World Heart Federation (WHF), the European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation (ECHDO), and the Global Alliance for Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts (Global ARCH). Eur Heart J 2021;42:4213–4223.2Chessa M, Brida M, Gatzoulis MA, Diller GP, Roos-Hesselink JW, Dimopoulos K, Behringer W, Möckel M, Giamberti A, Galletti L, Price S, Baumgartner H, Gallego P, Tutarel O.

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Eur Heart J 2020;41:4243–4244.9Beyer SE, Dicks AB, Shainker SA, Feinberg L, Schermerhorn ML, Secemsky EA, Carroll BJ. Pregnancy-associated arterial dissections. A nationwide cohort study. Eur Heart J 2020;41:4234–4242.10Roos-Hesselink J, Baris L, Johnson M, De Backer J, Otto C, Marelli A, Jondeau G, Budts W, Grewal J, Sliwa K, Parsonage W, Maggioni AP, van Hagen I, Vahanian A, Tavazzi L, Elkayam U, Boersma E, Hall R. Pregnancy outcomes in women with cardiovascular disease.

Evolving trends over 10 years in the ESC Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease (ROPAC). Eur Heart J 2019;40:3848–3855.11Koenig T, Hilfiker-Kleiner D. Future cardiovascular risk prediction in women with pregnancy complications. The HUNT is on. Eur Heart J 2019;40:1121–1123.12Diller GP, Orwat S, Lammers AE, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Schmidt R, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Enders D, Bronstein L, Kaleschke G, Baumgartner H.

Lack of specialist care is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adult congenital heart disease. A population-based study. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4241–4248.13Khan AD, Valente AM. Don’t be alarmed. The need for enhanced partnerships between medical communities to improve outcomes for adults living with congenital heart disease.

Eur Heart J 2021;42:4249–4251.14Lammers AE, Diller G-P, Lober R, Möllers M, Schmidt R, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Kaleschke G, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Gerß J, Enders D, Baumgartner H. Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease. A nationwide analysis. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4252–4260.15Ramlakhan KP, Roos-Hesselink JW. Promising perspectives on pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease.

Eur Heart J 2021;42:4261–4263.16Ross SB, Jones K, Blanch B, Puranik R, McGeechan K, Barratt A, Semsarian C. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of left ventricular non-compaction in adults. Eur Heart J 2020;41:1428–1436.17Rhee S, Paik DT, Yang JY, Nagelberg D, Williams I, Tian L, Roth R, Chandy M, Ban J, Belbachir N, Kim S, Zhang H, Phansalkar R, Wong KM, King DA, Valdez C, Winn VD, Morrison AJ, Wu JC, Red-Horse K. Endocardial/endothelial angiocrines regulate cardiomyocyte development and maturation and induce features of ventricular non-compaction. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4264–4276.18Wagner JUG, Dimmeler S.

The endothelial niche in heart failure. From development to regeneration. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4277–4279.19Wartolowska KA, Webb AJS. Big cohort studies offer insights into preventable risk factors. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4280–4281.20Huang HK, Liu PP, Hsu JY, Lin SM, Peng CC, Wang JH, Loh CH.

Fracture risks among patients with atrial fibrillation receiving different oral anticoagulants. A real-world nationwide cohort study. Eur Heart J 2020;41:1100–1108.21Messerli FH, Bavishi C, Messerli AW, Siontis GCM. Cerebrotoxicity of antihypertensive therapy in the UK Biobank Cohort Study. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4282.

Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2021. For permissions, please email. Journals.permissions@oup.com.This editorial refers to ‘Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease.

A nationwide analysis’, by A.E. Lammers et al., https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab571.With the increasing survival of children born with congenital heart disease into adult age, the focus has shifted from survival to quality of life. Most patients wish to live a normal life, including participation in sports and also starting a family. In earlier times, concerns were raised about the risks of pregnancy, as pregnancy is associated with impressive hormonal changes and haemodynamic impact. Older studies reported high rates of maternal complications, including maternal mortality, and substantial rates of perinatal complications.1–3 In addition, there were concerns about the hereditable recurrence risk of congenital heart disease for the baby.

However, studies were limited by small sample size or retrospective study design, and for a long time only the reported data from Nora and Nora were available.4 As a result, many physicians and, thus patients, were reluctant to embark on pregnancy, especially in more complex congenital heart disease, such as women with a systemic right ventricle, but also in severe aortic stenosis. The risks were deemed very high or too high, and these women were typically advised against pregnancy. Although research in the field of pregnancy and congenital heart disease is hampered by small numbers, often with retrospective design, over the past decades gradually some larger studies and registries became available, elucidating the risks of pregnancy and in fact showing relatively good results. A clear development over time in adult patients with congenital heart disease (ACHD) was seen for instance in women with transposition of the great arteries corrected with the Mustard and Senning operation, which started as being seen as very high risk, to high risk, and now to moderate risk. The trend for women with aortic stenosis is now also to allow pregnancy, even when the stenosis is severe, as long as the woman is asymptomatic.5–7The study of Lammers et al.

In this issue of the European Heart Journal provides an important contribution to the existing literature.8 Not only is this the largest study, but it includes all women with ACHD, without a possible bias of only including patients seen at a tertiary centre or including patients with other kinds of heart disease. Furthermore, because it is performed in a western country with an optimal healthcare system, the results are applicable to other western countries with comparable systems of care organization with appropriate counselling in place and good collaboration between cardiac and obstetric care. The pregnancy outcomes in studies with a global perspective, including patients from developing countries, show less favourable results (Graphical Abstract).8,9 These differences illustrate how the healthcare system and environment of women have great impact on their pregnancy outcomes and show that we still need to work to improve these outcomes for all women worldwide.10 A possible step forward is to utilize the expertise in the specialized healthcare centres such as described by Lammers et al., by providing long-distance digital or telephone consultations to rural centres in developing countries. Lammers et al. Also describe better pregnancy outcomes than an older study (1980–2007) in a Dutch and Belgian healthcare system similar to the German system, which may be due to advances in medical care for both the treatment of the original heart defect in the mother, and the management of pregnancy in heart disease, which includes the introduction of multidisciplinary pregnancy heart teams and the establishment of international guidelines (Graphical Abstract).8,11 Graphical AbstractComparison of studies on pregnancy outcomes of women with congenital heart disease.

ACHD. Adult congenital heart disease.Graphical AbstractComparison of studies on pregnancy outcomes of women with congenital heart disease. ACHD. Adult congenital heart disease.The most important finding of this well-performed and excellently written study is the zero maternal mortality in women with congenital heart disease.8 This is unexpected and fantastic news. As the authors point out, this is partly the result of good counselling, where the high-risk patients were advised against pregnancy and most probably did not become pregnant.

However, other studies show that some women at highest risk (mWHO IV) will actually still become pregnant, irrespective of counselling. In any case, this important finding makes it possible to reassure the large majority of ACHD patients about the mortality risk of pregnancy. This is an important message and should lead to a change in policy from approaching pregnancy as potentially very dangerous, to considering pregnancy as relatively safe and explaining the possible risks, on the condition that women in mWHO IV should not become pregnant. Of course morbidity is increased, but the rates are relatively low. The prevalence of heart failure in pregnancy might be under-reported in the study of Lammers et al., because pregnancies in women who had heart failure in the year before the pregnancy were not considered to be complicated by heart failure, probably because of the limitations of the method of registration with ICD codes.

The relationship between the occurrence of stroke and having a co-existent atrial septal defect or patent foramen ovale is shown nicely and should lead to a more proactive approach in taking lifestyle measures and considering a low threshold to prescribing antiplatelet drugs in these women. As in other studies, the mode of delivery is more often by Caesarean section in women with congenital heart disease, while this is not advised in the latest guidelines.6 An attempt must be made to change this policy, because planned Caesarean section in women with heart disease does not improve maternal outcome over vaginal delivery and can be harmful for neonatal outcome.12Another important finding of this study is the relatively high risk of the baby also having congenital heart disease.8 This study provides data on the numbers of children needing cardiac surgery with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass at young age, as a nice surrogate marker for congenital heart disease needing treatment, and reports 6% in ACHD patients vs. 0.4% in the general population. Scarce data were available on this topic, and for many years we had to rely on old studies.4 In particular, the comparison with the age-matched control group in this study provides the opportunity to finally gain reliable estimates. In counselling we can now inform our patients that the risk for their baby to also have congenital heart disease requiring surgery within ≤6 years is ∼15 times higher, compared with the general population (6% vs.

0.4%).8 What is astonishing is the reported rate for a univentricular heart being as high as 26.5%. Until now there was no reliable information on this specific congenital defect, because most women did not have children. However, this high rate fuels the discussion on pregnancy for women after Fontan correction. In addition to the high rates of miscarriage and maternal and foetal complications and the fear of the long-term impact on the maternal condition, now the high rate of foetal congenital defects also has to be taken into account when deciding on pregnancy in these high-risk women. It would be of interest to study trends over time, as earlier and better prenatal diagnostics and changes in termination management might have an impact, not only in these complex defects but also in less complex cardiac defects.In conclusion, the study by Lammers et al.

Is an excellent and clinically relevant contribution to the existing literature on pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease. The study shows that a good healthcare system, a multidisciplinary approach, and decisive pre-pregnancy counselling are effective in achieving safe pregnancies. Pre-pregnancy counselling with an individualized approach is a crucial step in this process, because both maternal and perinatal outcomes vary greatly by the complexity of maternal illness, and further studies dedicated to specific congenital diagnoses remain warranted.Conflict of interest. None declared.The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the Editors of the European Heart Journal or of the European Society of Cardiology. References1Mendelson CL.

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Outcome of mother and fetus. Circulation 1994;89:2673–2676.4Nora JJ, Nora AH. Recurrence risks in children having one parent with a congenital heart disease. Circulation 1976;53:701–702.5Orwat S, Diller GP, van Hagen IM, Schmidt R, Tobler D, Greutmann M, Jonkaitiene R, Elnagar A, Johnson MR, Hall R, Roos-Hesselink JW, Baumgartner H. ROPAC Investigators.

Risk of pregnancy in moderate and severe aortic stenosis. From the multinational ROPAC registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016;68:1727–1737.6Regitz-Zagrosek V, Roos-Hesselink JW, Bauersachs J, Blomström-Lundqvist C, Cífková R, De Bonis M, Iung B, Johnson MR, Kintscher U, Kranke P, Lang IM, Morais J, Pieper PG, Presbitero P, Price S, Rosano GMC, Seeland U, Simoncini T, Swan L, Warnes CA. ESC Scientific Document Group. 2018 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy.

