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(2019-09)With an estimated 30.2 million diagnosed and undiagnosed cases among adults (and another 84 million at risk), diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions and a leading cause of mortality in the US. ...
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(2019-09)The United States is experiencing a severe opioid use epidemic with more than 2 million people currently suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD), of which, over 1 million need treatment. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) ...
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(2019-08)Housing instability and homelessness are associated with significant health burdens, including high rates of chronic and infectious disease, disproportionate vulnerability to violence and injury, and increased risk of ...
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(2019-04)Introduction: The prevalence of those aged 3-25 with an intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD), has increased 17.1% from 1997 to 2008. This study focused on these I/DD: autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cerebral ...
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(2019-02)In the United States, there is very little knowledge about the health of African immigrants. Although their population exceeds 2 million and still on the rise exponentially, a big gap exists regarding knowledge about ...
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(2018-08-08)Introduction Mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps) are increasingly accessible and popular. In 2015, over 60% of smartphone users used their phones to look up health related information. mHealth apps related to ...
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(2018-05-22)Opioid misuse and addiction has been widely identified as a public health problem, contributing substantially to the nation’s morbidity and mortality. Over the past two decades, misuse of prescription opioids pain relievers ...
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(2017-12-18)The purpose of this dissertation was to produce knowledge on the academic performance and recovery success of students enrolled in a Recovery High School. The study site was Hope Academy, located in Indianapolis, IN, and ...
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(2017-07-26)Objective: Investigate if the prevalence of depression/suicidality changed from 2001 to 2015 among adolescent females exposed to sexual assault or physical fighting, and if various violent exposures or the accumulation ...
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(2017-07-18)Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many common genetic variants that are associated with women’s reproductive timing characteristics including ages at menarche and at natural menopause. ...
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(2013-08-05)Prescription drug abuse has been a growing problem in Indiana and around the nation for almost two decades. In recent years, prescription drug overdoses have pushed drug poisonings ahead of motor vehicle crashes as the ...
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(2017-05-09)Introduction: The U.S. is faced with a primary care (PC) workforce shortage; an estimated 43 percent of the population has unmet health care needs and 18.2 percent of the adult population lacks a usual source of care ...
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(2016-05-24)Living donors have contributed about 6,000 kidneys per year in the past 10 years, but more than 100,000 individuals are still waiting for a kidney transplant. Living kidney donors undergo a major surgical procedure ...
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(2016-04-05)Purpose: Obesity is a growing public health problem and the second most preventable cause of death in the US. Obesity has been linked as a risk factor for several cancers. However, there are limited studies that have ...
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(2016-04-28)Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection results in serious health issues including cervical, anal, vulvar, penile and oropharyngeal cancers. There are three vaccines against HPV but vaccination rates in the United States ...
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(2015)Background: When a patient is incapacitated and unable to make health care decisions, a surrogate decision maker must be designated to make decisions about the patient’s care in his or her place. Studies show that fewer ...
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(2014)Medication adherence remains a problem among Type-2 diabetes (T2D) patients despite availability of effective treatments. Three analyses of extant data sets were conducted to examine barriers to using medication as prescribed ...
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(2014)Phytoestrogens that abound in soy products, legumes, and chickpeas can induce biologic responses in animals and humans due to structural similarity to 17β-estradiol. Although experimental studies suggest that phytoestrogen ...
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(2014)Oral health is crucial to overall health and a focus of the U.S. Health Center program, which provides preventive dental services in medically underserved communities. Dental hygiene is an oral health profession whose ...