Background The recent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed
severe stress on healthcare systems worldwide, which is amplified by the critical shortage of …

Health care administrative data are generated at every encounter with the health care system,
whether through a visit to a physician’s office, a diagnostic procedure, an admission to …

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is a common cause of blindness in the developed
world’s working adult population and affects those with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a method for isolating, culturing, and
characterizing cells from patient-derived membranes in proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) to …

The intra-tumor microbiota has been increasingly implicated in cancer pathogenesis. In this
study, we aimed to examine the microbiome in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the deadliest cancers in the world. Previous
studies have identified the importance of alcohol and hepatitis B (HBV) infection on HCC …

Purpose The human orbit is an environment that is vulnerable to inflammation and edema
in the setting of autoimmune thyroid disease. Our study investigated the tenet that orbital …

Purpose Epiretinal fibrovascular membranes (FVMs) are a hallmark of proliferative diabetic
retinopathy (PDR). Surgical removal of FVMs is often indicated to treat tractional retinal …

Background: Smoking is a significant public health concern. The Ontario Pharmacy Smoking
Cessation Program was launched in September 2011 to leverage community pharmacists …

Project proponent‐ and government‐led environmental monitoring are required to identify,
understand, and manage cumulative effects (CE), yet such monitoring initiatives are rarely …