Eur Heart J 2018;39:3165–241.7Roos-Hesselink J, Baris L, Johnson M, De Backer J, Otto C, Marelli A, Jondeau G, Budts W, Grewal J, Sliwa K, Parsonage W, Maggioni AP, van Hagen I, Vahanian A, Tavazzi L, Elkayam U, Boersma E, Hall R. Pregnancy outcomes in women with cardiovascular disease. Evolving trends over 10 years in the ESC Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease (ROPAC). Eur Heart J 2019;40:1–8.8Lammers AE, Diller GP, Lober R, Möllers M, Schmidt R, Radke RM, De-Torres-Alba F, Kaleschke G, Marschall U, Bauer UM, Gerβ J, Enders D, Baumgartner H. Maternal and neonatal complications in women with congenital heart disease.

A nationwide analysis. Eur Heart J 2021;42:4252–4260.9Ramlakhan KP, Johnson MR, Lelonek M, Saadd A, Gasimove Z, Sharashkinaf NV, Thorntong P, Arstallh M, Halli R, Roos-Hesselinka JW, on behalf of the ROPAC Investigators Group, ROPAC Executive Committee, ROPAC Investigators. Congenital heart disease in the ESC EORP Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC). Int J Cardiol Congenital Heart Dis 2021;3:100107.10Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the Secretary-General. Global Sustainable Development Report 2019.

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For example, without limitation, this includes guidance in State Medicaid Director Letter (SMDL) #13-003, which discussed a submission process to comply with the UPL requirements. SMDL #14-004, which discussed Medicaid financing and provider-related donations. As well as State Health Officials (SHO) Letter #14-001, which addressed health care-related taxes. This withdrawal action does not affect CMS' ongoing application of existing statutory and regulatory requirements or its Start Printed Page 5106responsibility to faithfully administer the Medicaid program.

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This proposed rule also sought to establish additional requirements to ensure that state plan amendments proposing new supplemental payments are consistent with the proper and efficient operation of the state plan and with efficiency, economy, and quality of care. Finally, this proposed rule sought to address the non-federal share financing of supplemental and base Medicaid payments, including states' uses of health care-related taxes and provider-related donations, and other requirements for sources of the non-federal share. We received approximately 10,188 individual comments (4,225 unduplicated comment submissions) through the extended comment period.[] We received significant comments on the proposed rule regarding its potential impact on states and their budgets, Medicaid providers and Medicaid beneficiary access to needed services. Many commenters stated their belief that the proposed rule did not include adequate analysis of these matters.

Numerous commenters indicated that CMS, in some instances, lacked statutory authority for its proposals and was creating regulatory provisions that were ambiguous or unclear and subject to excessive Agency discretion. While we continue to support the intent and purpose of the rule to increase fiscal accountability and improve transparency in the Medicaid program, based on the considerable feedback we received through the public comment process, we have determined it appropriate to withdraw the proposed provisions at this time. Moving forward, we want to ensure agency flexibility in re-examining these important issues and exploring options and possible alternative approaches that best implement the requirements of the Medicaid statute. We also believe it is important to re-examine and fully analyze the proposed Medicaid reporting requirements in consideration of the recent Congressional action through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R.

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Finally, the withdrawal of this proposed rule does not affect existing federal legal requirements or policy that were merely proposed to be codified in regulation, including certain provisions related to Medicaid financing and Medicaid Upper Payment Limit (UPL) requirements. For example, without limitation, this includes guidance in State Medicaid Director Letter (SMDL) #13-003, which discussed a submission process to comply with the UPL requirements. SMDL #14-004, which discussed Medicaid financing and provider-related donations. As well as State Health Officials (SHO) Letter #14-001, which addressed health care-related taxes.

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But over the next several days, she slowly began to hurt more and more. €What started as a tingling sensation in my thighs had soon become sensitive to touch,” says Bhamgara, 28. The San Francisco resident later learned that the fall affected her lower back, tailbone, pelvic areas, and her hip joints. In a few days, Bhamgara’s pain had radiated to the rest of her back and to the thighs as well.

Almost all Americans get back problems at one time or another. You might sleep awkwardly or wrench your back while lifting something heavy. Or, like Bhamgara, you might hurt your back in an accident. But often, says physical therapist Eric Robertson, DPT, the culprit is too much sitting and not enough moving.

€œWe're largely a sedentary society, and so that sedentary lifestyle is the primary thing that we have to work on,” says Robertson, who also is a spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). €œSo any sort of movement exercise, walking, working with a physical therapist to give you an individualized customized program is a great idea.” When Bhamgara went to doctors, physical therapists, and chiropractors about what to expect with her recovery, they gave her conflicting opinions. It might take 6-12 weeks, she heard, or it could take a full year before she was back to normal. €œI was mostly in bed after the pain started,” Bhamgara says.

She had inflammation on her thighs right up to behind the knees, groin, butt, lower back, and sometimes in her shoulders. Confused and worried, Bhamgara tried a host of treatments to ease her pain. She went to physical therapy twice a week. She got trigger point massage and acupuncture, which she said helped.

Bhamgara is now on the mend. She understands it’ll take time and effort to fully heal and to keep her inflammation in check. Robertson of the APTA says feeling better with back pain doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are some effective steps.

Avoid bed rest. Studies show that lying down too much can slow recovery and raise the pain. €œOver the last 25 years or so, probably the one thing we've learned definitively about back pain and bed rest is that is not OK,” says William Lauretti, DC, an associate professor at New York Chiropractic College and a spokesperson for the American Chiropractic Association. Instead, “you want to be as active as you can be with your back pain.” Move.

You may not want to move when you’re in pain, but it’s important to do as much as you can handle. Robertson says most back pain isn’t serious, even if it may be very painful. "So not being afraid of motion and continuing to move despite the pain is something that's really important,” he says. Walking is a good choice you can do on your own.

You also can work with a physical therapist to learn how to spot dangerous levels of pain and which moves are best for you. Keep good posture. Pay attention to the way you hold your back when you sit, stand, walk, sleep, or do day-to-day activities. Good posture is when all the bones in your spine are correctly aligned.

Poor posture can leave your back stiff and tense. This often to leads to back pain. Lauretti offers these tips on posture. Don’t sit up in your bed hunched over your laptop.

That’s a surefire recipe for back pain over time. If you must sit for a long time, use cushioned chairs. Hard seats won’t support your back and may prevent you from sitting up straight. Use a comfortable desk and chair if you need them while working.

Here are some general tips to maintain good posture. Keep your feet shoulder-width apart. Tuck your stomach in when you’re standing. If you’re standing for too long, regularly shift your weight from one foot to the other and from your toes to heels.

Roll your shoulders back. Let your arms hang naturally on the sides of your body. Sleep smart. The ideal bed, Lauretti says, is one that’s “comfortable for you.” As for the best sleep posture, he says on your side or back is easier on your back than sleeping on your belly.

If you’re face down, your head will be turned all night so you can breathe, which can lead to neck pain. Bhamgara says tucking a pillow between her legs to help align her hips lessens her back pain. Relax. Back pain can be linked to stress, tension, and other non-physical problems, Robertson says.

Massages and acupuncture may help loosen muscles. Yoga, meditation, and other mindfulness practices may help lift your mood, stretch your muscles, and make you relax so you can better manage your back pain. Bhamgara says mediation made her feel alive, especially when her back pain made it painful to move freely. €œI would think about healing every inch of my body,” she says.

€œThere were times I would imagine myself walking in a park with my headphones on and just dancing!. That brought me life.” Call your doctor. If your back pain doesn’t go away after 4 weeks or if you have long-term pain that lasts beyond 12 weeks and keeps you from carrying on with your daily activities, see your doctor. They can help pinpoint the cause of your pain and may suggest new therapies.

Get medical attention right away if your legs tingle, feel numb, or weak.Dec. 23, 2020 -- The headlines are sobering. "hair loss treatment Deaths Surpass 9/11 Deaths in Single Day," and, more recently, "2020 is the Deadliest Year in U.S. History.” It seems that having 3,000 people die each day should spark widespread compassion and a change in public behavior to stop the spread of the propecia.

But not so. Despite pleas to stay put, holiday travelers at Thanksgiving crammed airports in record numbers for the propecia, and airports are reporting busy travel for Christmas as well. People just don’t ignore stay-at-home orders, they flout them. In Los Angeles, police arrested 158 people at a ''super-spreader" party, despite stay-at-home orders.

And plenty of people still argue they have a right not to wear a mask. This seeming indifference that sets in when we're faced with such a crisis is known by mental health experts as psychic numbing, says Paul Slovic, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and president of Decision Research, a nonprofit institute that investigates decisions of modern life. Psychic numbing ''is a lack of feeling associated with information," he says. "The meaning of information is heavily determined by the feeling that information creates in us." "If some information conveys a positive feeling, that’s a signal to approach whatever the situation is.

If it sends a negative feeling, it’s a signal to retreat. We need these feelings to truly understand the meaning of the information." How we react to a crisis like the propecia depends on the mode of thinking we are using, Slovic says. He cites the work of psychologist Daniel Kahneman, winner of a Nobel Prize in economics for his work on decision-making and author of the bestseller Thinking Fast and Slow. Slow thinking uses mathematical models, Slovic says.

It's how we were taught to think in school. "We can think that way but rarely do it because it's hard work," he says. "The human brain is lazy. If it can [process information] through feeling, that's our default mode of thinking." The only way to understand the impact of the hair loss treatment toll, Slovic says, is to think slowly and carefully so we understand what science is telling us.

Without doing so, as the numbers get bigger and bigger, he says, ''you don't feel anything at all. It's just a number." As Tragedy Rises, Concern Doesn't Keep Up In their research, Slovic and others also have found that someone’s concern about others in danger doesn't increase with the number of people affected. "One person in danger can signal a lot of strong feelings," he says. "People will risk their lives to save someone in danger." That's especially true if the person is a loved one, he says.

However, ''if I told you there were two people in danger, you wouldn’t feel twice as concerned. You are already feeling concern about one. If there were two, you might feel a little more concerned.'' Or, you might feel less concerned because your attention is divided. In one study, Slovic and his team presented three scenarios to college students.

A 7-year-old girl who was desperately poor and needed help, a 9-year-old boy who was desperately poor and needed help, or both needing help. Students gave higher donations when one person needed help, he found. He concluded that the decline in compassion may begin with the second endangered life. Regarding the hair loss treatment death and case totals, he says, ''you don't have a sense of the individual lives.

That's psychic numbing. You lose feeling, you lose emotions. These are [just] dry statistics." Psychic Numbing and Other Issues Psychic numbing is also common in other issues, including climate change, says Leif Griffin, PsyD, a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area "Psychic numbing is this adaptive way of not feeling or fully registering on an emotional level the sort of threat or, in some ways, the traumatic experience that is occurring," he says. So, every year becomes hotter, but ''we don't want to think about what it means to our planet," Griffin says.

