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Comparison of wellness/burnout between primary care pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists

BMC Health Services Research
Background Burnout in the field of healthcare is among the most important challenges encountered across our workforce. Provider burnout increases the risk of personal manifestations of stress, impaired job performance, and provider turnover.
Suzanne Kaseta, Emily Sheboy Scarcello, Kimberly Palmer, Gerard Villucci, Allen J. Dozor   +4 more
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Osteoarthritis- a systematic review of long-term safety implications for osteoarthritis of the knee

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background There is no cure for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and typically patients live approximately 30-years with the disease. Most common medical treatments result in short-term palliation of symptoms with little consideration of long-term risk.
Jonathon Charlesworth, Jane Fitzpatrick, Nirmala Kanthi Panagodage Perera, John Orchard   +3 more
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Environmental pH modulates inerolysin activity via post-binding blockade

Scientific Reports, 2018
The cholesterol dependent cytolysins (CDCs) are a family of pore-forming toxins produced by a wide range of bacteria. Some CDCs are important virulence factors for their cognate organisms, but their activity must be tightly regulated to ensure they ...
Ryan Rampersaud, Emma L. Lewis, Timothy J. LaRocca, Adam J. Ratner   +3 more
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Development of an online public health curriculum for medical students: the public health commute

BMC Medical Education, 2019
Background As public health becomes increasingly central to the practice of medicine, educational efforts are necessary to prepare medical students to apply public health concepts in their care of patients.
Sarah Godfrey, Katherine Nickerson, Jonathan Amiel, Benjamin Lebwohl   +3 more
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Posmetnaya TV. Peculiarities of clinical and X-ray findings at women during postmenopause with chronic generalized periodontitis determined by mineral bone density [PDF]

Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2016
The aim: to study clinical and X-ray specifics of chronic generalized periodontitis of women during a postmenopaus-al period determined by mineral bone density. Material and Methods.
Eremina N.V., Ismailova О.А., Strukov V.I., Kirillova T.V.   +3 more
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HIF2α activation and mitochondrial deficit due to iron chelation cause retinal atrophy

EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2023
Iron accumulation causes cell death and disrupts tissue functions, which necessitates chelation therapy to reduce iron overload. However, clinical utilization of deferoxamine (DFO), an iron chelator, has been documented to give rise to systemic adverse ...
Yang Kong, Pei‐Kang Liu, Yao Li, Nicholas D Nolan, Peter M J Quinn, Chun‐Wei Hsu, Laura A Jenny, Jin Zhao, Xuan Cui, Ya‐Ju Chang, Katherine J Wert, Janet R Sparrow, Nan‐Kai Wang, Stephen H Tsang   +13 more
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Cultural Humility with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations: A Novel Curriculum in LGBT Health for Clinical Medical Students

MedEdPORTAL, 2013
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals encounter documented health disparities in the United States, perpetuated in part by limited LGBT-related content in medical education curricula.
Hilary Grubb, Hilda Hutcherson, Jonathan Amiel, Jane Bogart, Justin Laird   +4 more
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Diet quality, body weight, and postmenopausal hot flashes: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

BMC Women's Health
Background A low-fat vegan diet, supplemented with soybeans, has been shown effective in reducing postmenopausal hot flashes. This secondary analysis assessed the association of a plant-based index (PDI), healthful (hPDI), and unhealthful (uPDI), with ...
Haley Brennan, Tatiana Znayenko-Miller, Macy Sutton, Richard Holubkov, Neal D. Barnard, Hana Kahleova   +5 more
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Increased cell-cell coupling increases infarct size and does not decrease incidence of ventricular tachycardia in mice

Frontiers in Physiology, 2011
Increasing Connexin43 (Cx43) gap junctional conductance as a means to improve cardiac conduction has been proposed as a novel antiarrhythmic modality. Yet, transmission of molecules via gap junctions may be associated with increased infarct size.
Kevin A Prestia, Eugene A Sosunov, Evgeny P Anyukhovsky, Elena eDolmatova, Caitlin W Kelly, Peter R Brink, Richard B Robinson, Michael R Rosen, Heather S. eDuffy   +8 more
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Evaluation of knowledge, attitude, practices and effectiveness of menstrual hygiene interventions in rural schools from Lilongwe, Malawi

BMC Public Health
Background Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is associated with the menstrual process in women and adolescent girls who face cultural and financial challenges in rural areas of many developing countries.
Russel Chidya, Olivia Kachuma, Tchaka Thole, Louis Banda, Mark Loewenberger, Jennifer Nicholson   +5 more
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