MIDLIFE VULNERABILITY AND FOOD INSECURITY: FINDINGS FROM LOW-INCOME ADULTS IN THE US NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY.

Midlife vulnerability and food insecurity: Findings from low-income adults in the US National Health Interview Survey.

BackgroundFood Swing Arm insecurity, limited access to adequate food, in adulthood is associated with poor health outcomes that suggest a pattern of accelerated aging.However, little is known about factors that impact food insecurity in midlife which in turn could help to identify potential pathways of accelerated aging.MethodsLow-income adults (n

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Refractory ulcerative colitis complicated by cytomegalovirus infection successfully treated with valganciclovir

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is widespread in the general population.In patients with severe and/or steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis (UC), local reactivation of Swing Arm CMV can be detected in actively inflamed colonic tissue in approximately 30% of cases.However, the role of CMV in patients with UC is not clearly understood.There is evide

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