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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx101 Ascertainment of chronic diseases using population health data: a comparison of health administrative data and patient self-report Full Text BMC Public Health, January 15, 2013 Review Article
102 Chronic disease prevalence from Italian administrative databases in the VALORE project: a validation through comparison of population estimates with general practice databases and national survey Full Text BMC Public Health, January 15, 2013
103 Amiodarone surveillance in primary care Full Text The Journal for Nurse Practitioners , January 14, 2013 Review Article
104 GPs increasingly seek advice on estranged parents' access to children's medical records Full Text BMJ Careers, January 14, 2013
105 Quality aspects of Dutch general practice–based data: a conceptual approach Family Practice, January 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
106 Study on the factors determining home death of patients during home care: A historical cohort study at a home care support clinic Geriatrics and Gerontology International, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
107 Family physician enabling attitudes: a qualitative study of patient perceptions Full Text BMC Family Practice, January 11, 2013 Clinical Article
108 Direct questioning is more effective than patient-initiated report for the detection of sexually transmitted infections in a primary care HIV clinic in western kenya Sexually Transmitted Diseases, January 10, 2013
109 Oral and topical antibiotic prescriptions for children in general practice Archives of Diseases in Childhood, January 10, 2013 Clinical Article
110 A community-based, environmental chronic disease prevention intervention to improve healthy eating psychosocial factors and behaviors in indigenous populations in the canadian arctic Health Education & Behaviour, January 9, 2013 Review Article Clinical Guideline
111 Project ECHO: a model for complex, chronic care in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, January 9, 2013 Review Article
112 Screening for anxiety symptoms and social desirability in children and adolescents living with chronic illnesses in Jordan Journal of Child Health Care, January 8, 2013
113 Enhancing early attachment: design and pilot study of an intervention for primary health care dyads Journal of Child Health Care, January 8, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
114 A pilot study of the effectiveness of home teleconsultations in paediatric palliative care Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, January 8, 2013 Review Article
115 Planning, conducting, and interpreting prevalence and incidence for the wound practitioner Advances in Skin & Wound Care, January 7, 2013 Clinical Guideline
116 Perinatal and neonatal palliative care: targeting the underserved Progress in Palliative Care, January 7, 2013 Review Article
117 Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals? Full Text BMC Family Practice, January 7, 2013 Review Article
118 Family physicians' diagnostic gut feelings are measurable: construct validation of a questionnaire Full Text BMC Family Practice, January 4, 2013 Review Article
119 Australian general Practitioners' perspectives on their role in well-child health care Full Text BMC Family Practice, January 4, 2013 Clinical Article
120 Determinants for return to work among sickness certified patients in general practice Full Text BMC Public Health, January 3, 2013
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study involving 96,008 women in the Nurse’s Health Study II with 18 years of follow up, which demonstrated a strikingly strong association with non-fatal cardiovascular disease. There were 2463 participants with psoriasis and 1,709,069 person-years of follow up. There were 713 cases of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (HR=1.55). The HRs for myocardial infarction and stroke were 1.70 and 1.45, respectively. For women with psoriatic arthritis, the HR was 3.47. For women < 40 years of age and psoriasis > 9 years, the HRs were 3.26 and 3.09, respectively.
Read the article summaryAs reported in the British Journal of Dermatology, two cytokine genes (IL-2RA and TNF/LTA) which have been implicated in autoimmune diseases are associated with severe alopecia areata. The study involved 768 patients with alopecia areata and 658 controls, and 26 cytokine genes were genotyped.
Read the article summaryAs reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and based on participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, Women’s Health Study, Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, and Physicians’ Health Study II, total testosterone (RR = 0.62) and SHBG levels (RR = 0.65), and the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 2.63) are associated with colorectal cancer risk in men. An inverse association exists between the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 0.43) and colorectal cancer risk in women.
Read the article summary1 A randomized controlled trial of nurses vs. doctors in the resolution of acute disease of low complexity in primary care Journal of Advanced Nursing, March 25, 2013
2 Swab versus biopsy for the diagnosis of chronic infected wounds Advances in Skin and Wound Care, May 1, 2013 Review Article
3 The role of leadership in the implementation of person-centred care using Dementia Care Mapping: a study in three nursing homes Journal of Nursing Management, May 30, 2013
4 Outcomes of the acute palliative care unit in an academic medical center American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, May 20, 2013
5 A Randomized Trial of Nighttime Physician Staffing in an Intensive Care Unit New England Journal of Medicine, May 22, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
6 Ethanol metabolism and its effects on the intestinal epithelial barrier Nutrition Reviews, May 17, 2013
7 Classification and treatment of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome using the UPOINT system World Journal of Urology, May 6, 2013
8 A program of nurse algorithm-guided care for adult patients with acute minor illnesses in primary care BMC Family Practice, May 22, 2013 Free full text
9 Ultrasound for diagnosing acute salpingitis: a prospective observational diagnostic study Human Reproduction, May 28, 2013
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