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Mortality Impact of Stroke and Major Bleeding Across the Ejection Fraction Spectrum in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure With Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation.

Yamamoto J, Nakamura K, Hayama H et al. · 2026 · Cardiology

Whether the mortality impact of ischemic stroke and major bleeding differs across left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) categories in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF) with atrial fibrillation (AF) remains uncertain.…

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How Speaker Configuration of Recorded Media Affects Subjective Ratings for Listeners With and Without Hearing Loss.

Ricketts TA, Krivoshey R, Santos-Garrido J et al. · 2026 · Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of loudspeaker configuration and relative dialogue-to-background sound levels on subjective ratings of speech understanding and sound quality of recorded media for listeners…

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Temporal Masking Assessed With Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials.

Maynart V, Menezes P, Batista C et al. · 2026 · Ear and hearing

Abstractobjectives The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of sequential sounds on cortical auditory evoked potentials and to investigate temporal masking. The study tested the hypotheses that forward masking reduces…

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Examining the Factor Structure and Subgroup Invariance of the Deliberate Denial of Disordered Eating Behaviors Scale.

Howard L, Hawn S, Pitchford KD et al. · 2026 · Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

The denial, concealment, or omission of disordered eating behaviors has received limited attention in the eating disorder literature, partly due to the lack of reliable and valid measures. This study re-examined the factor structure of the…

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Genetically predicted lower FLT3L levels increase the risk of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy partly mediated by phosphate: Evidence from a 2-step Mendelian randomization analysis.

Li Y, Chen R, Hou C et al. · 2026 · Medicine

We performed a 2-step Mendelian randomization (MR) study to investigate the associations of Fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (FLT3L) and phosphate levels with the risk of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Genetic instruments for 75…

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Effect of unequal stimulus size on color matching performance.

Liu Y, Wei M · 2026 · Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision

Color matching functions (CMFs) play important roles in color specification, characterization, and reproduction. Though the CIE 1931 2° CMFs are widely used in practice, its well-known weaknesses and poor performance have motivated great…

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Beliefs in pregnancy: the psychometric properties of the German version of the birth beliefs scale (BBS).

Schmidt G, Dietsche S, Stoll K et al. · 2026 · Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives

Objective To evaluate the psychometric properties of the German Birth Beliefs Scale (G-BBS) in a large sample of pregnant women in Germany, and its potential utility for women-centred birth counselling, and respectful maternity care.…

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Association of Prophylactic Corticosteroids with Post-Extubation Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care: A Retrospective Propensity-Weighted Cohort Study.

Saengsin K, Jirattikanwong N, Wongyikul P et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine

Background/Objectives : Post-extubation stridor (PES) is common in pediatric critical care and may contribute to extubation failure, particularly in children with heart disease. Prophylactic corticosteroids are frequently used before…

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Does a non-dipping heart rate profile predict adverse maternal-fetal outcomes? evidence from 24-h ambulatory monitoring in the second half of high-risk pregnancies.

Espeche W, Minetto J, Cerri G et al. · 2026 · Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality, with preeclampsia representing a major contributor to adverse outcomes. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has improved risk…

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Clinical Evaluation of a Real-Time Wearable System for Monitoring In-Hospital Ambulatory Patients With COVID-19: Retrospective Data Study.

Vollam S, Roman C, Santos M et al. · 2026 · JMIR medical informatics

Background Many studies have evaluated the use of wearable monitoring systems to improve patient safety in hospital. Although some have demonstrated effects on intensive care admissions, there remains little evidence of impact on patient…

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Physical activity during anthracycline chemotherapy: exploratory secondary analysis of a randomized trial of functional capacity, free-living activity, and ejection fraction

Appiah KN, Sharma N, Adu N et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Abstract Background: Anthracycline-based chemotherapy produces progressive functional decline and cardiotoxicity in adults with cancer. Physical activity interventions may attenuate these effects, yet evidence across multiple domains…

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Colocalization Reprioritizes the Major Depressive Disorder Druggable Genome: Demotion of the Top TWAS Signal (DRD2) and Nomination of SLC12A5/FURIN/DCC by Direction-Aware, Confirmation-Gated Analysis of 635 GWAS Loci

Kang B · 2026 · Preprint

Abstract Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly polygenic, yet translating genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings into therapeutics remains challenging. Using PGC MDD2025, we integrated gene-level mapping, brain TWAS,…

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Relationships Between Estradiol Levels and Vaginal Lactobacillus Abundance Across the Menstrual Cycles in Women.

Koczur K, Blukacz M, Galbarczyk A et al. · 2026 · American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council

Objectives Microbiota of the urogenital tract is crucial for women's reproductive and sexual health and is largely dominated by Lactobacillus strains. A reduction of these bacteria within the vaginal microbial community has been linked to…

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