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Restriction of Individual Branched‐Chain Amino Acids has Distinct Effects on the Development and Progression of Alzheimer's Disease in 3xTg Mice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Protein restriction (PR) slows Alzheimer's disease (AD) in mice, and other benefits of PR are due to decreased branched‐chain amino acids (BCAAs). We show that restricting any BCAA has benefits, with sex‐ and BCAA‐specific impacts on pathology, molecular signaling, and cognition.
Reji Babygirija, Cara L. Green, Michelle M. Sonsalla, Izabelle Marie F. Le, Fan Xiao, Sarah Yandell, Mariah F. Calubag, Michaela E. Trautman, Anna Tobon, Ryan Matoska, Chung‐Yang Yeh, Charles I. Opara, Isaac Grunow, Diana Vertein, Sophia Schlorf, Bailey A. Knopf, Michael J. Rigby, David A. Harris, Mark P. Keller, Alan D. Attie, Luigi Puglielli, Cholsoon Jang, Dudley W. Lamming   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural veteran perception of healthcare access in South Carolina and Florida: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Access to mental and physical healthcare in rural areas is challenging for Veterans and their families but essential for good health. Even though recent research has revealed some of the challenges rural Veterans face accessing healthcare, a ...
Maria Mercedes Rossi, Heidi L. Radunovich, Michelle A. Parisi   +2 more
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Is Everyone Beating Around the Bush?: A Qualitative Study Examining the Status of Shared Decision-Making Between Veterans Affairs Providers and Surgical Patients in the ICU

Annals of Surgery Open
Objective:. We sought to determine if and how providers use elements of shared decision-making (SDM) in the care of surgical patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Background:. SDM is the gold standard for decision-making in the ICU.
M. Andrew Millis, MD, MPH, C. Ann Vitous, MA, MPH, Cara Ferguson, BS, Maedeh Marzoughi, BS, Erin Kim, BS, Sarah E. Bradley, PhD, MPH, CPH, Ashley Duby, MS, Pasithorn A. Suwanabol, MD, MS   +7 more
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Cost of inpatient rehabilitation care in the Department of Veterans Affairs [PDF]

—We investigated the determinants of inpatient rehabilitation costs in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and examined the relationship between length of stay (LOS) and discharge costs using data from VA and community rehabilitation hospitals.
Richardson, Samuel S., Smith, Mark W., Vogel, Bruce, Wagner, Todd H., Wing, Kristen   +4 more
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Toward a High Performance Health System for the United States [PDF]

, 2006
Describes the features of the U.S. healthcare system and measures ten areas of performance, including access to appropriate care, quality care from the patient's perspective, affordability, and capacity for improvement.
Anne Gauthier, Ilana Weinbaum, Stephen C. Schoenbaum   +2 more
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Improving Care at the End of Life [PDF]

, 2011
Reviews RWJF's investments in improving end-of-life care, impact on the field, and lessons learned, including the need to coordinate objectives, integrate strategies, tie strategies to policy changes and incentives, and link communications and ...
Abby Spector, Elizabeth Thompson, Patricia Patrizi   +2 more
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Bioorthogonal Fluorogenic Reporters for Noninvasive Imaging and Urinalysis of Immunotherapeutic Response in Renal Cell Carcinoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reported renal‐clearable bio‐orthogonal near‐infrared fluorogenic probes (BGRs) that specifically imaging and urinalysis of granzyme B for dynamic evaluation of RCC immunotherapy. BGRs not only differentiate immunotherapeutic responses in orthotopic RCC mice, but also enable sensitive optical urinalysis of granzyme B in clinical specimens ...
Xingyue Yang, Baoshuai Liang, Liangmin Fu, Weiliang Deng, Yuyan Jiang, Weiping Xu, Jinwei Chen, Ya Zhou, Ke Wu, Jiaguo Huang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of Research‐Practice Ambassadors in strengthening socially just and equitable partnership processes

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Research‐Practice Partnerships seek to close the research‐practice gap through developing collaborative, authentic partnerships between researchers and community members. Our team has leveraged Research‐Practice Ambassadors to support socially just and equitable partnership processes in schools.
Danielle R. Hatchimonji, Lauren McNeela, Zumana Noor, Melissa Stoffers, Tia N. Barnes, Kira Branch, Danika Perry, Amanda Parks, Mariam Berthe   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validity of Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in a sample of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans

SAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Objectives: Optimal depression screening necessitates measurement tools that are valid across varied populations and in the presence of comorbidities.
Ana R Quiñones, Stephen M Thielke, Michael E Clark, Kristin M Phillips, Christine Elnitsky, Elena M Andresen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is There Monopsony in the Labor Market? Evidence from a Natural Experiment [PDF]

A variety of recent theoretical and empirical advances have renewed interest in monopsonistic models of the labor market. However, there is little direct empirical support for these models, even in labor markets that are textbook examples of monopsony ...
Ciaran Phibbs, Douglas Staiger, Joanne Spetz   +2 more
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