Benjamin Tingey's research while affiliated with Loyola University Chicago and other places

... A recent study using national death registration data found rapidly increasing trends in drug overdose mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Americans, driven by synthetic opioids, suggesting an urgent need to understand the age groups and birth cohorts affected by this epidemic in this highly marginalized population. 9 Although the increase in drug overdose mortality has been reported since 1990, 10 a comprehensive indepth analysis of birth-cohort shifts in drug-related deaths has not been conducted, and there is little evidence about the difference in mortality patterns among races. With the rapid increase in mortality rate from drug poisoning in recent years, research needs to be updated to account for the last five years, to separate secular trends in mortality from cohort effects, and to conduct these analyses in detail by race and sex. ...

... previous studies that have demonstrated socioeconomic inequities contributing to adverse outcomes such as DKA among individuals with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 (15,(17)(18)(19). Differential access to health care is a possible explanation for the higher rate of adverse outcomes. ...

... Qeadan reported that the in-hospital mortality rate was lower among patients with EGIDs who were exposed to or positive for COVID-19 than among matched controls. 16 The Surveillance Epidemiology of Coronavirus Under Research Exclusion for EoE/EGID database includes 94 patients with COVID and EGIDs. EoE was observed in 80% of the patients, with a median age of 21 years, and clinical remission was observed in 54% of the patients. ...

... Most studies attempting to determine the FW using observations of the cervical secretion utilize similar intervals -6 days EDO [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][26][27][28]. Currently, most studies comparing FW with cervical discharge include the biophysical fertile window (BFW) [14,28]. ...

... An important thing to note is that density is a representation of urbanization on higher scales, such as state and county. For example, Qeadan et al. (2021) found that population density is a positive predictor of COVID-19 in Polish counties. They discussed that more urbanized areas have higher rates of infection, and population density is a factor that shows the level of urbanization in Poland. ...

... [19] Preliminary data indicates that the convergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the opioid epidemic has led to an increased risk of hospitalization and negative outcomes in individuals with opioid use disorder and those undergoing chronic opioid treatment who contract COVID-19. [20] After the emergence of the Omicron strain and its various subtypes, the risk of breakthrough infections was notably elevated in fully vaccinated individuals with SUD compared to those without SUD. The data revealed a 22.5% risk of hospitalization and a 1.6% risk of fatal outcomes among fully vaccinated patients with SUD. ...

... Compared to Whites, Black patients have longer hospital stays, higher rates of ventilator dependence, and a higher mortality rate. 17 Also compared to White patients, Native American populations have higher odds of ventilator dependence. In the current study, several chronic conditions were found to be associated with increased mortality, particularly: acute myocardial infarction, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, type 2 diabetes, and obesity (included in the limited CCI score). ...

... 7 In addition, COVID-19-positive pregnant women are more likely to be hospitalized and moderately ventilated. 8 Despite these increased morbidity risks, there is no difference in mortality risk in pregnant and non-pregnant COVID-19-positive patients. 9 There is a need to address disease occurrence as they are magnified in developing countries such as the Philippines, with its disproportionately distributed healthcare services and scant local literature on the development and outcomes of the relatively new disease among its more exposed and unvaccinated populations. ...

... The complex relationship existing between metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cancer has been known for a long time 6 . T2DM is a highly prevalent comorbidity affecting up to 15% of patients at the time of cancer diagnosis 7 . In an increasingly ageing and more co-morbid population, cancer and T2DM share common risk factors 8 and mechanistic evidence has highlighted an increased risk of cancer among patients with a pre-existing diagnosis of diabetes 9 . ...

... In accordance, microthrombi have been observed in the lungs at autopsy in patients having died from the SARS-CoV-2 infection [26]. Thrombotic markers, such as fibrinogen and d-dimers have been shown to increase during Covid-19 infection [27,28]. D-dimers may be a predictive factor in identifying thrombosis and high levels may be an index of severity of the infection and death [23]. ...