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Anticipated regret to increase uptake of colorectal cancer screening (ARTICS):a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2015 Screening is important for early detection of colorectal cancer. Our aim was to determine whether a simple anticipated regret (AR) intervention could increase uptake of colorectal cancer screening. A randomised controlled trial of a simple, questionnaire-
Brownlee, Linda A. +8 more
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Genetic testing - to screen or not to screen? [PDF]
Brain, 1999 In this issue of Brain , the paper by Mallucci and colleagues details the clinical features and molecular characterization of the prion protein gene, PNRP , in a large English/Irish family with an autosomal dominant syndrome of presenile dementia with ataxia and other neuropsychiatric features (Mallucci et al ., 1999).
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BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2017 Background In the two-stage randomised trial design, a randomly sampled subset of study participants are permitted to choose their own treatment, while the remaining participants are randomised to treatment in the usual way.
Stephen D. Walter +4 more
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Analytical dilemmas in lupus anticoagulant detection
Exploration of Immunology, 2023 Accurate lupus anticoagulant (LA) detection is crucial to antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) diagnosis. Detection is based on LA functional behavior in coagulation assays irrespective of epitope specificity. LA screening tests employ dilute phospholipids to
Gary W. Moore
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Population screening for colorectal cancer means getting FIT:the past, present, and future of colorectal cancer screening using the fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin (FIT) [PDF]
, 2014 Fecal immunochemical tests for hemoglobin (FIT) are changing the manner in which colorectal cancer (CRC) is screened. Although these tests are being performed worldwide, why is this test different from its predecessors?
Halloran, SP +7 more
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Home bowel cancer tests and informed choice—is current information sufficient?
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003 Objectives: To evaluate the type of information that is available to purchasers of home‐based bowel cancer test kits. Methods: Manufacturers, pharmacies and independent testing programs were contacted to obtain faecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits. State
K. Howard, G. Salkeld
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Analysis of the lipid-lowering activity and mechanism of Betukladin based on a zebrafish model [PDF]
Shandong kexueBetukladin is a dietary supplement composed of reindeer lichen powder and birch bark extract, possessing various pharmacological activities such as blood glucose regulation, lipid lowering, anti-inflammatory effects, and anticoagulation.
DU Xingshuo, ZHAN Wen, GAO Songying, SUN Changgao, XU Mingxian, ZHANG Sichen, LI Hongliang, XIA Qing, HE Qiuxia
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Frequency of HTLV-1 seroconversion between pregnancies in Nagasaki, Japan, 2011–2018
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 BackgroundHuman T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is transmitted vertically from an infected mother to her child via breastfeeding during infancy or horizontally via sexual contact.
Nahoko Komatsu +7 more
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Children of prisoners: a growing public health problem
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2004 Objectives:To estimate the number and proportion of children in New South Wales affected by parental incarceration, and to describe the health impact of punitive incarceration on the children of prisoners.
Simon Quilty +4 more
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Education Sciences, 2021 Background: Good screening tools can be of immense value in educational counselling for adults. We report two studies where we explored the factor structure and discriminative power of the Adult Reading Questionnaire (ARQ) in different samples of young ...
Arve E. Asbjørnsen +3 more
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