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Am I a Strong Person?

My family and friends (and even my doctor!) think I’m a strong person, but I don’t see it that way. I just do what I need to do to get through each day. Taking care of my family, friends, and sometimes even complete strangers is actually what keeps…

Tags: 2019, Chronic Disease, David Sperling, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Depression, Diabetes, Health Disparities : Weaving A New Understanding Through Case Narratives, Health Psychology, Journal Article, Medical Sociology, Medicine, Medicine & Public Health, NEOMED College of Medicine, November 2019 Update, Premedical Education, Resilience, Social Work

Fatalismo

Milagros is a 50-year-old Puerto Rican woman whose family I met while over the course of 3 months volunteering at a family medicine clinic in South Bronx. She was accompanied by her two teenage daughters, Amparo, 18, and Beatriz, 13, and her grandson…

Tags: 2019, Chronic Disease, Elain Occil, Health Disparities : Weaving A New Understanding Through Case Narratives, Health Psychology, Journal Article, Medical Sociology, Medicine, Medicine & Public Health, Mental Health, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, November 2019 Update, Premedical Education, Race and ethnicity, Social Support, Social Work, Stigma

Transtheoretical Model-chronic Disease Care For Obesity In Primary Care: A Randomized Trial

Objective: To compare health benefits achieved in a transtheoretical model-chronic disease (TM-CD) minimal intervention for obesity vs. augmented usual care (AUC). Research Method and Procedures: This was a 2-year, randomized clinical trial with…

Medical Care Perceptions In Elderly Patients With Musculoskeletal Complaints

Background: Musculoskeletal complaints represent the second most common reason for visits to a physician, second only to the common cold. The limited capability of medical. treatment for musculoskeletal disease requires modification of communication…

Exploring comorbid depression and physical health trajectories: A case-based computational modelling approach.

While comorbid depression/physical health is a major clinical concern, the conventional methods of medicine make it difficult to model the complexities of this relationship. Such challenges include cataloguing multiple trends, developing multiple…

A review of bioactive materials and chronic wounds.

An increasing number of bioactive materials are indicated for the treatment of chronic lower extremity ulcers. They are promising adjuncts to standard therapy. When used in conjunction with standard therapy for venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot…

Tags: *Skin, 2010, Artificial, Biocompatible/therapeutic use, Chronic Disease, Coated Materials, Collagen/therapeutic use, Current Procedural Terminology, Cutis, Department of Internal Medicine, Humans, Leg Ulcer/*therapy, Mostow Eliot N, NEOMED College of Medicine, Plotner Alisha N, Tissue Engineering

Squamous cell carcinoma arising from chronic osteomyelitis of the patella.

Hyperprolactinemia preferentially inhibits erectile function in adrenalectomized male rats.

To determine if the inhibitory effects of hyperprolactinemia on sexual arousal and serum LH levels could be dissociated from those on erectile function, copulatory behavior was examined in pituitary-grafted, adrenalectomized male rats that had been…

Tags: *Penile Erection/drug effects, 1990, Adrenalectomy, Animals, Body Weight, Chronic Disease, Doherty P C, Hyperprolactinemia/*physiopathology, Inbred F344, Life sciences, Luteinizing Hormone/blood/*metabolism, Male, Matt K S, Pituitary Gland/transplantation, Prolactin/blood/metabolism, Rats, Testosterone/pharmacology, Wu D E

Nuclear receptor regulation of lipid metabolism: potential therapeutics for dyslipidemia, diabetes, and chronic heart and liver diseases.

Lipids are essential components of biological membranes, fuel molecules and metabolic regulators that control cellular functions, metabolism and homeostasis. The liver plays a central role in regulating lipid metabolism and whole body lipid…

Tags: *Lipid Metabolism, 2005, Animals, Chiang John Y L, Chronic Disease, Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England : 2000), Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Diabetes Mellitus/drug therapy/metabolism, Dyslipidemias/drug therapy/metabolism, Heart Diseases/*drug therapy/metabolism, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use, Hypolipidemic Agents/therapeutic use, Liver Diseases/*drug therapy/metabolism, Metabolic Diseases/*drug therapy/metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, Receptors

From mechanisms to management: translating the neuropathic pain consensus recommendations into clinical practice.

Chronic neuropathic pain poses a treatment challenge, and is associated with significant psychologic distress, physical disability, and impaired functioning, which impact the activities of daily living. Efforts to provide relief are often inadequate…

Unintentional injuries. Risk factors in preschool children.

Successful strategies for preventing childhood injuries require better understanding of injury epidemiology. A case-control study was designed to identify risk factors for injury among preschool patients of a university-affiliated, community-based…

The persistent nonhealing ulcer. Could it be basal cell carcinoma?

Tags: 2001, Aged, Basal Cell – Diagnosis, Basal Cell – Physiopathology, Basal Cell/complications/*pathology, Brodell R T, Carcinoma, Chronic Disease, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male, Postgraduate medicine, Risk Factors, Skin Neoplasms/complications/*pathology, Ulcer/*etiology, Wagamon K

Concurrent treatment of chronic psoriasis and asthma with ustekinumab.

A 56-year-old woman with a 40-year history of guttate flares of psoriasis associated with stress and infection as well as chronic asthma was treated with subcutaneous injections of ustekinumab, repeated after 1 month and then every 3 months. Her…

Consultation with the specialist: respiratory failure in children.

