Brown University

Four decades of tinnitus pathology research: a bibliometric analysis of scientific trends, collaborations, and research hotspots

Abstract Introduction Tinnitus is a debilitating auditory disorder affecting approximately 14% of adults worldwide, often co-occurring with hearing loss, sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression. Despite its high global prevalence and substantial socioeconomic burden, tinnitus r...

A foundation model for sleep-based risk stratification and clinical outcomes

Abstract Clinical sleep studies capture multiple physiologic signals, yet interpretation is often reduced to single summary measures of limited prognostic value, such as the apnea–hypopnea index. We present a foundation model that learns rich representations of sleep physiology f...

A Decade of Pathways to Medicine: Program Evaluation and Lessons Learned in Implementing a Local Health-Professions Outreach Program.

Pathway programs provide structured opportunities for students to explore healthcare careers and develop familiarity with educational pathways into the health professions. Ongoing evaluation of such programs is essential to gauge their success and inform iterative improvement. In...

Outcomes of a Novel Full-Service, Free Ophthalmology Clinic-Within-A-Clinic: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study.

PURPOSE: We evaluate the Clínica Esperanza Ophthalmology Service, a free service for uninsured patients in southern New England. METHODS: The service operates monthly under a novel clinic-within-a-clinic model, existing as a subsidiary of a local free clinic. A mixed-methods prog...

Changes in Diet Among Adult Prevalent Kidney Stone Formers in the United States: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-2018.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Dietary factors greatly influence kidney stone disease (KSD). We aimed to examine the dietary pattern changes of adult stone formers (SF) in the United States from 1988 to 2018. METHODS: We used weighted, multiple linear regression analyses to examine dietary...

Evaluation of Emergency Department Visits by Refugee Children in Rhode Island.

Children constitute 40% of the world's refugees and often have complex medical needs. This retrospective chart review examined Emergency Department (ED) utilization by pediatric refugees (aged 0-18) within a state-level healthcare system to understand the healthcare needs of this...

Characteristics and Management of Xylazine-Associated Wounds: A Systematic Review of Published Cases.

BACKGROUND: The rise in xylazine-adulterated fentanyl and heroin has been designated as an emerging public health threat due to a devasting pattern of xylazine- associated wounds associated with its injection. This study was undertaken to systematically characterize patient and w...

Early life sugar rationing and ageing related diseases, biological ageing and mortality

Early-life nutrition may influence lifelong ageing, yet human evidence is scarce. Using Britain’s postwar sugar rationing as a natural experiment, we examine its long-term effects in 64,809 United Kingdom Biobank participants. Exposure to sugar rationing during the first 1,000 da...