Psychic numbing allows us to ''be aware of something but not emotionally process or be in touch with the thing that is occurring." In a way, Griffin says, psychic numbing is like saying, ''Don't intrude on my sense of safety." Robert Jay Lifton, MD, a distinguished professor emeritus of psychiatry and psychology at The City University of New York, coined the term psychic numbing. "When I interviewed survivors of the first atomic bomb dropped on a human population in Hiroshima, they often described their minds kind of shutting down. I came to call that psychic numbing." And, he says, "it can be adaptive," helping people cope in some situations. In their cases, he says, it was a defense mechanism to get through the experience.

But when psychic numbing persists in the face of danger, Lifton says, it can create considerable problems, leading to withdrawal or even depression. It's one of the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he says. Psychic numbing is playing a role in the hair loss treatment propecia, Lifton says, as people use it to try to hold off their anxiety about death. Reducing hair loss treatment's 'Psychic Numbing' Psychic numbing can affect behavior, including resistance to mask-wearing and other preventive measures, Slovic and Lifton agree.

Public health experts need statistics to fight hair loss treatment, Slovic says, but he suggests they also try to trigger a feeling when they present numbers if they want to reduce psychic numbing. For instance, showing a graph that shows the upward trends of cases and deaths could help. "Even if you don't know the exact number, you can see the curve is going straight up. You get a feeling from looking at that fast-increasing curve," he says.

Talking about individual cases is another good way to decrease psychic numbing, Slovic says. And as statistics are presented, health care providers should talk about crowded intensive care units and emergency rooms, he says. Stories of people who contracted hair loss treatment after denying the risk are also powerful, he says. WebMD Health News Sources Paul Slovic, PhD, professor of psychology, University of Oregon.

President, Decision Research, Eugene, OR. Leif Griffin, PsyD, clinical psychologist, San Francisco Bay Area. Robert Jay Lifton, MD, distinguished professor emeritus of psychiatry and psychology, The City University of New York. American Psychological Association.

"Paul Slovic observes the 'psychic numbing' of hair loss treatment." WebMD. "CVID-19 Deaths Surpass 911 Deaths in Single Day." The Hill. "CDC Director. US hair loss treatment Deaths Likely to Exceed 911 Toll for 60 Days." PLoS One.

"Compassion Fade. Affect and Charity Are Greatest for a Single Child in Need." © 2020 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.National Institutes of Health. €œTherapeutic Management of Patients with hair loss treatment.” World Health Organization.

€œhair loss disease (hair loss treatment). Similarities and differences with influenza.” FDA. €œFDA cautions against use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for hair loss treatment outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems.” YouTube. €œhair loss treatment food safety tips,” Jeffrey VanWingen.hair loss treatment antibodies preferentially target a different part of the propecia in mild cases of hair loss treatment than they do in severe cases, and wane significantly within several months of , according to a new study by researchers at Stanford Medicine.The findings identify new links between the course of the disease and a patient's immune response.

They also raise concerns about whether people can be re-infected, whether antibody tests to detect prior may underestimate the breadth of the propecia and whether vaccinations may need to be repeated at regular intervals to maintain a protective immune response."This is one of the most comprehensive studies to date of the antibody immune response to hair loss in people across the entire spectrum of disease severity, from asymptomatic to fatal," said Scott Boyd, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology. "We assessed multiple time points and sample types, and also analyzed levels of viral RNA in patient nasopharyngeal swabs and blood samples. It's one of the first big-picture looks at this illness."The study found that people with severe hair loss treatment have low proportions of antibodies targeting the spike protein used by the propecia to enter human cells compared with the number of antibodies targeting proteins of the propecia's inner shell.Boyd is a senior author of the study, which was published Dec. 7 in Science Immunology.

Other senior authors are Benjamin Pinsky, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology, and Peter Kim, PhD, the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry. The lead authors are research scientist Katharina Röltgen, PhD.

Postdoctoral scholars Abigail Powell, PhD, and Oliver Wirz, PhD. And clinical instructor Bryan Stevens, MD.propecia binds to ACE2 receptorThe researchers studied 254 people with asymptomatic, mild or severe hair loss treatment who were identified either through routine testing or occupational health screening at Stanford Health Care or who came to a Stanford Health Care clinic with symptoms of hair loss treatment. Of the people with symptoms, 25 were treated as outpatients, 42 were hospitalized outside the intensive care unit and 37 were treated in the intensive care unit. Twenty-five people in the study died of the disease.

advertisement hair loss binds to human cells via a structure on its surface called the spike protein. This protein binds to a receptor on human cells called ACE2. The binding allows the propecia to enter and infect the cell. Once inside, the propecia sheds its outer coat to reveal an inner shell encasing its genetic material.

Soon, the propecia co-opts the cell's protein-making machinery to churn out more viral particles, which are then released to infect other cells.Antibodies that recognize and bind to the spike protein block its ability to bind to ACE2, preventing the propecia from infecting the cells, whereas antibodies that recognize other viral components are unlikely to prevent viral spread. Current treatment candidates use portions of the spike protein to stimulate an immune response.Boyd and his colleagues analyzed the levels of three types of antibodies -- IgG, IgM and IgA -- and the proportions that targeted the viral spike protein or the propecia's inner shell as the disease progressed and patients either recovered or grew sicker. They also measured the levels of viral genetic material in nasopharyngeal samples and blood from the patients. Finally, they assessed the effectiveness of the antibodies in preventing the spike protein from binding to ACE2 in a laboratory dish."Although previous studies have assessed the overall antibody response to , we compared the viral proteins targeted by these antibodies," Boyd said.

"We found that the severity of the illness correlates with the ratio of antibodies recognizing domains of the spike protein compared with other nonprotective viral targets. Those people with mild illness tended to have a higher proportion of anti-spike antibodies, and those who died from their disease had more antibodies that recognized other parts of the propecia."Substantial variability in immune responseThe researchers caution, however, that although the study identified trends among a group of patients, there is still substantial variability in the immune response mounted by individual patients, particularly those with severe disease. advertisement "Antibody responses are not likely to be the sole determinant of someone's outcome," Boyd said. "Among people with severe disease, some die and some recover.

Some of these patients mount a vigorous immune response, and others have a more moderate response. So, there are a lot of other things going on. There are also other branches of the immune system involved. It's important to note that our results identify correlations but don't prove causation."As in other studies, the researchers found that people with asymptomatic and mild illness had lower levels of antibodies overall than did those with severe disease.

After recovery, the levels of IgM and IgA decreased steadily to low or undetectable levels in most patients over a period of about one to four months after symptom onset or estimated date, and IgG levels dropped significantly."This is quite consistent with what has been seen with other hair losses that regularly circulate in our communities to cause the common cold," Boyd said. "It's not uncommon for someone to get re-infected within a year or sometimes sooner. It remains to be seen whether the immune response to hair loss vaccination is stronger, or persists longer, than that caused by natural . It's quite possible it could be better.

But there are a lot of questions that still need to be answered."Boyd is a co-chair of the National Cancer Institute's SeroNet Serological Sciences Network, one of the nation's largest coordinated research efforts to study the immune response to hair loss treatment. He is the principal investigator of Center of Excellence in SeroNet at Stanford, which is tackling critical questions about the mechanisms and duration of immunity to hair loss."For example, if someone has already been infected, should they get the treatment?. If so, how should they be prioritized?. " Boyd said.

"How can we adapt seroprevalence studies in vaccinated populations?. How will immunity from vaccination differ from that caused by natural ?. And how long might a treatment be protective?. These are all very interesting, important questions."Other Stanford co-authors of the study are visiting pathology instructor Catherine Hogan, MD.

Postdoctoral scholars Javaria Najeeb, PhD, and Ana Otrelo-Cardoso, PhD. Medical resident Hannah Wang, MD. Research scientist Malaya Sahoo, PhD. Research professional ChunHong Huang, PhD.

Research scientist Fumiko Yamamoto. Laboratory director Monali Manohar, PhD. Senior clinical laboratory scientist Justin Manalac. Tho Pham, MD, clinical assistant professor of pathology.

Medical fellow Arjun Rustagi, MD, PhD. Angela Rogers, MD, assistant professor of medicine. Nigam Shah, PhD, professor of medicine. Catherine Blish, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine.

Jennifer Cochran, PhD, chair and professor of bioengineering. Theodore Jardetzky, PhD, professor of structural biology. James Zehnder, MD, professor of pathology and of medicine. Taia Wang, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology.

Senior research scientist Balasubramanian Narasimhan, PhD. Pathology instructor Saurabh Gombar, MD, PhD. Robert Tibshirani, PhD, professor of biomedical data science and of statistics. And Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and of pediatrics.The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grants RO1AI127877, RO1AI130398, 1U54CA260517, T32AI007502-23, U19AI111825 and UL1TR003142), the Crown Family Foundation, the Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and a Coulter hair loss treatment Rapid Response award.Boyd, Röltgen, Kim and Powell have filed provisional patent applications related to serological tests for hair loss antibodies.By transferring mouse aged hematopoietic stem cells (aged HSCs, *1) to the environment of young mice (bone marrow niche, *2), it was demonstrated that the pattern of stem cell gene expression was rejuvenated to that of young hematopoietic stem cells.

On the other hand, the function of aged HSCs did not recover in the young bone marrow niche. The epigenome (DNA methylation, *3) of aged HSCs did not change significantly even in the young bone marrow niche, and DNA methylation profiles were found to be a better index than the gene expression pattern of aged HSCs.A research group led by Professor Atsushi Iwama at the Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (IMSUT) announced these world-first results and was published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (online) on November 24th."The results will contribute to the development of treatments for age-related blood diseases," states lead scientist, Professor Iwama at IMSUT.Focus on changes in aged HSCs in the bone marrow nicheThe research group investigated whether rejuvenating aged HSCs in a young bone marrow niche environment would rejuvenate.Tens of thousands of aged hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells collected from 20-month-old mice were transplanted into 8-week-old young mice without pretreatment such as irradiation. After two months of follow-up, they collected bone marrow cells and performed flow cytometric analysis.The research team also transplanted 10-week-old young mouse HSCs for comparison. In addition, engrafted aged HSCs were fractionated and RNA sequence analysis and DNA methylation analysis were performed.They found that engrafted aged HSCs were less capable of producing hematopoietic cells than younger HSCs.

They also showed that differentiation of aged HSCs into multipotent progenitor cells was persistently impaired even in the young bone marrow niche, and that the direction of differentiation was biased. It was found that the transfer of aged HSCs to the young bone marrow niche does not improve their stem cell function.A more detailed analysis may reveal mechanisms that irreversibly affect aged HSC functionAging studies focusing on HSCs have been actively pursued in mice using a bone marrow transfer model. However, the effect of aging on HSCs remains to be clarified.Professor Iwama states as follows."This study has a significant impact because it clarified the effect of aging on HSCs. Our results are expected to contribute to further elucidation of the mechanism of aging in HSCs and understanding of the pathogenic mechanism of age-related blood diseases." Story Source.

