Background Increasingly, healthcare and non-healthcare employers prohibit or penalize the use of tobacco products among current and new employees in the United States. Despite this trend, and for a range of different reasons, around half of states currently legally protect employees from being denied positions, or having employment contracts terminated, due to tobacco use.   Methods We undertoo...

Mitochondria are highly dynamic, except in adult cardiomyocytes. Yet, the fission and fusion-promoting proteins that mediate mitochondrial dynamism are highly expressed in, and essential to the normal functioning of, hearts. Here, we review accumulating evidence supporting important roles for mitochondrial fission and fusion in cardiac mitochondrial quality control, focusing on the PTEN-induced...

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-00782-5

AND JUDITH A. SHINOGLE PH.D. W orksite wellness programs are becoming increasingly popular among U.S. employers. In 2011, 74 percent of employers offered health benefits and some form of worksite wellness programs, including weight-loss programs, gym membership discounts, on-site exercise facilities, smoking cessation programs, personal health coaching, classes in nutrition or healthy living, o...

Background and Aim: Tubular penetration of root canal sealers prevents filling material displacement and overgrowth of microorganisms in dentinal tubules. The aim of this study was to compare the tubular penetration of AH26, EasySeal, and SureSeal sealers in single-rooted teeth using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Materials and Methods: Fifty human single-rooted teeth were included in thi...