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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Sexual and Gender Minority Status and Suicide Mortality: An Explainable Artificial Intelligence Analysis

International Journal of Public Health
Objectives: Suicide risk is elevated in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Limited data on LGBT status in healthcare systems hinder our understanding of this risk.
Ying Yin, Ying Yin, T. Elizabeth Workman, T. Elizabeth Workman, John R. Blosnich, John R. Blosnich, Cynthia A. Brandt, Melissa Skanderson, Yijun Shao, Yijun Shao, Joseph L. Goulet, Qing Zeng-Treitler, Qing Zeng-Treitler   +12 more
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Veterans' Health Care: Balancing Resources and Responsibilities [PDF]

, 2004
This paper looks at the health care benefits and services administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It examines management strategies adopted within the department to allocate resources, structure benefits, and improve quality.
Lisa Sprague
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The Health Care Financing Maze for Working-Age People with Disabilities [PDF]

, 2007
Much of the research on health care financing for people with disabilities has focused on the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The findings of this research often highlight the inadequacies of those programs in providing appropriate services to address ...
Goodman, Nanette, Livermore, Gina A, O\u27Day, Bonnie, Stapleton, David C.   +3 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergence of highly profibrotic and proinflammatory Lrat+Fbln2+ HSC subpopulation in alcoholic hepatitis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Lrat+ quiescent hepatic stellate cells (qHSC) give rise to Lrat+Fbln2+ activated HSC (aHSC) in alcohol‐associated hepatitis and this subpopulation is highly profibrotic, inflammatory, and immunoregulatory based on their single cell transcriptomic profile. Abstract Background and Aims Relative roles of HSCs and portal fibroblasts in alcoholic hepatitis (
Steven Balog, Reika Fujiwara, Stephanie Q. Pan, Khairat B. El‐Baradie, Hye Yeon Choi, Sonal Sinha, Qihong Yang, Kinji Asahina, Yibu Chen, Meng Li, Matthew Salomon, Stanley W.‐K. Ng, Hidekazu Tsukamoto   +12 more
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Translation of clinical practice to research: the VETS and ETHOS epidemiologic prospective cohorts

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
For >30 years, the Exercise Testing and Health Outcomes Study (ETHOS) and the Veterans Exercise Testing Study (VETS) cohorts have contributed significantly to the understanding of the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), health ...
Jonathan Myers, Jonathan Myers, Peter Kokkinos, Peter Kokkinos, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel, Charles Faselis, Charles Faselis, Ross Fletcher, Victor Froelicher, Victor Froelicher   +11 more
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Physical Exercise in Diabetic Veterans With Length-Dependent Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019
Rationale: Physical exercise is an essential adjunct to the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therapeutic interventions that improve blood flow to peripheral nerves, such as exercise, may slow the progression of neuropathy in the ...
Evan B. Stubbs, Evan B. Stubbs, Morris A. Fisher, Morris A. Fisher, Clara M. Miller, Christine Jelinek, Jolene Butler, Conor McBurney, Eileen G. Collins, Eileen G. Collins   +9 more
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Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor Force Experiences of Recent Veterans [PDF]

, 2017
[Excerpt] More than 3.8 million members of the U.S. military have left active-duty service since September 2001, a period that some federal agencies call the Gulf War II era (as opposed to the Gulf War I era, which spanned the period from August 1990 to ...
Congressional Budget Office
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