Materials provided by The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo. Note. Content may be edited for style and length.Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay sorted within correct compartments during development. How tightly cells clump together, known as cell adhesion, appears to be enabled by a protein better known for its role in the immune system.

The findings were detailed in the journal Nature Communications.Scientists have long observed that not-yet-specialized cells move in a way that ensures that cell groups destined for a specific tissue stay together. In 1964, American biologist Malcolm Steinberg proposed that cells with similar adhesiveness move to come in contact with each other to minimize energy use, producing a thermodynamically stable structure. This is known as the differential adhesion hypothesis."Many other theoretical works have emphasized the importance of differences in cell-to-cell adhesion for separating cell populations and maintaining the boundaries between them, but this had not yet been demonstrated in living animal epithelial tissues," says Erina Kuranaga of Tohoku University's Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, who led the investigations. "Our study showed, for the first time, that cell sorting is regulated by changes in adhesion."Kuranaga and her team conducted experiments in fruit fly pupae, finding that a gene, called Toll-1, played a major role in this adhesion process.As fruit flies develop from the immature larval stage into the mature adult, epithelial tissue-forming cells, called histoblasts, cluster together into several 'nests' in the abdomen.

Each nest contains an anterior and a posterior compartment. Histoblasts are destined to replace larval cells to form the adult epidermis, the outermost layer that covers the flies. The cells in each compartment form discrete cell populations, so they need to stick together, with a distinct boundary forming between them.Using fluorescent tags, Kuranaga and her team observed the Toll-1 protein is expressed mainly in the posterior compartment. Its fluorescence also showed a sharp boundary between the two compartments.Further investigations showed Toll-1 performs the function of an adhesion molecule, encouraging similar cells to stick together.

This process keeps the boundary between the two compartments straight, correcting distortions that arise as the cells divide to increase the number.Interestingly, Toll proteins are best known for recognizing invading pathogens, and little is known about their work beyond the immune system. "Our work improves understanding of the non-immune roles of Toll proteins," says Kuranaga. She and her team next plan to study the function of other Toll genes in fruit fly epithelial cells. Story Source.

Materials provided by Tohoku University. Note. Content may be edited for style and length.This summer, when bars and restaurants and stores began to reopen across the United States, people headed out despite the continuing threat of hair loss treatment.As a result, many areas, including the St. Louis region, saw increases in cases in July.Using mathematical modeling, new interdisciplinary research from the lab of Arye Nehorai, the Eugene &.

Martha Lohman Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical &. Systems Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, determines the best course of action when it comes to walking the line between economic stability and the best possible health outcomes.The group -- which also includes David Schwartzman, a business economics PhD candidate at Olin Business School, and Uri Goldsztejn, a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering -- published their findings Dec.

22 in PLOS ONE.The model indicates that of the scenarios they consider, communities could maximize economic productivity and minimize disease transmission if, until a treatment were readily available, seniors mostly remained at home while younger people gradually returned to the workforce."We have developed a predictive model for hair loss treatment that considers, for the first time, its intercoupled effect on both economic and health outcomes for different quarantine policies," Nehorai said. "You can have an optimal quarantine policy that minimizes the effect both on health and on the economy."The work was an expanded version of a Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, Recovered (SEIR) model, a commonly used mathematical tool for predicting the spread of s. This dynamic model allows for people to be moved between groups known as compartments, and for each compartment to influence the other in turn. advertisement At their most basic, these models divide the population into four compartments.

Those who are susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered. In an innovation to this traditional model, Nehorai's team included infected but asymptomatic people as well, taking into account the most up-to-date understanding of how transmission may work differently between them as well as how their behaviors might differ from people with symptoms. This turned out to be highly influential in the model's outcomes.People were then divided into different "sub-compartments," for example age (seniors are those older than 60), or by productivity. This was a measure of a person's ability to work from home in the case of quarantine measures.

To do this, they looked at college degrees as a proxy for who could continue to work during a period of quarantine.Then they got to work, developing equations which modeled the ways in which people moved from one compartment to another. Movement was affected by policy as well as the decisions an individual made.Interestingly, the model included a dynamic mortality rate -- one that shrunk over time. "We had a mortality rate that accounted for improvements in medical knowledge over time," said Uri Goldsztejn, a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering. "And we see that now.

Mortality rates have gone down.""For example," Goldsztejn said, "if the economy is decreasing, there is more incentive to leave quarantine," which might show up in the model as people moving from the isolated compartment to the susceptible compartment. On the other hand, moving from infectious to recovered was based less on a person's actions and can be better determined by recovery or mortality rates. Additionally, the researchers modeled the mortality rate as decreasing over time, due to medical knowledge about how to treat hair loss treatment becoming better over time. advertisement The team looked at three scenarios, according to Schwartzman.

In all three scenarios, the given timeline was 76 weeks -- at which time it assumed a treatment would be available -- and seniors remained mostly quarantined until then. If strict isolation measures were maintained throughout. If, after the curve was flattened, there was a rapid relaxation of isolation measures by younger people to normal movement. If, after the curve was flattened, isolation measures were slowly lifted for younger people."The third scenario is the case which was the best in terms of economic damage and health outcomes," he said.

"Because in the rapid relaxation scenario, there was another disease spread and restrictions would be reinstated."Specifically, they found in the first scenario, there are 235,724 deaths and the economy shrinks by 34%.In the second scenario, where there was a rapid relaxation of isolation measures, a second outbreak occurs for a total of 525,558 deaths, and the economy shrinks by 32.2%.With a gradual relaxation, as in the third scenario, there are 262,917 deaths, and the economy shrinks by 29.8%."We wanted to show there is a tradeoff," Nehorai said. "And we wanted to find, mathematically, where is the sweet spot?. " As with so many things, the "sweet spot" was not at either extreme -- total lockdown or carrying on as if there was no propecia.Another key finding was one no one should be surprised to hear. "People's' sensitivity to contagiousness is related to the precautions they take," Nehorai said.

"It's still critical to use precautions -- masks, social distancing, avoiding crowds and washing hands.".

Dec Learn More propecia online without prescription. 24, 2020 -- People eager to get a hair loss treatment will need to be patient. Although some propecia online without prescription political figures and celebrities have already received the treatment, distribution for the public will take more time.

Each state has set priorities about who gets the treatment first, based on recommendations from the federal government. Currently, the states are rolling the treatment out in categories based on need. Health care workers and people living in nursing homes are propecia online without prescription highest priority, and they began receiving the treatment in mid-December.

People ages 75 years and older, along with essential workers like first responders, will be next. Adults between 65 and 75 years old, and younger people (between 16 and 64) at high risk, along with other essential workers, will get the treatment in the next phase. Assuming there is enough of the treatment to go around after that, everyone else will propecia online without prescription be able to get one, likely sometime in the late spring or early summer.

As of now, the treatment will be available to the public at most pharmacy chain stores like CVS, Walgreens, and others. Along with in-store pharmacies at Costco, Kroger, Target, Publix, HEB, and other national and regional chains. Experts suggest regularly checking state public propecia online without prescription health department websites for information.

Some states offer treatment safety information, details about who qualifies for treatments now, and ways to sign up for hair loss treatment and treatment alerts. Those websites propecia online without prescription are listed below. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming WebMD Health News Sources Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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All rights reserved.When Deanne Bhamgara took a tumble off her electric scooter on a pier in San Diego, she didn’t make much of it at first. The fall left her propecia online without prescription sore, but she felt only little pain. But over the next several days, she slowly began to hurt more and more.

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Almost all Americans get back problems at one time or another. You might sleep awkwardly or wrench your back while lifting propecia online without prescription something heavy. Or, like Bhamgara, you might hurt your back in an accident.

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It might take 6-12 weeks, she heard, or it could take a full year before propecia online without prescription she was back to normal. €œI was mostly in bed after the pain started,” Bhamgara says. She had inflammation on her thighs right up to behind the knees, groin, butt, lower back, and sometimes in her shoulders.

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Here are some effective steps propecia online without prescription. Avoid bed rest. Studies show that lying down too much propecia online without prescription can slow recovery and raise the pain.

€œOver the last 25 years or so, probably the one thing we've learned definitively about back pain and bed rest is that is not OK,” says William Lauretti, DC, an associate professor at New York Chiropractic College and a spokesperson for the American Chiropractic Association. Instead, “you want to be as active as you can be with your back pain.” Move. You may not want propecia online without prescription to move when you’re in pain, but it’s important to do as much as you can handle.

Robertson says most back pain isn’t serious, even if it may be very painful. "So not being afraid of motion and continuing to move despite the pain is something that's really important,” he says. Walking is a good choice propecia online without prescription you can do on your own.

You also can work with a physical therapist to learn how to spot dangerous levels of pain and which moves are best for you. Keep good posture. Pay attention to the propecia online without prescription way you hold your back when you sit, stand, walk, sleep, or do day-to-day activities.

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Sleep propecia online without prescription smart. The ideal bed, Lauretti says, is one that’s “comfortable for you.” As for the best sleep posture, he says on your side or back is easier on your back than sleeping on your belly. If you’re face down, your head will be turned all night so you can breathe, which can lead to neck pain.

Bhamgara says tucking a pillow between her legs to help align her hips lessens propecia online without prescription her back pain. Relax. Back pain can be linked to stress, tension, and other non-physical problems, Robertson says.

Massages and acupuncture may propecia online without prescription help loosen muscles. Yoga, meditation, and other mindfulness practices may help lift your mood, stretch your muscles, and make you relax so you can better manage your back pain. Bhamgara says mediation made her feel alive, especially when her back pain made it painful to move freely.

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If your back pain doesn’t propecia online without prescription go away after 4 weeks or if you have long-term pain that lasts beyond 12 weeks and keeps you from carrying on with your daily activities, see your doctor. They can help pinpoint the cause of your pain and may suggest new therapies. Get medical attention right away if propecia online without prescription your legs tingle, feel numb, or weak.Dec.

23, 2020 -- The headlines are sobering. "hair loss treatment Deaths Surpass 9/11 Deaths in Single Day," and, more recently, "2020 is the Deadliest Year in U.S. History.” It seems that having 3,000 people die each day should spark widespread compassion and a change in public behavior to stop the spread of the propecia propecia online without prescription.

But not so. Despite pleas to stay put, holiday travelers at Thanksgiving crammed airports in record numbers for the propecia, and airports are reporting busy travel for Christmas as well. People just don’t ignore stay-at-home orders, propecia online without prescription they flout them.

In Los Angeles, police arrested 158 people at a ''super-spreader" party, despite stay-at-home orders. And plenty of people still argue they have a right not to wear a mask. This seeming indifference that sets in when we're faced with such a crisis is known by mental health experts as psychic numbing, says Paul Slovic, PhD, a professor of propecia online without prescription psychology at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and president of Decision Research, a nonprofit institute that investigates decisions of modern life.

