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Pharmacist-led screening in sexually transmitted infections: current perspectives

, 2018
Helen Wood, Sajni Gudka School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Introduction: Sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening is a crucial initiative that aims to reduce ...
Wood H, Gudka S
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Macrophage extracellular vesicles deliver Mef2d proteins to aggravate Bacteroides fragilis pathogenicity in type 2 diabetes arterial calcification

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
Bacteroides fragilis is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) arterial calcification and can be activated by macrophage‐derived extracellular vesicles (EVs). BF takes up EVs via receptor‐mediated endocytosis, and activation is induced by EV‐derived Mef2d, thereby inhibiting ArsR family transcriptional regulator transcription.
Cong Chen, Rong He, Jirong Luo, Zhengfeng Liang, Qunwen Pan, Shuangquan Liu, Jingsong Cao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lactation, Childrearing, and Gender Justice

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss the significance of early infant feeding choices for the goal of gender justice. Focusing on human lactation practices, I identify Exclusive Gestational Nursing (EGN) as the norm in advanced industrial societies, which creates the expectation and permission for gestators, and only gestators, to nurse children, and ...
Jenny Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Substance use preferences and sexually transmitted infections among Canadian post-secondary students

, 2018
Nway Mon Kyaw Soe,1 Yelena Bird,1 Michael Schwandt,2 John Moraros1 1School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; 2Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, BC, Canada Background: In Canada, substance use is one of the key ...
Schwandt M, Moraros J, Kyaw Soe NM, Bird Y   +3 more
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Psychometric Analysis of Scores on the GAD‐7 With University Students

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the psychometric characteristics of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder seven‐item screener (GAD‐7) scores. The 568 US university student participant responses yielded a unidimensional factor structure with mostly excellent fit statistics.
Elizabeth L. Sweeting, Bradley T. Erford, Martin F. Sherman, Imani Bryant, Heather L. Smith, Julie Sriken   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organ‐Specific Human Microbiomes and Dysbiosis: Mechanistic Links to Disease and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
Schematic overview of the human microbiome and major microbiota‐derived metabolites across body sites, highlighting the gut–brain, gut–heart, and gut–kidney axes in host physiology and disease. ABSTRACT Background The human microbiome is a dynamic and diverse community of microorganisms that affects susceptibility to illness and promotes wellness ...
Awadh Alanazi
wiley   +1 more source

Self-reported Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections: The Question of Accuracy and Meaning [PDF]

Verbal surveys are the most common way of gauging any population s health status, but questions remain regarding the accuracy of the responses they elicit.
Durr-e-Nayab
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Curriculum Guidelines for Social and Behavioral Sciences in Predoctoral Dental Education

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social and behavioral sciences are an integral part of predoctoral dental education, given the important role of social and behavioral factors in oral health, dentist‐patient communication, the provision of person‐centered care, and patients’ experience of dental treatment and their treatment outcomes.
Cameron L. Randall, Casey D. Wright, Dolores Cannella, Jessica G. Hinz, Daniel W. McNeil, Drashty P. Mody, Gary Pape, Yun Saksena, Vaishali Singhal, Lance Brendan Young, Stuart M. Schrader   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of hospitalists in bedside ethics education for medical trainees

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Hospitalists are well‐positioned to teach ethics to trainees at the bedside, traversing the chasm between preclinical instruction and real‐world patient care. This paper proposes a structured, generalizable approach to ethics education for hospitalists.
Holland Kaplan
wiley   +1 more source

Post-exposure prophylaxis with antibiotics to prevent sexually transmitted infections. [PDF]

Cochrane Database Syst Rev
Shibutani K, Okano H, Sato K, Ota E, Ishikawa K, Mori N.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source