Northwestern University

Sleep loss as a cardiometabolic risk factor: a narrative review of clinical and public health implications

Abstract Purpose To synthesize current evidence on how sleep deprivation, impaired sleep architecture, and circadian misalignment affect cardiovascular and metabolic regulation across autonomic, hormonal, inflammatory, and behavioral pathways, and to highlight remaining research...

Associations of Fatherhood and Race With Cardiovascular Health Among Men: Findings From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 1985‒2022, United States.

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Novel Placental Functional Capacity Score: A Single Quantitative Score Estimating Placental Function and Its Association with Pregnancy Outcomes

BACKGROUND: Determining placental functional capacity from a typical pathology report can be difficult. Our goal was to create a new way to report on the functional capacity of the placenta, using much of the typical information obtained in a routine placental pathology assessmen...

Implementation strategies and adjunctive interventions for HIV testing and linkage-to-care in the United States: a systematic review

Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States depends on expanding HIV testing and rapidly linking people to care. However, methods to improve testing and linkage-to-care are inconsistently described and often conflate health system–level implementation strategies with recipient-d...