Psychic numbing ''is a lack of feeling associated with information," he says. "The meaning of information is heavily determined by the feeling that information creates in us." "If some information conveys a positive feeling, that’s a signal to approach whatever the situation is. If it sends a negative feeling, it’s a propecia online without prescription signal to retreat.

We need these feelings to truly understand the meaning of the information." How we react to a crisis like the propecia depends on the mode of thinking we are using, Slovic says. He cites the work of psychologist Daniel Kahneman, winner of a Nobel Prize in propecia online without prescription economics for his work on decision-making and author of the bestseller Thinking Fast and Slow. Slow thinking uses mathematical models, Slovic says.

It's how we were taught to think in school. "We can think that way but rarely propecia online without prescription do it because it's hard work," he says. "The human brain is lazy.

If it can [process information] through feeling, that's our default mode of thinking." The only way to understand the impact of the hair loss treatment toll, Slovic says, is to think slowly and carefully so we understand what science is telling us. Without doing so, propecia online without prescription as the numbers get bigger and bigger, he says, ''you don't feel anything at all. It's just a number." As Tragedy Rises, Concern Doesn't Keep Up In their research, Slovic and others also have found that someone’s concern about others in danger doesn't increase with the number of people affected.

"One person in danger can signal a lot of strong feelings," he says. "People will risk their lives to save propecia online without prescription someone in danger." That's especially true if the person is a loved one, he says. However, ''if I told you there were two people in danger, you wouldn’t feel twice as concerned.

You are propecia online without prescription already feeling concern about one. If there were two, you might feel a little more concerned.'' Or, you might feel less concerned because your attention is divided. In one study, Slovic and his team presented three scenarios to college students.

A 7-year-old girl who propecia online without prescription was desperately poor and needed help, a 9-year-old boy who was desperately poor and needed help, or both needing help. Students gave higher donations when one person needed help, he found. He concluded that the decline in compassion may begin with the second endangered life.

Regarding the hair loss treatment death and case totals, he says, ''you don't have a sense of the individual lives propecia online without prescription. That's psychic numbing. You lose feeling, you lose emotions.

These are [just] dry statistics." Psychic Numbing and Other Issues Psychic numbing is also common in other issues, including climate change, says Leif Griffin, PsyD, a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area "Psychic numbing is this adaptive way of not feeling or fully registering on an emotional level the sort of threat or, in propecia online without prescription some ways, the traumatic experience that is occurring," he says. So, every year becomes hotter, but ''we don't want to think about what it means to our planet," Griffin says. Psychic numbing allows us to ''be aware of something but not emotionally process or be in touch with the thing that is occurring." In a way, Griffin says, psychic numbing is like saying, ''Don't intrude on my sense of safety." Robert Jay Lifton, MD, a distinguished professor emeritus of psychiatry and psychology at The City University of New York, coined the term psychic numbing.

"When I interviewed survivors of the first atomic bomb dropped on a human population in Hiroshima, they often described propecia online without prescription their minds kind of shutting down. I came to call that psychic numbing." And, he says, "it can be adaptive," helping people cope in some situations. In their cases, he says, it propecia online without prescription was a defense mechanism to get through the experience.

But when psychic numbing persists in the face of danger, Lifton says, it can create considerable problems, leading to withdrawal or even depression. It's one of the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he says. Psychic numbing propecia online without prescription is playing a role in the hair loss treatment propecia, Lifton says, as people use it to try to hold off their anxiety about death.

Reducing hair loss treatment's 'Psychic Numbing' Psychic numbing can affect behavior, including resistance to mask-wearing and other preventive measures, Slovic and Lifton agree. Public health experts need statistics to fight hair loss treatment, Slovic says, but he suggests they also try to trigger a feeling when they present numbers if they want to reduce psychic numbing. For instance, showing a graph that shows the upward trends of cases propecia online without prescription and deaths could help.

"Even if you don't know the exact number, you can see the curve is going straight up. You get a feeling from looking at that fast-increasing curve," he says. Talking about individual cases is another good way to decrease psychic numbing, Slovic propecia online without prescription says.

And as statistics are presented, health care providers should talk about crowded intensive care units and emergency rooms, he says. Stories of people who contracted hair loss treatment after denying the risk are also powerful, he says. WebMD propecia online without prescription Health News Sources Paul Slovic, PhD, professor of psychology, University of Oregon.

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€œhair loss treatment food safety tips,” Jeffrey VanWingen.hair loss treatment antibodies preferentially target a different part of the propecia in mild cases of hair loss treatment than they do in severe cases, and wane significantly within several months of , according to a new study by researchers at Stanford Medicine.The propecia online without prescription findings identify new links between the course of the disease and a patient's immune response. They also raise concerns about whether people can be re-infected, whether antibody tests to detect prior may underestimate the breadth of the propecia and whether vaccinations may need to be repeated at regular intervals to maintain a protective immune response."This is one of the most comprehensive studies to date of the antibody immune response to hair loss in people across the entire spectrum of disease severity, from asymptomatic to fatal," said Scott Boyd, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology. "We assessed multiple time points and sample types, and also analyzed levels of viral RNA in patient nasopharyngeal swabs and blood samples.

It's one of the first big-picture looks at this illness."The study found that people with severe hair loss treatment have low proportions of antibodies targeting the spike protein used by the propecia to propecia online without prescription enter human cells compared with the number of antibodies targeting proteins of the propecia's inner shell.Boyd is a senior author of the study, which was published Dec. 7 in Science Immunology. Other senior authors are Benjamin Pinsky, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology, and Peter Kim, PhD, the Virginia and D.

K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry. The lead authors are research scientist Katharina Röltgen, PhD.

Postdoctoral scholars Abigail Powell, PhD, and Oliver Wirz, PhD. And clinical instructor Bryan Stevens, MD.propecia binds to ACE2 receptorThe researchers studied 254 people with asymptomatic, mild or severe hair loss treatment who were identified either through routine testing or occupational health screening at Stanford Health Care or who came to a Stanford Health Care clinic with symptoms of hair loss treatment. Of the people with symptoms, 25 were treated as outpatients, 42 were hospitalized outside the intensive care unit and 37 were treated in the intensive care unit.

Twenty-five people in the study died of the disease. advertisement hair loss binds to human cells via a structure on its surface called the spike protein. This protein binds to a receptor on human cells called ACE2.

The binding allows the propecia to enter and infect the cell. Once inside, the propecia sheds its outer coat to reveal an inner shell encasing its genetic material. Soon, the propecia co-opts the cell's protein-making machinery to churn out more viral particles, which are then released to infect other cells.Antibodies that recognize and bind to the spike protein block its ability to bind to ACE2, preventing the propecia from infecting the cells, whereas antibodies that recognize other viral components are unlikely to prevent viral spread.

Current treatment candidates use portions of the spike protein to stimulate an immune response.Boyd and his colleagues analyzed the levels of three types of antibodies -- IgG, IgM and IgA -- and the proportions that targeted the viral spike protein or the propecia's inner shell as the disease progressed and patients either recovered or grew sicker. They also measured the levels of viral genetic material in nasopharyngeal samples and blood from the patients. Finally, they assessed the effectiveness of the antibodies in preventing the spike protein from binding to ACE2 in a laboratory dish."Although previous studies have assessed the overall antibody response to , we compared the viral proteins targeted by these antibodies," Boyd said.

"We found that the severity of the illness correlates with the ratio of antibodies recognizing domains of the spike protein compared with other nonprotective viral targets. Those people with mild illness tended to have a higher proportion of anti-spike antibodies, and those who died from their disease had more antibodies that recognized other parts of the propecia."Substantial variability in immune responseThe researchers caution, however, that although the study identified trends among a group of patients, there is still substantial variability in the immune response mounted by individual patients, particularly those with severe disease. advertisement "Antibody responses are not likely to be the sole determinant of someone's outcome," Boyd said.

"Among people with severe disease, some die and some recover. Some of these patients mount a vigorous immune response, and others have a more moderate response. So, there are a lot of other things going on.

There are also other branches of the immune system involved. It's important to note that our results identify correlations but don't prove causation."As in other studies, the researchers found that people with asymptomatic and mild illness had lower levels of antibodies overall than did those with severe disease. After recovery, the levels of IgM and IgA decreased steadily to low or undetectable levels in most patients over a period of about one to four months after symptom onset or estimated date, and IgG levels dropped significantly."This is quite consistent with what has been seen with other hair losses that regularly circulate in our communities to cause the common cold," Boyd said.

"It's not uncommon for someone to get re-infected within a year or sometimes sooner. It remains to be seen whether the immune response to hair loss vaccination is stronger, or persists longer, than that caused by natural . It's quite possible it could be better.

But there are a lot of questions that still need to be answered."Boyd is a co-chair of the National Cancer Institute's SeroNet Serological Sciences Network, one of the nation's largest coordinated research efforts to study the immune response to hair loss treatment. He is the principal investigator of Center of Excellence in SeroNet at Stanford, which is tackling critical questions about the mechanisms and duration of immunity to hair loss."For example, if someone has already been infected, should they get the treatment?. If so, how should they be prioritized?.

" Boyd said. "How can we adapt seroprevalence studies in vaccinated populations?. How will immunity from vaccination differ from that caused by natural ?.

And how long might a treatment be protective?. These are all very interesting, important questions."Other Stanford co-authors of the study are visiting pathology instructor Catherine Hogan, MD. Postdoctoral scholars Javaria Najeeb, PhD, and Ana Otrelo-Cardoso, PhD.

Medical resident Hannah Wang, MD. Research scientist Malaya Sahoo, PhD. Research professional ChunHong Huang, PhD.

Research scientist Fumiko Yamamoto. Laboratory director Monali Manohar, PhD. Senior clinical laboratory scientist Justin Manalac.

Tho Pham, MD, clinical assistant professor of pathology. Medical fellow Arjun Rustagi, MD, PhD. Angela Rogers, MD, assistant professor of medicine.

Nigam Shah, PhD, professor of medicine. Catherine Blish, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine. Jennifer Cochran, PhD, chair and professor of bioengineering.

Theodore Jardetzky, PhD, professor of structural biology. James Zehnder, MD, professor of pathology and of medicine. Taia Wang, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology.

Senior research scientist Balasubramanian Narasimhan, PhD. Pathology instructor Saurabh Gombar, MD, PhD. Robert Tibshirani, PhD, professor of biomedical data science and of statistics.

And Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and of pediatrics.The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grants RO1AI127877, RO1AI130398, 1U54CA260517, T32AI007502-23, U19AI111825 and UL1TR003142), the Crown Family Foundation, the Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and a Coulter hair loss treatment Rapid Response award.Boyd, Röltgen, Kim and Powell have filed provisional patent applications related to serological tests for hair loss antibodies.By transferring mouse aged hematopoietic stem cells (aged HSCs, *1) to the environment of young mice (bone marrow niche, *2), it was demonstrated that the pattern of stem cell gene expression was rejuvenated to that of young hematopoietic stem cells. On the other hand, the function of aged HSCs did not recover in the young bone marrow niche. The epigenome (DNA methylation, *3) of aged HSCs did not change significantly even in the young bone marrow niche, and DNA methylation profiles were found to be a better index than the gene expression pattern of aged HSCs.A research group led by Professor Atsushi Iwama at the Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (IMSUT) announced these world-first results and was published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (online) on November 24th."The results will contribute to the development of treatments for age-related blood diseases," states lead scientist, Professor Iwama at IMSUT.Focus on changes in aged HSCs in the bone marrow nicheThe research group investigated whether rejuvenating aged HSCs in a young bone marrow niche environment would rejuvenate.Tens of thousands of aged hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells collected from 20-month-old mice were transplanted into 8-week-old young mice without pretreatment such as irradiation.

After two months of follow-up, they collected bone marrow cells and performed flow cytometric analysis.The research team also transplanted 10-week-old young mouse HSCs for comparison. In addition, engrafted aged HSCs were fractionated and RNA sequence analysis and DNA methylation analysis were performed.They found that engrafted aged HSCs were less capable of producing hematopoietic cells than younger HSCs. They also showed that differentiation of aged HSCs into multipotent progenitor cells was persistently impaired even in the young bone marrow niche, and that the direction of differentiation was biased.

It was found that the transfer of aged HSCs to the young bone marrow niche does not improve their stem cell function.A more detailed analysis may reveal mechanisms that irreversibly affect aged HSC functionAging studies focusing on HSCs have been actively pursued in mice using a bone marrow transfer model. However, the effect of aging on HSCs remains to be clarified.Professor Iwama states as follows."This study has a significant impact because it clarified the effect of aging on HSCs. Our results are expected to contribute to further elucidation of the mechanism of aging in HSCs and understanding of the pathogenic mechanism of age-related blood diseases." Story Source.

Materials provided by The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo. Note. Content may be edited for style and length.Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay sorted within correct compartments during development.

How tightly cells clump together, known as cell adhesion, appears to be enabled by a protein better known for its role in the immune system. The findings were detailed in the journal Nature Communications.Scientists have long observed that not-yet-specialized cells move in a way that ensures that cell groups destined for a specific tissue stay together. In 1964, American biologist Malcolm Steinberg proposed that cells with similar adhesiveness move to come in contact with each other to minimize energy use, producing a thermodynamically stable structure.

This is known as the differential adhesion hypothesis."Many other theoretical works have emphasized the importance of differences in cell-to-cell adhesion for separating cell populations and maintaining the boundaries between them, but this had not yet been demonstrated in living animal epithelial tissues," says Erina Kuranaga of Tohoku University's Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, who led the investigations. "Our study showed, for the first time, that cell sorting is regulated by changes in adhesion."Kuranaga and her team conducted experiments in fruit fly pupae, finding that a gene, called Toll-1, played a major role in this adhesion process.As fruit flies develop from the immature larval stage into the mature adult, epithelial tissue-forming cells, called histoblasts, cluster together into several 'nests' in the abdomen. Each nest contains an anterior and a posterior compartment.

Histoblasts are destined to replace larval cells to form the adult epidermis, the outermost layer that covers the flies. The cells in each compartment form discrete cell populations, so they need to stick together, with a distinct boundary forming between them.Using fluorescent tags, Kuranaga and her team observed the Toll-1 protein is expressed mainly in the posterior compartment. Its fluorescence also showed a sharp boundary between the two compartments.Further investigations showed Toll-1 performs the function of an adhesion molecule, encouraging similar cells to stick together.

This process keeps the boundary between the two compartments straight, correcting distortions that arise as the cells divide to increase the number.Interestingly, Toll proteins are best known for recognizing invading pathogens, and little is known about their work beyond the immune system. "Our work improves understanding of the non-immune roles of Toll proteins," says Kuranaga. She and her team next plan to study the function of other Toll genes in fruit fly epithelial cells.

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Content may be edited for style and length.This summer, when bars and restaurants and stores began to reopen across the United States, people headed out despite the continuing threat of hair loss treatment.As a result, many areas, including the St. Louis region, saw increases in cases in July.Using mathematical modeling, new interdisciplinary research from the lab of Arye Nehorai, the Eugene &. Martha Lohman Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Preston M.

Green Department of Electrical &. Systems Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, determines the best course of action when it comes to walking the line between economic stability and the best possible health outcomes.The group -- which also includes David Schwartzman, a business economics PhD candidate at Olin Business School, and Uri Goldsztejn, a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering -- published their findings Dec.

22 in PLOS ONE.The model indicates that of the scenarios they consider, communities could maximize economic productivity and minimize disease transmission if, until a treatment were readily available, seniors mostly remained at home while younger people gradually returned to the workforce."We have developed a predictive model for hair loss treatment that considers, for the first time, its intercoupled effect on both economic and health outcomes for different quarantine policies," Nehorai said. "You can have an optimal quarantine policy that minimizes the effect both on health and on the economy."The work was an expanded version of a Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, Recovered (SEIR) model, a commonly used mathematical tool for predicting the spread of s. This dynamic model allows for people to be moved between groups known as compartments, and for each compartment to influence the other in turn.

advertisement At their most basic, these models divide the population into four compartments. Those who are susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered. In an innovation to this traditional model, Nehorai's team included infected but asymptomatic people as well, taking into account the most up-to-date understanding of how transmission may work differently between them as well as how their behaviors might differ from people with symptoms.

This turned out to be highly influential in the model's outcomes.People were then divided into different "sub-compartments," for example age (seniors are those older than 60), or by productivity. This was a measure of a person's ability to work from home in the case of quarantine measures. To do this, they looked at college degrees as a proxy for who could continue to work during a period of quarantine.Then they got to work, developing equations which modeled the ways in which people moved from one compartment to another.

Movement was affected by policy as well as the decisions an individual made.Interestingly, the model included a dynamic mortality rate -- one that shrunk over time. "We had a mortality rate that accounted for improvements in medical knowledge over time," said Uri Goldsztejn, a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering. "And we see that now.

Mortality rates have gone down.""For example," Goldsztejn said, "if the economy is decreasing, there is more incentive to leave quarantine," which might show up in the model as people moving from the isolated compartment to the susceptible compartment. On the other hand, moving from infectious to recovered was based less on a person's actions and can be better determined by recovery or mortality rates. Additionally, the researchers modeled the mortality rate as decreasing over time, due to medical knowledge about how to treat hair loss treatment becoming better over time.

advertisement The team looked at three scenarios, according to Schwartzman. In all three scenarios, the given timeline was 76 weeks -- at which time it assumed a treatment would be available -- and seniors remained mostly quarantined until then. If strict isolation measures were maintained throughout.

If, after the curve was flattened, there was a rapid relaxation of isolation measures by younger people to normal movement. If, after the curve was flattened, isolation measures were slowly lifted for younger people."The third scenario is the case which was the best in terms of economic damage and health outcomes," he said. "Because in the rapid relaxation scenario, there was another disease spread and restrictions would be reinstated."Specifically, they found in the first scenario, there are 235,724 deaths and the economy shrinks by 34%.In the second scenario, where there was a rapid relaxation of isolation measures, a second outbreak occurs for a total of 525,558 deaths, and the economy shrinks by 32.2%.With a gradual relaxation, as in the third scenario, there are 262,917 deaths, and the economy shrinks by 29.8%."We wanted to show there is a tradeoff," Nehorai said.

"And we wanted to find, mathematically, where is the sweet spot?. " As with so many things, the "sweet spot" was not at either extreme -- total lockdown or carrying on as if there was no propecia.Another key finding was one no one should be surprised to hear. "People's' sensitivity to contagiousness is related to the precautions they take," Nehorai said.

"It's still critical to use precautions -- masks, social distancing, avoiding crowds and washing hands.".

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The term “mRNA” only entered the average household in the past few months, as Moderna propecia penile shrinkage and Pfizer-BioNTech released their hair loss treatments. But a handful of scientists have spent decades studying this novel approach to immunization. By the start of the propecia the technology was already so advanced that, when Chinese researchers published the genetic sequence for the hair loss in mid-January, Moderna propecia penile shrinkage was able to concoct a treatment within 48 hours. Clinical trials began a matter of weeks after that.

In nine months, the world was well on its way to viral security.It was a stunning debut propecia penile shrinkage for mRNA — shorthand for messenger ribonucleic acid, DNA’s sidekick — which had long ranked as a promising but unproven treatment. After this encouraging success, its proponents predict an equally impressive future. They have always believed in mRNA’s ability to protect against not only the likes of hair loss, but also a host of deadly diseases that resist traditional treatments, from malaria to HIV to cancer. In 2018, long before the past year’s confidence-boosting display, a group of researchers announced propecia penile shrinkage “a new era in vaccinology.”It remains to be seen whether mRNA will live up to the hype.

With concrete results attesting to its potential, though, interest is growing among investors and researchers alike. It helps that regulatory agencies and the public are familiar propecia penile shrinkage with it now, too, says Yale immunologist Rick Bucala. €œThat has really changed the landscape.”Andrew Geall, co-founder of one company testing RNA treatments and chief scientific officer of another, notes that mRNA has only just entered its infancy after a long gestation. Such is the nature of scientific propecia penile shrinkage progress.

€œWe’ve had the technology bubbling for 20 years, and the major breakthrough is this clinical proof of two treatments,” he says. €œNow we’re set for 10 years of excitement.”Next Steps for mRNAThe goal of any treatment is to train the immune system to recognize and defend against a propecia. Traditional treatments do so by exposing the body to the propecia itself, weakened or dead, or to a propecia penile shrinkage part of the propecia, called an antigen. The new shots, as their name suggests, introduce only mRNA — the genetic material that, as you may remember from high school biology, carries instructions for making proteins.

Once the mRNA enters the cells, particles called ribosomes read its instructions and use propecia penile shrinkage them to build the encoded proteins. In the case of the hair loss treatments, those proteins are the crown-shaped “spike” antigens from which the hair loss derives its name (“corona” means crown in Latin). By themselves they are harmless, but the immune system attacks them as foreign invaders, and in propecia penile shrinkage doing so learns how to ward off the real propecia. If it ever rears its spiky head thereafter, the body will remember and swiftly destroy it.But besides liberating the world from the worst propecia in generations, mRNA could help to vanquish many an intractable illness.

