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Aneurysm Wall Enhancement and Probability of Instability in Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Long‐Term Follow‐Up Study

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) may predict aneurysm growth and rupture in the short‐term, but there is a lack of long‐term follow‐up studies. We aimed to determine whether unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) with AWE have a higher probability of aneurysm instability during long‐term follow‐up compared with those without AWE. Methods For
Laura T. van der Kamp   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Views on electronic cigarette use in tobacco screening and cessation in an Alaska Native healthcare setting [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2015
Background: American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities confront some of the highest rates of tobacco use and its sequelae. Methods: This formative research project sought to identify the perspectives of 41 stakeholders (community members ...
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Clinicians' awareness of the Affordable Care Act mandate to provide comprehensive tobacco cessation treatment for pregnant women covered by Medicaid

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states to provide tobacco-cessation services without cost-sharing for pregnant traditional Medicaid-beneficiaries effective October 2010.
Van T. Tong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco Cessation Treatments Among Young Adult Smokers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Summarizes a study of differences between younger and older adult smokers in their motivations and attempts to quit and their use of smoking cessation treatments.
Amy Sporer   +5 more
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Insights into the pathogenesis of nicotine addiction. Could a salivary biosensor be useful in Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Nicotine has gained the attention of the medical community due to its insidious addictive mechanisms which lead to chronic consumption. The multitude of compounds derived from tobacco smoke have local and systemic negative impacts, resulting in a large ...
Alexescu, Teodora G   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
wiley   +1 more source

Study of exit survey and awareness program analysis on tobacco cessation counselling amongst the health care professionals of the tertiary care

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Introduction: Tobacco addiction in the rural community is very high, where we require efforts to break this addiction. Our aim was to find out the impact of awareness program on the current status of counselling on cessation of use of tobacco by the ...
Rahul Kunkulol   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building a Tailored Text Messaging System for Smoking Cessation in Native American Populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
When starting new and healthy habits or encouraging vigilance against returning to poor habits, a simple text message can be beneficial. Text messages also have the advantage of being easily accessible for lower-income populations spread over a rural ...
Addo, Ivor D.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy use among racial/ethnic minorities in the United States: Considerations for primary care

open access: yesFamily Medicine and Community Health Journal, 2017
Pharmacotherapies for tobacco cessation are efficacious and recommended during quit attempts. Racial/ethnic minorities in the United States are less likely to use medication-based aids for tobacco cessation, despite greater difficulty achieving long-term
M. Hooper   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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