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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx781 Polycystic ovary syndrome and depression in new zealand adolescents Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology , December 19, 2012
782 Disparities in Mental Health Service Use of Racial and Ethnic Minority Elderly Adults Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 19, 2012
783 A longitudinal study of distress (depression and anxiety) up to 18 months after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer Psycho-Oncology, December 19, 2012
784 Systematic text condensation: A strategy for qualitative analysis Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, December 19, 2012
785 High consumption of smokeless tobacco (“snus”) predicts increased risk of type 2 diabetes in a 10-year prospective study of middle-aged Swedish men Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, December 18, 2012
786 Psychiatric disorders in women with fertility problems: results from a large Danish register-based cohort study Human Reproduction, December 18, 2012
787 Correlates of nonalcoholic fatty liver among women receiving residential mental health care Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, December 18, 2012
788 Cultural and family contexts for help seeking among clients with cannabis, other drug and mental health issues Mental Health and Substance Use, December 18, 2012
789 Body mass index and risk of mental disorders in the general population: Results from the Singapore Mental Health Study Journal of Psychosomatic Research, December 18, 2012
790 The prevalence of cognitive impairment in a rural in-patient substance misuse treatment programme Mental Health and Substance Use, December 18, 2012
791 An examination of drug and alcohol services engaging with complex needs in New South Wales, Australia Mental Health and Substance Use, December 18, 2012
792 Experience of violation during the past 3 months, social capital, and self-rated health: A population-based study Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, December 18, 2012
793 Use and abuse: understanding the intersections of childhood abuse, alcohol and drug use and mental health Mental Health and Substance Use, December 18, 2012
794 Problematic substance use in two mental health NGOs, and staff, client and general public attitudes towards problematic substance use amongst people with mental illness Mental Health and Substance Use, December 18, 2012
795 Tobacco, caffeine, alcohol and illicit substance use among consumers of a national community managed mental health service Mental Health and Substance Use, December 18, 2012
796 Caring for military spouses in primary care Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, December 18, 2012
797 Gender inequity needs to be regarded as a social determinant of depressive symptoms: Results from the Northern Swedish cohort Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, December 18, 2012
798 Screening for psychological distress in neurosurgical brain tumor patients using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 Psycho-Oncology, December 17, 2012
799 Distress in unaffected individuals who decline, delay or remain ineligible for genetic testing for hereditary diseases: a systematic review Psycho-Oncology, December 17, 2012 Evidence Based Medicine
800 Acceptability of wide awake parenting: a psycho-educational intervention to manage parental fatigue Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, December 17, 2012
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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