If all the dreams of its advocates are realized, the hair loss treatments may, in hindsight, be only a proof of concept. In February, for example, Bucala and his colleagues patented a treatment against malaria, which has likely killed propecia penile shrinkage more humans than any other single cause and has mostly withstood immunization.Justin Richner, an immunologist with the University of Illinois, Chicago, is developing an mRNA treatment for dengue, another highly resistant propecia. Because mRNA is simply a genetic sequence, scientists can easily tweak it as necessary to find the most effective combination. €œOne of the advantages of the mRNA platform is how it can be so easily modified and manipulated to test novel hypotheses,” Richner says.Read propecia penile shrinkage more.

Dengue Fever Is on the Rise — a Ticking Time Bomb in Many Places Around the WorldGeall says the obvious candidates for mRNA treatments include what he calls the “Big 6,” all of which remain crafty foes. Malaria, cancer, propecia penile shrinkage tuberculosis HIV, cytomegalopropecia, and respiratory syncytial propecia. His own company, Replicate Bioscience, is working on the cancer front, as are several others, including BioNTech. Through genetic analysis of individual tumors, patients could one day receive personalized treatments, designed to target the specific mutations afflicting them.Currently, it’s difficult to tell whether an mRNA treatment will work on any particular pathogen.

Many have shown promise in animal trials, only to falter in propecia penile shrinkage our species. As Geall put it, “mice are not humans.” Some appear to be better bets than others — cytomegalopropecia and RSV respiratory syncytial propecia in particular — but for now, it’s too early to say where mRNA will next bear fruit. €œDespite all we know about immunology, a propecia penile shrinkage lot of it is really empiric,” Bucala says. €œYou just have to try things and see if they work.” The propecia TamerBased on its recent achievements, mRNA’s next act may well involve the next propecia.

Perhaps its biggest strength is that it can be manufactured at speeds unheard of in the realm of traditional treatments, making it propecia penile shrinkage well-suited to addressing sudden surges of propeciaes. €œOne of the great things about the mRNA field is how quickly you can go from a concept into a therapy that is ready for clinical trials,” Richner says. €œWe can make multiple different treatments and test them in a really rapid process.”Read more. hair loss treatment.

A Basic Guide to Different treatment Types and How They WorkSince 2018, Pfizer and BioNTech have been working on an mRNA treatment for seasonal flu. Under the status quo, experts must predict which variation of the propecia will pose the greatest threat each year and produce treatments to match it. But because mRNA is so easy to edit, it can be modified more efficiently to keep pace with the ever-mutating strains. €œI do think the influenza treatment field will be transformed in the not too distant future,” Richner says.

A similar kind of gene-based treatment, made with self-amplifying RNA (saRNA), is even more nimble. Whereas basic mRNA treatments — like Moderna’s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s — inject all the genetic material at once, the self-amplifying version replicates itself inside the cell. Just a small dose of this potent product can trigger the same immune response as a syringe-full of the current shots. Bucala’s malaria treatment and Geall’s cancer treatments both use this technology.

€œThe big problem is that treatments don’t prevent s,” Bucala says. €œVaccinations prevent s.” With saRNA, manufacturers can ensure a lot more of them. After mRNA’s brilliant battle against hair loss treatment, it’s tempting to think of it as a panacea. But, Bucala says, “Is there something intrinsically revolutionary about mRNA?.

We don’t know yet.”It does come with some logistical challenges. For example, mRNA breaks down easily, so it must be refrigerated throughout the distribution process. Hurdles aside, though, the possibilities are vast, and investment may rise to meet the industry’s ambitions. treatment development isn’t typically a lucrative business, but hair loss treatment has made more than a few billionaires, “and others are watching,” Bucala says.

€œI think it should become economically viable in our [current] model to get into treatment work again.”Geall agrees. Even if some mRNA endeavors fizzle out, at least a few are bound to make the world proud. €œThere’s a lot of money out there that is going to be invested into these new approaches,” he says. €œWe’re going to see failures, but we’re going to see successes for sure.”When the U.S.

Cracked down on drugs in the 1970s, the effort dried up most funding and research into psychedelic substances — which only in the past few years have regained momentum in the field of psychotherapy. In the ’70s, rather than shut down all his work, one psychedelic researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Stan Grof, turned his attention to another potential avenue for attaining non-ordinary states of consciousness. Breathing.Grof, alongside his wife at the time, Christina Grof, developed the term Holotropic Breathwork for this technique, which loosely translates as “moving toward wholeness.” The practice in experiential psychotherapy emerged in the 1980s as a tool for self-exploration and inner healing, and has certified teaches who now facilitate it around the world. The framework integrates music with modern consciousness research, psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, according to the Grof Transpersonal Training program.Many people today teach this intense breathing practice, and other similar techniques that preceded it, such as kundalini yoga or pranayama.

But questions remain about the science behind what exactly is happening in the mind and body while practitioners lie on the floor and breathe persistently in rapid patterns. And some clinicians have raised concerns about the safety, and risks, in a field with limited peer-reviewed studies.Meditation on a Freight TrainStacia Butterfield has been a certified Holotropic Breathwork teacher with Grof Transpersonal Training for roughly 15 years. She committed to the work after having her own life-changing experience at a workshop, and has since worked closely with Grof himself and guided thousands of people in the practice. €œIt’s deceptively simple.

It seems like just turning on music, laying down and taking some breaths, and away you go,” Butterfield says. €œWhat we’re actually relying on is the spontaneous mobilization of the psyche.”First and foremost, a guided Holotropic Breathwork session requires creating a safe container, Butterfield says, where people can let go of inhibitions or mental blocks. Facilitators are trained to guide people through that process in a group setting.One session lasts between two and three hours — often as part of a weekend or week-long retreat. People pair off and alternate in the roles of “sitter” (assisting the other) and “breather” (the person doing the heavy breathing).

To begin, rhythmic drumming sets the mood. The breather lays down and starts breathing rapidly, in a continuous way with no real break between inhales and exhales.The music typically has an emotional arc, almost like a movie soundtrack. It might start off evocative and stimulating, then turn “increasingly dramatic and dynamic, and finally it reaches a breakthrough quality,” according to a guide written by Stan and Christina Grof. This guide notes that when the breathing leads to non-ordinary states of consciousness in a practitioner, “there is a potential for unusually intense projections, including regressed longings for nurturing, sexual contact, or spiritual connection.” Facilitators are advised to assist clients with these feelings as they arise, while following their agreement to conduct the practice in an ethical manner.Butterfield says one core principle, like somatic therapy, is for participants to become aware of the messages and wisdom in their own body.

€œSo many people are so busy, just cruising around [and] keeping the lid on everything else that is going on internally,” she says. €œ[In a session] they can just close their eyes and go inward, and see what’s there.” She says visions, strong bodily sensations and emotions often arise. And she has watched people who had tried years of talk therapy make substantial progress in processing grief and loss, past trauma, life changes or even mental illnesses.One practitioner aptly described this practice as “meditation on a freight train,” Butterfield adds. The reported dramatic experiences spark questions about what might actually be happening within the body and brain.Mysticism or Hyperventilation?.

Pulmonologist Michael Stephen, author of the book Breath Taking, says the practice of Holotropic Breathwork raises red flags for him because of its use of over-breathing, or hyperventilation. Biologically, when someone breathes heavily for an extended period, they can lose too much carbon dioxide, which makes the blood overly alkaline. The phenomenon often triggers an immediately physiological response. €œWe start to get tingly in our fingers and dizzy when we hyperventilate, as our pH is rising too much,” says Stephen.Prolonged, excessive pH levels in the blood can also cause seizures, he adds.

€œJust before seizures happen, you can get lightheaded, a sort of high.” He attributes this to the non-ordinary states of consciousness that people might feel during Holotropic Breathwork. But he says few proper studies have been done on the practice because of the dangers and ethics involved.Casualties of Heavy BreathingAnother breath specialist and integrative psychiatrist, Patricia Gerbarg, says that Holotropic Breathwork, and other forceful respiratory practices such as breath of fire, do have the potential to alter the mind. They can also bring about a lasting impact on people, but it’s not always beneficial or predictable.“It’s a stress on the system. You’re going through rapid changes in oxygen levels and the balance of various substances in the body and the brain,” she says.

And similar to drugs, “people can use them to attain different mental states,” she adds.Read More. Can Breathing Like Wim Hof Make Us Super Human?. Healthy people tend to have a broader tolerance to endure these shifts and unpredictable outcomes. But the same behavior can be harmful to someone who is less healthy, or dealing with a psychological disorder, says Gerbarg, who teaches psychiatry at New York Medical College.“Those kinds of intense, rapid shifts in your brain chemistry can cause adverse effects,” she says, adding that she is familiar with cases where people feel they “never recovered” from what these states did to them.

Some literature uses the term kundalini psychosis, or physio kundalini syndrome, to describe people who cognitively lose touch with reality in pursuit of "spiritual awakening."One of Gerbarg’s concerns about the rise in popularity of these advanced, Eastern breathing practices is how they are inserted into the Western world and modern mindset. (Two other intense and forceful breathing practices include Tummo breathing, with a Tibetan buddhist lineage, and the Wim Hof Method.) The breathwork is often tied closely to a lifestyle and belief system, and many traditional practitioners dedicate hours a day for many years to master the techniques in a healthy way. Alternatively, people in modern Western cultures often struggle to commit to a new practice for 20 minute a day. €œ[Intense breathwork] is becoming increasingly popular and people are doing it online,” Gerbarg says.

€œThey aren’t often aware that there are risks,” or they might not know the pre-existing conditions their students have. The big responsibility ultimately falls on the teachers and facilitators to ensure everyone is safe. A Gentler TouchGerbarg and her husband Richard Brown, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, have published several books on the healing potential of breath. And they offer evidence-based workshops and teaching resources through their Breath-Body-Mind Foundation.One of their most popular techniques, called coherent breathing, teaches gentle, slower and relaxed respiration.

Once practitioners learn it, they can use it any point throughout the day when stress or anxiety is likely to rise up — even in mundane circumstances like being stuck in a long line — and trigger a string of reactions in the body.The goal is to inhale and exhale slowly through the nose at a rate of about five breaths per minute, or one breath cycle every 12 seconds. Gerbarg says this process can promptly activate the rest-and-restore parasympathetic nervous system throughout the body, with millions of reactions and signals firing every second.Read More. How Slow, Deep Breathing Taps Into a Natural Rhythm in Our Bodies“It tells the brain, ‘the conditions are safe,’ ” she says. €œThe less effort, the more you get out of this one.”The results of this technique may not feel like the freight-train experience of altered consciousness.

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Clinical trials began a matter of weeks after that. In nine months, the world was well on its way to viral security.It was a stunning debut for mRNA — shorthand for messenger ribonucleic acid, DNA’s sidekick propecia online without prescription — which had long ranked as a promising but unproven treatment. After this encouraging success, its proponents predict an equally impressive future.

