Rheumatic Heart Disease: Inflammation, Immune Pathways, Valve Remodeling, and the Promise of SGLT2 Inhibitors.
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains the leading cause of acquired valvular heart disease in low- and middle-income countries, affecting an estimated 40 million individuals and disproportionately affecting children and young …
Adjunctive vitamin D supplementation in women receiving dienogest therapy for endometriosis: a randomized controlled trial.
Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease that causes debilitating pain and significantly impairs quality of life. Due to its anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties, vitamin D has been proposed as …
Mendelian randomization of risk factors for premenstrual disorders.
The causal role of established risk factors for premenstrual disorders (PMDs) remains unclear. We used Mendelian randomization (MR) to assess causality for eight known-risk factors identified through a literature review. …