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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx141 Birth weight and delivery practice in a Vietnamese rural district during 12 year of rapid economic development Full Text BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, March 4, 2013 Clinical Article
142 Local health workers' perceptions of substandard care in the management of obstetric hemorrhage in rural Malawi Full Text BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, March 1, 2013
143 Why some women fail to give birth at health facilities: a qualitative study of women's perceptions of perinatal care from rural Southern Malawi Full Text Reproductive Health, March 1, 2013 Clinical Article
144 HPV Vaccination Among Young Adult Women: A Perspective From Appalachian Kentucky Full Text Preventing Chronic Disease, February 28, 2013 Clinical Article
145 Multi-level modelling of the factors that influence the participation of disabled rural individuals in social medical insurance in China Full Text BMC Health Services Research, February 26, 2013 Review Article
146 Utilisation of multidisciplinary services for diabetes care in the rural setting Australian Journal of Rural Health, February 25, 2013 Clinical Article
147 Rural Considerations in Establishing Network Adequacy Standards for Qualified Health Plans in State and Regional Health Insurance Exchanges The Journal of Rural Health, February 25, 2013 Review Article
148 Rural-Urban Disparities in Quality of Life Among Patients With COPD The Journal of Rural Health, February 25, 2013 Clinical Article
149 General Dentist Characteristics Associated With Rural Practice Location The Journal of Rural Health, February 25, 2013 Review Article
150 Disparities in Knowledge of Mouth or Throat Cancer Among Rural Floridians The Journal of Rural Health, February 25, 2013 Review Article
151 Perspectives on Healthy Eating Among Appalachian Residents The Journal of Rural Health, February 22, 2013 Review Article
152 Recruitment and retention of general practitioners in rural Canada and Australia: a review of the literature Full Text Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, February 22, 2013 Review Article
153 The general population cohort in rural south-western Uganda: a platform for communicable and non-communicable disease studies International Journal of Epidemiology, February 20, 2013 Clinical Guideline
154 Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality in the Incidence of AIDS: Rural-Urban Considerations AIDS and Behavior, February 20, 2013
155 Three-year mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas - the importance of co-morbidity and self-reported poor health Full Text BMC Geriatrics, February 20, 2013 Review Article
156 Effective interprofessional collaboration in rural contexts: a research protocol Journal of Advanced Nursing, February 18, 2013 Review Article
157 Socioeconomic development and girl child survival in rural North India: solution or problem? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, February 15, 2013 Clinical Article
158 A nutrition education intervention for anthropometric and biochemical profiles of rural older malays with metabolic syndrome Public Health Nursing, February 14, 2013 Clinical Article
159 Help bring back the celebration of life: A community-based participatory study of rural aboriginal women's maternity experiences and outcomes Full Text BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, February 14, 2013
160 Health promotores' perceptions of their communities' health needs, knowledge, and resource needs in rural nicaragua Public Health Nursing, February 14, 2013 Clinical Article
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 Diagnosing cancer in the bush: a mixed methods study of GP and specialist diagnostic intervals in rural Western Australia Family Practice, May 24, 2013 Review Article
2 Models of maternity care in rural environments: Barriers and attributes of interprofessional collaboration with midwives Midwifery, May 24, 2013
3 Determinants of anaemia among pregnant women in rural Uganda Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text
4 Living with a ball and chain: the experience of stroke for individuals and their caregivers in rural appalachian kentucky The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
5 A national study into the rural and remote pharmacist workforce Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text Review Article
6 The association of intimate partner violence and depressive symptoms in a cohort of rural couples The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013
7 Strategies for moving towards equity in recruitment of rural and Aboriginal research participants Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text Review Article
8 Rural, suburban, and urban differences in factors that impact physician adherence to clinical preventive service guidelines The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013 Clinical Guideline
9 Is there a rural gradient in the diagnosis of aortic stenosis? An analysis of a remote Scottish cohort Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text
10 Water sanitation, access, use and self-reported diarrheal disease in rural Honduras Rural and Remote Health, May 24, 2013 Free full text Review Article
11 Gatekeeping and referrals to cardiologists: General practitioners views on interactive communications Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, May 24, 2013 Free full text
12 Motivation and incentives of rural maternal and neonatal health care providers: a comparison of qualitative findings from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania BMC Health Services Research, May 14, 2013 Free full text Review Article
13 Unique factors rural veterans affairs hospitals face when implementing health care-associated infection prevention initiatives The Journal of Rural Health, May 24, 2013 Review Article
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