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Military Service Roles and ALS Among Veterans: A Matched Case–Control Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While military service is an established risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it remains unclear whether this association is linked to combat. We conducted a matched case–control study comparing 191 ALS patients who were veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with known military service type and 1910 matched controls. The
Asaf Honig   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heightened activity in social reward networks is associated with adolescents’ risky sexual behaviors

open access: yesDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2017
Adolescent sexual risk behavior can lead to serious health consequences, yet few investigations have addressed its neurodevelopmental mechanisms. Social neurocircuitry is postulated to underlie the development of risky sexual behavior, and response to ...
Kristen L. Eckstrand   +7 more
doaj  

Sexual Function and Sexual Behavior in Women with Breast Cancer Having Sexual Distress, Zanjan, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesPreventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2017
Background: Sexual relationships of women with breast cancer are affected by diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess sexual function and sexual behavior in women with breast cancer having sexual distress in
Esmkhani M   +4 more
doaj  

Teen Dating Violence (Physical and Sexual) Among US High School Students: Findings From the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

open access: yesJAMA pediatrics, 2015
IMPORTANCE National estimates of teen dating violence (TDV) reveal high rates of victimization among high school populations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national Youth Risk Behavior Survey has provided often-cited estimates of ...
K. Vagi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Read-React-Respond: An integrative model for understanding sexual revictimization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Females who have been sexually abused in childhood are at significantly higher risk to be revictimized in adolescence and adulthood. Revictimization is associated with a raft of adverse mental and physical health outcomes, and so understanding why ...
Grych, John H., Noll, Jennie G
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Pulse Pressure, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition: Mediating Effects Across the Adult Lifespan

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate whether pulse pressure or mean arterial pressure mediates the relationship between age and white matter hyperintensity load and to examine the mediating effect of white matter hyperintensities on cognition. Methods Demographic information, blood pressure, current medication lists, and Montreal Cognitive Assessment ...
Jade Hannan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI): Construct, Predictive, and Incremental Validity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study of 410 adult male sex offenders against children, using data from the Dynamic Supervision Project (Hanson, Harris, Scott, & Helmus, 2007), examined the construct, predictive, and incremental validity of the Screening Scale for Pedophilic ...
Helmus, L.   +2 more
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3D MRI Tract‐Specific Spinal Cord Lesion Pattern Improves Prediction of Distinct Neurological Recovery

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To distinguish lateralized motor‐ and sensory‐tract damage after acute spinal cord injury (SCI) and explore its predictive power for motor and sensory recovery. Methods Thirty‐five SCI patients (two female) from a multi‐center data set (placebo‐arm of the Nogo‐A‐Inhibition in SCI trial) underwent routine T2‐weighted sagittal MRI ...
Lynn Farner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unsafe Sex, AIDS, and Development [PDF]

open access: yes
Much of Africa has been ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. There, heterosexual contact is the primary mode of transmission for the HIV virus. Even when access to condoms is good and their price low, a large fraction of young Africans continue to engage in ...
Bhattacharya, Joydeep   +2 more
core  

Association Between Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, Peers, Parental Controls and Sexual Behavior in Adolescentsat High School, Surakarta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Sexual behavior among teenagers is worrying. It is influenced of permissive attitude shift, causing violation of norms, ethics in society. One factor is the opening of information about sex freely circulating in the community.
Astirin, O. P. (Okid)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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