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An Introduction to Macro-Level Spatial Nonstationarity: A Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis of Diabetes and Poverty [PDF]

Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2012
Type II diabetes is a growing health problem in the United States. Understanding geographic variation in diabetes prevalence will inform where resources for management and prevention should be allocated.
Carlos Siordia, Joseph Saenz, Sarah E. Tom   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine in Community Based Palliative Care - A Position Statement

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Currently, access to palliative care is a challenge for the majority of people with serious health suffering in India. Most of the existing palliative care services are available at tertiary healthcare facilities in urban areas.
Srikanth Srinivasan, Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal, Suguna Elayaperumal, Mahendra Singh, Priya Kataria, Rehana Vanaja Radhakrishnan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Family and Community Medicine and its role in preventing health overuse (preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative).

Ciencia & saude coletiva, 2021
In Medicine, it is critical "to offer 100% of what is needed and avoid 100% of what is not needed." Unfortunately, this primary issue is challenging, and generally, more than required is offered, and everything that is unnecessary is not avoided. This is a nonsystematic review with a teaching objective that reviews the general issue in primary care and
Juan, Gérvas, Lourdes Luzón, Oliver, Mercedes, Pérez-Fernandez   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Public health and the economy could be served by reallocating medical expenditures to social programs. [PDF]

, 2017
As much as 30% of US health care spending in the United States does not improve individual or population health. To a large extent this excess spending results from prices that are too high and from administrative waste.
Fielding, Jonathan E, Tran, Linda Diem, Zimmerman, Frederick J   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A rare case of trigeminal trophic syndrome with periorbital cellulitis and full-thickness upper eyelid defect in an undiagnosed patient with human immunodeficiency virus: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Trigeminal trophic syndrome is a rare cranial and facial condition caused by damage to the central or peripheral branches of the trigeminal nerve.
Stephen Apanga, Mohammed Alhassan, Bawa Abdulai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solving Colorado's Health Professionals Shortage: Initial Lessons Learned From the Health Professions Initiative Evaluation [PDF]

, 2007
Gives an overview of the trust's 2005-08 Health Professions Initiative to address expected shortages in all healthcare professions, its impact so far, and the strategies grantees are implementing to help strengthen the training ...
Kaia Gallagher, Tanya Beer
core  

Preventive medical care in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory: a follow-up study of the impact of clinical guidelines, computerised recall and reminder systems, and audit and feedback [PDF]

, 2003
Background Interventions to improve delivery of preventive medical services have been shown to be effective in North America and the UK. However, there are few studies of the extent to which the impact of such interventions has been sustained, or of the
A Szczepura, AJ Dietrich, Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, C Cheney, CJ McDonald, Damin Si, DK Litzelman, DM Becker, DW Belcher, E Fullard, F Buntix, G Robinson, Gary Robinson, H Goldstein, MC Shediac-Rizkallah, MEJL Hulscher, National Preventive and Community Medicine Committee of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, P d'Abbs, PA Carney, Peter HN d'Abbs, PS Frame, RN Battista, Ross S Bailie, Samantha J Togni, SJ McPhee, SM Ornstein, T Bossert, TS Weeramanthri   +28 more
core   +5 more sources

Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang, Naoki Sunagawa, Toma Kashima, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Akimasa Miyanaga, Shinya Fushinobu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source