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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedResearch in the past two decades has made remarkable progress in determining the variables that affect preventive care within primary care practices. The level of preventive care that a patient receives is largely...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 35, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAdult preventive services are not routinely provided in primary care practices. (1-7) This is not because of a lack of knowledge or because of disagreement in principle. Guidelines on screening asymptomatic adults have...
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From:MedSurg Nursing (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA new study reveals front-line health care technicians perceive they are not as engaged in hospital infection improvement efforts compared to other staff. Similarly, front-line technicians had lower perceptions of the...
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From:Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe Parliament of Great Britain approved three-parent IVF project with 382 votes for and 128 votes against it on 3rd February, 2015. In case of the project approval in House of Lords, Great Britain would be the first...
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From:Journal of Dental Research and Scientific Development (Vol. 2, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Pradnya. Kakodkar From the Editor's Desk. Greetings! In the last week, I stumbled on an interesting and hugely popular phrase in the current times - "Thought Leader;" and quite instantly I got aligning...
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From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 184, Issue 16) Peer-ReviewedFor decades, women have been alarmed by the "1 in 9" lifetime prevalence statistic for breast cancer (1) while being reassured that, by participating in screening, early detection was their best hope for survival. At...
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From:BioDrugs (Vol. 25, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedIntravenous nanofiltered human C1 inhibitor (C1-INH NF) concentrate (Cinryze [R]) is used as a direct replacement of deficient levels of plasma C1 inhibitor in patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE). In the EU,...
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From:Pathology Research InternationalPeer-ReviewedOral cancer is one of the major global threats to public health. The development of oral cancer is a tobacco-related multistep and multifocal process involving field cancerization and carcinogenesis. The rationale for...
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From:Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (Vol. 38, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedPreventive analgesia is defined as the persistence of the analgesic effects of a drug beyond the clinical activity of the drug. The N-methyl D-aspartate receptor plays a critical role in the sensitisation of pain...
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From:Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (Vol. 6, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Domenico D'âAmico 1 , Michel Lanteri-Minet 2 Keywords : headache; migraine; prevention; prophylaxis Migraine preventive therapy differs considerably from acute treatment in its rationale and...
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From:Practice Nurselearning objectives After working through this section you will be able to: e Describe the common presentations of coronary heart disease (CHD) e Discuss strategies for offering secondary prevention to those diagnosed...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 328, Issue 7441) Peer-ReviewedSummary points Effective implementation of secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction remains suboptimal Coprescribing of antiplatelet drugs, statins, angiotensin converting...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 322, Issue 7300) Peer-ReviewedPrevention of further cardiovascular events in patients with established coronary heart disease is a priority for public health.[1] Previous studies have addressed such issues and have showed that there is considerable...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 107, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedObjective. To examine the efficacy of skills-based training workshops on primary care providers' screening and counseling practices with adolescents during routine outpatient well visits. Design. Sixty-three primary...
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From:Journal of School Health (Vol. 71, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis paper presents results from a process evaluation conducted by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE). Representative samples of middle and high school superintendents, principals, lead health teachers, and...
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From:Archives of Disease in Childhood (Vol. 87, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe widespread acceptance of clinical governance as a tool for improving the quality of health care delivery means that consultant community paediatricians share responsibility for setting and maintaining standards of...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 327, Issue 7413) Peer-ReviewedMedical resources are increasingly shifting from making patients better to preventing them from becoming ill. Genetic testing is likely to extend the list of conditions that can be screened for. Is it time to stop and...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 316, Issue 7144) Peer-ReviewedLevels of childhood immunisation are high in the United Kingdom but are proving difficult to maintain. Several initiatives to improve uptake have been described, including sending written information to parents,[1]...
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From:Chest (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLung diseases are generally preventable, yet in the United States they represent one of the leading causes of death. To reduce the incidence of lung disease and related death, it is necessary to define physicians' roles...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 89, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedNutrition programs for children typically take place in a school or clinic setting. A school classroom is the most common setting for nutrition and health education programs that focus on knowledge outcomes. Programs...