Endurance exercise is broadly beneficial to cardiopulmonary function, with these benefits thought to be driven by extrapulmonary factors rather than direct structural changes in the lungs. Thus, to address how endurance exercise training and sex impact molecular responses in the lungs, we used a multi-omics approach to study 6-month-old Fischer 344 rats that undertook a progressive endurance treadmill training protocol for 1 to 8 weeks. Specifically, we reannotated publicly accessible...

We examined giant panda paw use while feeding on bamboo to determine if this species exhibits manual lateralization. Video recordings of 21 captive giant pandas (15 females and six males) were used to measure two unimanual behaviors: 1) duration of grasping and manipulating bamboo culm during feeding bouts and 2) number of reaches. We did not find paw preferences at the population level but found significant sex differences in paw use. Male giant pandas used their right paw significantly more...

BACKGROUND: Transcatheter edge-edge repair (TEER) with the MitraClip device is a well-established treatment for severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR) in high-risk surgical patients. We report a rare late-onset MitraClip embolization after the index procedure and its successful percutaneous retrieval.

CONCLUSION: Compared with admissions without hospital-acquired VTE, admissions with hospital-acquired PE and hospital-acquired LE DVT were associated with 3- and 2-fold increased odds of 10-day mortality, respectively.

Defects following skin cancer excision in the inner canthus pose a unique aesthetic and functional challenge. One undescribed option is the use of a sterile button. A button provides an optimal bolster material, because of its pre-existing holes, and the variety of shapes allows for customization. The authors describe a case series of 6 patients in which a sterile button was used to recreate the medial canthal concavity. External photographs were obtained pre-operation and at postoperative month...