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Are people at high risk for diabetes visiting health facility for confirmation of diagnosis? A population-based study from rural India

Global Health Action, 2018
Background: India is witnessing a rising burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus. India’s National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke recommends population-based screening and referral to primary ...
Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Kathirvel Soundappan, Balaji Gummidi, Malipeddi Bhaskara Rao, Nikhil Tandon, K. Srinath Reddy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Sailesh Mohan   +7 more
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Gaps in Implementing Bidirectional Screening for Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus in Myanmar: An Operational Research Study

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
In Myanmar from July 2018, as a pilot project in 32 townships, all tuberculosis (TB) patients aged ≥40 years were eligible for diabetes mellitus (DM) screening by random blood sugar (RBS) and all DM patients attending hospitals were eligible for TB
Tun Kyaw Soe, Kyaw Thu Soe, Srinath Satyanarayana, Saw Saw, Cho Cho San, Si Thu Aung   +5 more
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Slit-skin smear for the classification of leprosy; are we wasting time and resource?

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Introduction: Leprosy is a chronic neglected tropical disease, classified into two groups: multibacillary (MB) and paucibacillary (PB) leprosy based on the number of skin lesions and nerve involvement.
Wondmagegn Demsiss, Saskia van Henten, Kudakwashe Collin Takarinda, Edward Mberu Kamau, Seid Getahun Abdela   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sort It Out : Providing Immediate Game Feedback on Waste-Sorting Accuracy and its Effect on Sorting Behaviour

, 2018
The current study investigates how sorting behaviour is influenced when residents play an interactive online game with feedback compared to no feedback. n = 17 Acadia Residents were recruited to play the Waste Sorting Game; among 8 were assigned to receive feedback, while the other 9 did not receive feedback.
Chan, Marisa, Xu, Jenny, Tan, Sarah, Chow, Seth   +3 more
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Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski, Rebecca Ronsley, Shannon M. Stasi, Jeffrey Stevens, Erin R. Rudzinski, Christina M. Lockwood, Sarah E. S. Leary, Bonnie L. Cole, Michelle A. Ting, Vera Paulson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cervical Cancer Care Continuum in South India: Evidence from a Community-based Screening Program

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
In India, cervical cancer screening is conducted at various levels; however, after screening, the adherence to the cancer care continuum is barely understood.
E. Vidhubala, K. Niraimathi, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Sankar Mahadevan   +3 more
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Desmosomes sort it out

The Journal of Cell Biology, 2001
![Graphic][1] Desmosomes help myoepithelial cells (red) sort to the outside of luminal cells (blue). Garrod/Macmillan Long known for providing strong adhesion, and thus maintenance of tissue architecture, desmosomes are turning up as important regulators of epithelial ...
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

To start or to complete? – Challenges in implementing tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV: a mixed-methods study from Karnataka, India

Global Health Action, 2020
Background: Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) has been shown to reduce the risk of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). In 2017, India began a nationwide roll-out of IPT, but there is a lack of evidence on the implementation and the ...
Mahendra M. Reddy, Pruthu Thekkur, Nagesh Ramya, Prasanna B. T. Kamath, Suresh G. Shastri, Ravi B. N. Kumar, Palanivel Chinnakali, Abhay S. Nirgude, Chethana Rangaraju, Narasimhaiah Somashekar, Ajay M. V. Kumar   +10 more
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Sort it with a Smile : Interactive Waste-Sorting and its Effects on Sorting Behavior : Final Report

, 2017
We wanted to investigate if the presence of a waste-tracking “game, titled the Bin-Fun Game, influenced the sorting behavior of people throwing out waste at the AMS Nest’s waste-sorting stations. We believed that the presence of the Bin-Fun Game might increase a person’s awareness of the act of sorting their waste, and could lead to more accurate ...
Corcoran, Fiona, Aubin, Marie-Pierre, Lavery, Brynn, Boyle-Stafford, Luke, Psin, Ohm   +4 more
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