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Medication abortion via digital health in the United States: a systematic scoping review [PDF]

NPJ Digital Medicine 2023 Jul 12;6(1):128, 2023
Digital health, including telemedicine, has increased access to abortion care. The convenience, flexibility of appointment times, and ensured privacy to abortion users may make abortion services via telemedicine preferable. This scoping review systematically mapped studies conducted on abortion services via telemedicine, including their effectiveness ...
arxiv   +1 more source

New fossils of Australopithecus sediba reveal a nearly complete lower back

eLife, 2021
Adaptations of the lower back to bipedalism are frequently discussed but infrequently demonstrated in early fossil hominins. Newly discovered lumbar vertebrae contribute to a near-complete lower back of Malapa Hominin 2 (MH2), offering additional ...
Scott A Williams, Thomas Cody Prang, Marc R Meyer, Thierra K Nalley, Renier Van Der Merwe, Christopher Yelverton, Daniel García-Martínez, Gabrielle A Russo, Kelly R Ostrofsky, Jeffrey Spear, Jennifer Eyre, Mark Grabowski, Shahed Nalla, Markus Bastir, Peter Schmid, Steven E Churchill, Lee R Berger   +16 more
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March Mammal Madness and the power of narrative in science outreach

eLife, 2021
March Mammal Madness is a science outreach project that, over the course of several weeks in March, reaches hundreds of thousands of people in the United States every year.
Katie Hinde, Carlos Eduardo G Amorim, Alyson F Brokaw, Nicole Burt, Mary C Casillas, Albert Chen, Tara Chestnut, Patrice K Connors, Mauna Dasari, Connor Fox Ditelberg, Jeanne Dietrick, Josh Drew, Lara Durgavich, Brian Easterling, Charon Henning, Anne Hilborn, Elinor K Karlsson, Marc Kissel, Jennifer Kobylecky, Jason Krell, Danielle N Lee, Kate M Lesciotto, Kristi L Lewton, Jessica E Light, Jessica Martin, Asia Murphy, William Nickley, Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora, Olivia Pellicer, Valeria Pellicer, Anali Maughan Perry, Stephanie G Schuttler, Anne C Stone, Brian Tanis, Jesse Weber, Melissa Wilson, Emma Willcocks, Christopher N Anderson   +37 more
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Joint Dynamic Models and Statistical Inference for Recurrent Competing Risks, Longitudinal Marker, and Health Status [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Consider a subject or unit in a longitudinal biomedical, public health, engineering, economic, or social science study which is being monitored over a possibly random duration. Over time this unit experiences competing recurrent events and a longitudinal marker transitions over a discrete state-space.
arxiv  

Physical Activity of Osteopathic Medical Students

Physical Activity and Health, 2018
Context: Physical inactivity has been identified as one of the greatest current health burdens worldwide. In addition to physical activity’s primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention benefits related to many diseases, physical activity has been shown ...
Adrienne Law, Lucas Hollar, Elliot Montgomery Sklar, Peter Sprague   +3 more
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Motivation states to move, be physically active and sedentary vary like circadian rhythms and are associated with affect and arousal

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023
IntroductionMotivation to be physically active and sedentary is a transient state that varies in response to previous behavior. It is not known: (a) if motivational states vary from morning to evening, (b) if they are related to feeling states (arousal ...
Christopher J. Budnick, Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, Cyrus Dadina, John B. Bartholomew, Daniel Boullosa, Daniel Boullosa, Daniel Boullosa, Garret I. Ash, Garret I. Ash, Rajita Sinha, Miguel Blacutt, Adrian Haughton, Tom Lu   +13 more
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Pain and functional recovery from chronic low back pain over 12 months: implications for osteopathic medicine

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2022
Context Although low back pain is a common medical condition that often progresses to become a chronic problem, little is known about the likelihood of recovery from chronic low back pain (CLBP).
J. Licciardone, V. Pandya
semanticscholar   +1 more source

VR for Acupuncture? Exploring Needs and Opportunities for Acupuncture Training and Treatment in Virtual Reality [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Acupuncture is a form of medicine that involves inserting needles into targeted areas of the body and requires knowledge of both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). The process of acquiring such knowledge and using it for practical treatment is challenging due to the need for a deep understanding of human anatomy and ...
arxiv  

Sociodemographic and geographic characteristics associated with patient visits to osteopathic physicians for primary care

BMC Health Services Research, 2011
Background Health care reform promises to dramatically increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance. Osteopathic physicians (DOs) are recognized for primary care, including a "hands-on" style with an emphasis on patient-centered care ...
Licciardone John C, Singh Karan P
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Prepared MR Elastography [PDF]

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, May 2021, Online, United States, 2021
By decoupling motion and spatial encoding, magnitude contrast MR Elastography could be performed for the first time at ultrashort echo times (12 $\mu$s). On the basis of a motion-sensitizing magnetization preparation, the available total magnetic moment is sensitized to the motion induced in the tissues so the information can be efficiently carried ...
arxiv