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Educational demands of family members of children with special health care needs in the transition from hospital to home [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to analyze the educational demands of family members of children with special health care needs in the transition from hospital to home Methods: qualitative research conducted between February and June 2018, using the handbook on creativity ...
Meirilane Lima Precce   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Maternal health in Jamaica : health needs, services, and utilization [PDF]

open access: yes
The main health issues for Jamaican women are nutrition, fertility, infection, chronic diseases, and stress and social problems. The two leading causes of adult health for women are cerebro-vascular accidents and coronary heart disease - of which high ...
Feifer, Chris Naschak
core  

Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health needs and production of care in a health unit in a city of the northeast part of Brazil

open access: yesO Mundo da Saúde, 2014
The production processes of health services should aim to meet the health needs of social groups that constitute a particular territory. Some time ago a reorganization of health services were proposed, with the assumption the production of care as a user-
Márcio Costa de Souza   +4 more
doaj  

Characterizing the salivary RNA landscape to identify potential diagnostic, prognostic, and follow‐up biomarkers for breast cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study explores salivary RNA for breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, prognosis, and follow‐up. High‐throughput RNA sequencing identified distinct salivary RNA signatures, including novel transcripts, that differentiate BC from healthy controls, characterize histological and molecular subtypes, and indicate lymph node involvement.
Nicholas Rajan   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing need and demand for medical services in high-risk persons. A health education approach.

open access: yesThe Western journal of medicine, 1998
We undertook this study to identify persons with high medical use to target them for health promotion and self-management interventions specific to their problems. We compared the reductions in cost and health risk of a health education program aimed at high-risk persons with a similar program addressed to all risk levels.
J F, Fries, D, McShane
openaire   +1 more source

Quality pathology and laboratory diagnostic services are key to improving global health outcomes: improving global health outcomes is not possible without accurate disease diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As the health care needs of populations change in low- and middle-income countries, the demand for affordable, accurate, and timely diagnostic testing will increase substantially. The need for such testing is threefold: (1) to guide treatment of patients,
Sayed, Shahin
core  

An assessment of opportunities and challenges for public sector involvement in the maternal health voucher program in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
AC Gorter   +54 more
core   +2 more sources

Adenosine‐to‐inosine editing of miR‐200b‐3p is associated with the progression of high‐grade serous ovarian cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A‐to‐I editing of miRNAs, particularly miR‐200b‐3p, contributes to HGSOC progression by enhancing cancer cell proliferation, migration and 3D growth. The edited form is linked to poorer patient survival and the identification of novel molecular targets.
Magdalena Niemira   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gênero e saúde no Brasil: considerações a partir da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
A mulher brasileira tem vivido mais que o homem, como ocorre em países industrializados centrais. Nesses países, paradoxalmente, as mulheres apresentam indicadores de morbidade mais altos que os homens.
Estela M.L. Aquino   +2 more
doaj  

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