Purpose To review current literature and determine the prevalence of malignant incidental
focal hypermetabolic thyroid lesions detected by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron …

Background A major marketing technique used by pharmaceutical companies is direct-to-physician
marketing. This form of marketing frequently employs promotional marketing …

This paper examines why some financial stress episodes lead to economic downturns. The
paper identifies episodes of financial turmoil in advanced economies using a financial stress …

Objective: BMI and waist circumference are used to define risk from excess body fat. Limited
data in women suggest that there may be racial/ethnic differences in visceral adipose tissue …

Reduced levels of global DNA methylation are associated with genomic instability and are
independent predictors of cancer risk. Little is known about the environmental determinants of …

This paper examines the macroeconomic implications of and policy responses to surges in
private capital inflows across a large group of emerging and advanced economies. In …

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the most common forms of dementia in persons
younger than 65 years. Variants include behavioral variant FTD, semantic dementia, and …

This paper examines why some financial stress episodes lead to economic downturns. The
paper identifies episodes of financial turmoil using a financial stress index (FSI), and …

Background: There are well-documented disparities in lung cancer outcomes across populations.
Lung cancer screening (LCS) has the potential to reduce lung cancer mortality, but for …

Changes in DNA methylation may represent an intermediate step between the environment
and human diseases. Little is known on whether behavioral risk factors may modify gene …