Vol. 45 No. 2 (2026): June | Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Review Article

Carlos Solá-Morlá, Daphne Alcalá-Zúñiga, Juan Araujo, Maria da Gloria Bonecini-Almeida, Upal Roy, Josué Pérez-Santiago

50-56

The Putative Role of Oral Microbiome in Premature Aging during HIV Infection: What Do We Know?

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Gunjan Singh Aswal, Serana Bhagwandeen, Renu Rawat

57-64

Insights into Oral and Systemic Health in Elderly Care: Barriers, Current Strategies, and Recommendations for the Caribbean

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Full-Length Articles

Jhonatan Betancourt-Peña, Iago Portela-Pino, María José Martínez-Patiño

65-72

Functional Aerobic Capacity and Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure by Body Mass Index Category and Different Body Mass Index

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Denisse Soto-Soto, Gabriella Rivera-Ortiz, Claudia Rosado-Torres, Julianne Quintero, Josefina Romaguera, Keimari Mendez

73-78

Female Sexual Dysfunction in Women living in Puerto Rico

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Enid Quintana-Torres, Paola B. Giménez-Cabranes, Wilfredo J. Villafañe-Ortiz, Linda Laras-Garcia

79-87

Experiences of Violence Among Puerto Rican Women Before, During and After Pregnancy: Prevalence and Associated Health Factors using Data from the Puerto Rico Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

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Hasan Can Memiş, Yesim Isler, Halil Kaya, Melih Yüksel, Mehmet Oğuzhan Ay

88-93

Prognostic Value of the Mini Nutritional Assessment, Key Biomarkers, and Body Mass Index for Mortality in Acute Ischemic Stroke

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Brief Reports

Bianca C. Rodriguez, Eduardo Michelen, Karina Cancel, Claudia Perez-Draper, Amara Guerrero, Rafael Martin, Marely Santiago-Vazquez

94-97

Biologic Therapy for Psoriasis and Risk of Malignancies in a Hispanic Population: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort

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Farah A. Ramírez-Marrero, Yue-Sai Jao, Diego J. Díaz Mayor, Esther A. Torres

98-101

Characterizing Sleep and Physical Activity Patterns Among Adults in Puerto Rico with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Sleep and activity in Hispanic IBD

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José R. Chévere-Reyes, Laura C. Amadeo-Sánchez, Elsa Pedro-Gutiérrez

102-196

Reasons for Regimen Modifications of Antineoplastic Agents in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic in Puerto Rico

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Jasmin R. Martinez, Ashley M. Chastain, Uduwanage G. E. Perera, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Patricia W. Stone, Jingjing Shang

107-112

The Current State of Home Health Care in Puerto Rico

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Abstracts of the Annual Forum

Raffucci Surgical Education Foundation, American College of Surgeons, Puerto Rico Department of Surgery, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

113-118

45th F.L. Raffucci Memorial Lecture & Surgical Research Forum

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Erratum

Velda J. González-Mercado

119

Dietary Quality and Microbiome Profiles among Rectal Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study, published in the P R Health Sci J 2026;45(1):3-10

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