They have always believed in mRNA’s ability to protect against not only the likes of hair loss, but also a host of deadly diseases that resist traditional treatments, from malaria to HIV to cancer. In 2018, long before the past year’s confidence-boosting display, a group of researchers announced “a new era in vaccinology.”It remains to be seen whether mRNA will live up to propecia online without prescription the hype. With concrete results attesting to its potential, though, interest is growing among investors and researchers alike.

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In February, for example, Bucala and his colleagues patented a treatment against malaria, which has likely killed more humans than any other single cause and has mostly withstood immunization.Justin Richner, an immunologist with the University of Illinois, Chicago, is developing an mRNA treatment for dengue, another highly propecia online without prescription resistant propecia. Because mRNA is simply a genetic sequence, scientists can easily tweak it as necessary to find the most effective combination. €œOne of the advantages of the mRNA platform is how it can be so easily modified propecia online without prescription and manipulated to test novel hypotheses,” Richner says.Read more.

Dengue Fever Is on the Rise — a Ticking Time Bomb in Many Places Around the WorldGeall says the obvious candidates for mRNA treatments include what he calls the “Big 6,” all of which remain crafty foes. Malaria, cancer, tuberculosis HIV, cytomegalopropecia, and respiratory syncytial propecia propecia online without prescription. His own company, Replicate Bioscience, is working on the cancer front, as are several others, including BioNTech.

Through genetic analysis of individual tumors, patients could one day receive personalized treatments, designed to target the specific mutations afflicting them.Currently, it’s difficult to tell whether an mRNA treatment will work on any particular pathogen. Many have shown promise in animal trials, only to propecia online without prescription falter in our species. As Geall put it, “mice are not humans.” Some appear to be better bets than others — cytomegalopropecia and RSV respiratory syncytial propecia in particular — but for now, it’s too early to say where mRNA will next bear fruit.

€œDespite all propecia online without prescription we know about immunology, a lot of it is really empiric,” Bucala says. €œYou just have to try things and see if they work.” The propecia TamerBased on its recent achievements, mRNA’s next act may well involve the next propecia. Perhaps its biggest strength is that it can be manufactured at speeds unheard of in propecia online without prescription the realm of traditional treatments, making it well-suited to addressing sudden surges of propeciaes.

€œOne of the great things about the mRNA field is how quickly you can go from a concept into a therapy that is ready for clinical trials,” Richner says. €œWe can make multiple different treatments and test them in a really rapid process.”Read more. hair loss treatment.

A Basic Guide to Different treatment Types and How They WorkSince 2018, Pfizer and BioNTech have been working on an mRNA treatment for seasonal flu. Under the status quo, experts must predict which variation of the propecia will pose the greatest threat each year and produce treatments to match it. But because mRNA is so easy to edit, it can be modified more efficiently to keep pace with the ever-mutating strains.

€œI do think the influenza treatment field will be transformed in the not too distant future,” Richner says. A similar kind of gene-based treatment, made with self-amplifying RNA (saRNA), is even more nimble. Whereas basic mRNA treatments — like Moderna’s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s — inject all the genetic material at once, the self-amplifying version replicates itself inside the cell.

Just a small dose of this potent product can trigger the same immune response as a syringe-full of the current shots. Bucala’s malaria treatment and Geall’s cancer treatments both use this technology. €œThe big problem is that treatments don’t prevent s,” Bucala says.

€œVaccinations prevent s.” With saRNA, manufacturers can ensure a lot more of them. After mRNA’s brilliant battle against hair loss treatment, it’s tempting to think of it as a panacea. But, Bucala says, “Is there something intrinsically revolutionary about mRNA?.

We don’t know yet.”It does come with some logistical challenges. For example, mRNA breaks down easily, so it must be refrigerated throughout the distribution process. Hurdles aside, though, the possibilities are vast, and investment may rise to meet the industry’s ambitions.

treatment development isn’t typically a lucrative business, but hair loss treatment has made more than a few billionaires, “and others are watching,” Bucala says. €œI think it should become economically viable in our [current] model to get into treatment work again.”Geall agrees. Even if some mRNA endeavors fizzle out, at least a few are bound to make the world proud.

€œThere’s a lot of money out there that is going to be invested into these new approaches,” he says. €œWe’re going to see failures, but we’re going to see successes for sure.”When the U.S. Cracked down on drugs in the 1970s, the effort dried up most funding and research into psychedelic substances — which only in the past few years have regained momentum in the field of psychotherapy.

In the ’70s, rather than shut down all his work, one psychedelic researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Stan Grof, turned his attention to another potential avenue for attaining non-ordinary states of consciousness. Breathing.Grof, alongside his wife at the time, Christina Grof, developed the term Holotropic Breathwork for this technique, which loosely translates as “moving toward wholeness.” The practice in experiential psychotherapy emerged in the 1980s as a tool for self-exploration and inner healing, and has certified teaches who now facilitate it around the world. The framework integrates music with modern consciousness research, psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, according to the Grof Transpersonal Training program.Many people today teach this intense breathing practice, and other similar techniques that preceded it, such as kundalini yoga or pranayama.

But questions remain about the science behind what exactly is happening in the mind and body while practitioners lie on the floor and breathe persistently in rapid patterns. And some clinicians have raised concerns about the safety, and risks, in a field with limited peer-reviewed studies.Meditation on a Freight TrainStacia Butterfield has been a certified Holotropic Breathwork teacher with Grof Transpersonal Training for roughly 15 years. She committed to the work after having her own life-changing experience at a workshop, and has since worked closely with Grof himself and guided thousands of people in the practice.

€œIt’s deceptively simple. It seems like just turning on music, laying down and taking some breaths, and away you go,” Butterfield says. €œWhat we’re actually relying on is the spontaneous mobilization of the psyche.”First and foremost, a guided Holotropic Breathwork session requires creating a safe container, Butterfield says, where people can let go of inhibitions or mental blocks.

Facilitators are trained to guide people through that process in a group setting.One session lasts between two and three hours — often as part of a weekend or week-long retreat. People pair off and alternate in the roles of “sitter” (assisting the other) and “breather” (the person doing the heavy breathing). To begin, rhythmic drumming sets the mood.

The breather lays down and starts breathing rapidly, in a continuous way with no real break between inhales and exhales.The music typically has an emotional arc, almost like a movie soundtrack. It might start off evocative and stimulating, then turn “increasingly dramatic and dynamic, and finally it reaches a breakthrough quality,” according to a guide written by Stan and Christina Grof. This guide notes that when the breathing leads to non-ordinary states of consciousness in a practitioner, “there is a potential for unusually intense projections, including regressed longings for nurturing, sexual contact, or spiritual connection.” Facilitators are advised to assist clients with these feelings as they arise, while following their agreement to conduct the practice in an ethical manner.Butterfield says one core principle, like somatic therapy, is for participants to become aware of the messages and wisdom in their own body.

€œSo many people are so busy, just cruising around [and] keeping the lid on everything else that is going on internally,” she says. €œ[In a session] they can just close their eyes and go inward, and see what’s there.” She says visions, strong bodily sensations and emotions often arise. And she has watched people who had tried years of talk therapy make substantial progress in processing grief and loss, past trauma, life changes or even mental illnesses.One practitioner aptly described this practice as “meditation on a freight train,” Butterfield adds.

The reported dramatic experiences spark questions about what might actually be happening within the body and brain.Mysticism or Hyperventilation?. Pulmonologist Michael Stephen, author of the book Breath Taking, says the practice of Holotropic Breathwork raises red flags for him because of its use of over-breathing, or hyperventilation. Biologically, when someone breathes heavily for an extended period, they can lose too much carbon dioxide, which makes the blood overly alkaline.

The phenomenon often triggers an immediately physiological response. €œWe start to get tingly in our fingers and dizzy when we hyperventilate, as our pH is rising too much,” says Stephen.Prolonged, excessive pH levels in the blood can also cause seizures, he adds. €œJust before seizures happen, you can get lightheaded, a sort of high.” He attributes this to the non-ordinary states of consciousness that people might feel during Holotropic Breathwork.

But he says few proper studies have been done on the practice because of the dangers and ethics involved.Casualties of Heavy BreathingAnother breath specialist and integrative psychiatrist, Patricia Gerbarg, says that Holotropic Breathwork, and other forceful respiratory practices such as breath of fire, do have the potential to alter the mind. They can also bring about a lasting impact on people, but it’s not always beneficial or predictable.“It’s a stress on the system. You’re going through rapid changes in oxygen levels and the balance of various substances in the body and the brain,” she says.

And similar to drugs, “people can use them to attain different mental states,” she adds.Read More. Can Breathing Like Wim Hof Make Us Super Human?. Healthy people tend to have a broader tolerance to endure these shifts and unpredictable outcomes.

But the same behavior can be harmful to someone who is less healthy, or dealing with a psychological disorder, says Gerbarg, who teaches psychiatry at New York Medical College.“Those kinds of intense, rapid shifts in your brain chemistry can cause adverse effects,” she says, adding that she is familiar with cases where people feel they “never recovered” from what these states did to them. Some literature uses the term kundalini psychosis, or physio kundalini syndrome, to describe people who cognitively lose touch with reality in pursuit of "spiritual awakening."One of Gerbarg’s concerns about the rise in popularity of these advanced, Eastern breathing practices is how they are inserted into the Western world and modern mindset. (Two other intense and forceful breathing practices include Tummo breathing, with a Tibetan buddhist lineage, and the Wim Hof Method.) The breathwork is often tied closely to a lifestyle and belief system, and many traditional practitioners dedicate hours a day for many years to master the techniques in a healthy way.

Alternatively, people in modern Western cultures often struggle to commit to a new practice for 20 minute a day. €œ[Intense breathwork] is becoming increasingly popular and people are doing it online,” Gerbarg says. €œThey aren’t often aware that there are risks,” or they might not know the pre-existing conditions their students have.

The big responsibility ultimately falls on the teachers and facilitators to ensure everyone is safe. A Gentler TouchGerbarg and her husband Richard Brown, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, have published several books on the healing potential of breath. And they offer evidence-based workshops and teaching resources through their Breath-Body-Mind Foundation.One of their most popular techniques, called coherent breathing, teaches gentle, slower and relaxed respiration.

Once practitioners learn it, they can use it any point throughout the day when stress or anxiety is likely to rise up — even in mundane circumstances like being stuck in a long line — and trigger a string of reactions in the body.The goal is to inhale and exhale slowly through the nose at a rate of about five breaths per minute, or one breath cycle every 12 seconds. Gerbarg says this process can promptly activate the rest-and-restore parasympathetic nervous system throughout the body, with millions of reactions and signals firing every second.Read More. How Slow, Deep Breathing Taps Into a Natural Rhythm in Our Bodies“It tells the brain, ‘the conditions are safe,’ ” she says.

€œThe less effort, the more you get out of this one.”The results of this technique may not feel like the freight-train experience of altered consciousness. But it carries less risk and broader appeal to anyone interested in channeling their own breath for health and wellness..

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