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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx621 Gender-Based Violence and HIV: Reviewing the Evidence for Links and Causal Pathways in the General Population and High-risk Groups American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, February 1, 2013 Review Article
622 Service quality and clinical outcomes: an example from mental health rehabilitation services in England The British Journal of Psychiatry, January 31, 2013 Clinical Guideline
623 Linking depression symptom trajectories in adolescence to physical activity and team sports participation in young adults Preventive Medicine, January 31, 2013 Review Article
624 A longitudinal study of father-to-infant attachment: antecedents and correlates Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, January 31, 2013 Clinical Article
625 Whither IVF assisted birth or spontaneous conception? Parenting anxiety, styles and child development in Jamaican families Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, January 31, 2013 Clinical Article
626 Prematurity, ethnicity and personality: risk for postpartum emotional distress among Bedouin-Arab and Jewish women Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, January 31, 2013 Clinical Article
627 Psychiatric manifestations, personality traits and health-related quality of life in cancer of unknown primary site Psycho-Oncology, January 30, 2013 Review Article
628 Reducing the psychological distress of family caregivers of home-based palliative care patients: short-term effects from a randomised controlled trial Psycho-Oncology, January 30, 2013 Clinical Article
629 Suicide in hospitalized medical-surgical patients: exploring nurses' attitudes Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, January 30, 2013 Clinical Article
630 A safe electric medical bed for an acute inpatient behavioral health care setting Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, January 30, 2013
631 Healthy aging for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, January 30, 2013 Clinical Article
632 Workplace empowerment and nurses' job satisfaction: a systematic literature review Journal of Nursing Management, January 30, 2013 Review Article
633 Dietary intake in population-based adolescents: support for a relationship between eating disorder symptoms, low fatty acid intake and depressive symptoms Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, January 29, 2013 Clinical Article
634 Alcohol Consumption, Obesity, and Psychological Distress in Farming Communities--An Australian Study The Journal of Rural Health, January 29, 2013 Clinical Article
635 The psychosocial impact of life-threatening childhood food allergies Pediatric Nursing Journal, January 25, 2013
636 Psychometric evaluation of the shared decision-making instrument– revised Western Journal of Nursing Research , January 25, 2013
637 A comparison of family interventions to address adolescent risky behaviors: a literature review Western Journal of Nursing Research , January 25, 2013 Review Article
638 Depression, anxiety and comorbid substance use: association patterns in outpatient addictions treatment Mental Health and Substance Use, January 25, 2013 Clinical Article
639 Nature and impact of European anti-stigma depression programmes Health Promotion International, January 25, 2013
640 Living Well: An Intervention to Improve Self-Management of Medical Illness for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness Psychiatric Services, January 23, 2013 Clinical Guideline
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 Depressive Symptomatology as a Risk Factor for Falls in Older People: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 26, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
2 Stress among parents of infants with neural tube defect and its associated factors International Journal of Nursing Practice, April 26, 2013
3 Receipt of Psychosocial Care Among Cancer Survivors in the United States Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 26, 2013
4 Relationship between student nurses' self-efficacy and psychomotor skills competence International Journal of Nursing Practice, April 26, 2013
5 Associations between active commuting and physical and mental wellbeing Preventive Medicine, April 26, 2013
6 Family burden, family health and personal mental health BMC Public Health, March 22, 2013 Free full text Review Article
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