Tags: 2004, Acute Disease, Adolescent, Child, Chronic Disease, Humans, Male, McBride John, Muscular Dystrophies/complications, Oximetry, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Pediatrics in review, Pope John, Respiratory Function Tests, Respiratory Insufficiency/*diagnosis/etiology/physiopathology/therapy

Coming out of the shadows.

Gemifloxacin versus amoxicillin/clavulanate in the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. The 070 Clinical Study group.

Six hundred patients were evaluated in this randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, multicenter, parallel-group study comparing the efficacy and safety of gemifloxacin (320 mg once-daily for 5 days) and amoxicillin/clavulanate (500/125 mg three-times…

Tags: *Fluoroquinolones, 2000, 80 and over, Acute-Phase Reaction, Adult, Aged, Amoxicillin/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Anti-Infective Agents/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, Bronchitis/*drug therapy, Chronic Disease, Clavulanic Acid/pharmacology/therapeutic use, Combination/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Drug Therapy, Female, File T, Garau J, Gemifloxacin, Haemophilus influenzae/drug effects, Humans, Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy), Lode H, Lynch S, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis/drug effects, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Naphthyridines/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, NEOMED College of Medicine, Schlemmer B, Streptococcus pneumoniae/drug effects, Treatment Outcome, Young C

Development of a Scale to Assess Physician Advance Care Planning Self-Efficacy.

BACKGROUND: Although patients prefer that physicians initiate advance care planning (ACP) conversations, few physicians regularly do so. Physicians may be reluctant to initiate ACP conversations because they lack self-efficacy in their skills. Yet,…

Tags: *Self Efficacy, 2017, Adult, advance care planning, Advance Care Planning/*organization & administration, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitudes, Baughman Kristin R, Chronic Disease, College of Medicine, Communication, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Drost Jennifer, end-of-life care, Exploratory Research, family medicine, Family/*psychology, Female, Fischbein Rebecca, Health Knowledge, Hewit Mike, Human, Humans, Instrument Construction, Instrument Validation, Kropp Denise, Ludwick Ruth, Male, McCormick Kenelm, Meeker James, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Physicians – Psychosocial Factors, Practice, Reliability and Validity, scale development, Scales, self-efficacy, Self-Efficacy – Evaluation, Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards, Terminal Care/psychology, The American journal of hospice & palliative care, Validation Studies

Anatomical Look Into OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection for Chronic Migraine Headache.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: While existing studies about onabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraines have focused on injection location and appropriate dosing, little consideration has been given to patient body habitus and its potential impact on…

Tags: 2018, 80 and over, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anatomic Landmarks/anatomy & histology/*diagnostic imaging, Ansari Hossein, Blaha Taryn, Body Regions, Body Regions – Anatomy and Histology, Botulinum Toxins, Botulinum Toxins – Administration and Dosage, Chronic Disease, Female, Human, Humans, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Migraine, Migraine – Drug Therapy, Migraine Disorders/*diagnostic imaging/*drug therapy, Narouze Samer, Neck Muscles, Neck Muscles – Anatomy and Histology, Neck Muscles – Drug Effects, Neck Muscles/anatomy & histology/*diagnostic imaging/drug effects, Pilot Projects, Pilot Studies, Random Allocation, Random Assignment, Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, Swanson Marco, Tomography, Totonchi Ali, Type A/*administration & dosage, Wu-Fienberg Yuewei, X-Ray Computed – Methods, X-Ray Computed/methods, Young Adult, Zardouz Shawn

Painless deformity of a long finger phalanx of a 4-year-old girl.

Melanotic schwannoma. An unusual case of an ossified soft tissue mass.

A case of a melanotic schwannoma presenting as a soft tissue mass of the abductors of the hip is reported. The radiographic findings suggested myositis ossificans, but several subtle findings raised the concern for something else. A bilobed…

Transition of patients from chronic kidney disease to end-stage renal disease: better practices for better outcomes.

Tags: 2006, Amedia Chester A, Anemia/complications, Cardiovascular Diseases/complications, Chronic Disease, Chronic/complications/*therapy, Department of Internal Medicine, Disease management : DM, Humans, Hypertension/complications, Kidney Diseases/complications/*therapy, Kidney Failure, NEOMED College of Medicine, Perazella Mark A, Practice Guidelines as Topic

Strain differences in neuropathic hyperalgesia.

The purpose of this study was to investigate strain-related differences in the onset and maintenance of thermal hyperalgesia following the induction of peripheral nerve injury in two inbred strains of rats (Fischer 344 and Lewis) and two outbred…

Tags: 2000, Animals, Chronic Disease, Crisp T, Cruce W L, Cytokines/physiology, Hyperalgesia/*etiology, Inbred F344, Inbred Lew, Ligation, Lovell J A, Male, Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, Rats, Sciatic Nerve/physiology, Species Specificity, Sprague-Dawley, Stuesse S L, Wistar

Effectiveness of an extracellular matrix graft (OASIS Wound Matrix) in the treatment of chronic leg ulcers: a randomized clinical trial.

BACKGROUND: Venous leg ulcers are a major cause of morbidity, economic loss, and decreased quality of life in affected patients. Recently, biomaterials derived from natural tissue sources have been used to stimulate wound closure. One such…

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