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We present the results from those patients included in the EPIBAND study who did not initiate HCV treatment for different reasons.
A total of 195 patients were evaluated (average age 39 ± 6.6 years, 86.7% male and 96.9% Spanish nationality). The reasons why this population did not i...
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PMID: 21750854
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Our findings suggest that exercise intensity is independently associated with the improvement of insulin sensitivity in abdominally obese men but not women....
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PMID: 21999295
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We found that many Wnt-signaling genes were dynamically regulated, with an immediate decrease, followed by an eventual normalization during memory consolidation. This rapid decrease in Wnt mRNA was confirmed with individual quantitative PCR and in situ hybridization. We then manipulated Wnt signalin...
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PMID: 21917789
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This article aims to examine data on Psychiatric diagnoses among deaf people in comparison with hearing people in the psychiatric hospital in Beau-Vallon.
This work proposes to study the diagnostic data from the Summary Psychiatric Minimum (Résumé psychiatrique mini...
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PMID: 21894115
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We identified studies examining the burdens associated with HAE. Conducting larger studies using claims analyses for HAE is particularly challenging, owing to the rarity of the disease in health plans and to diagnostic/coding challenges. Because the data have been limited, larger surveys of patients...
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PMID: 21991862
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We examined agency experiences through three distinct lenses: (1) the nature of the actors (both human and nonhuman), (2) the nature of the actions, and (3) the nature of the domains for action. The actors were individuals and teams, drugs and technologies, and the cancer itself. Actions could be in...
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PMID: 21933273
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We show that PS impairs the morphological and functional maturation of hippocampal granule cells in adult offspring via the downregulated expression of mineralocorticoid receptors. PS reduced the dendritic complexity and spine density of neonatal-generated granule cells, which persists into adulthoo...
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PMID: 21832180
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Major depressive disorder, the most common psychiatric illness, is often chronic and a major cause of disability. Many patients with major depressive episodes who have an underlying but unrecognized bipolar disorder receive pharmacologic treatment with ineffective regimens that do no...
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PMID: 21810644
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects women of childbearing age during their most productive years. Current therapeutic measures have improved patient survival; however, the impact of interventions on general and specific domains...
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PMID: 21633837
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We attempted to determine the characteristics of caregivers who have strong feelings of responsibility and obligation toward their provision of care. Age was a significantly higher factor in the group with stronger feelings in that regard. The group with weaker feelings of responsibility and obligat...
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PMID: 21928692
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Relapse after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a stressful event for patients and families, but provides an opportunity for education and psychosocial support. Little available research satisfies the needs of transplantation recipients at this critical time in the ca...
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PMID: 21810574
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This study aimed to examine the participation of Australian Chinese in cardiovascular risk factor and cancer screening.
A telephone survey of a random sample of Chinese in New South Wales, Australia, was conducted. The presence of, and participation in screening for,...
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PMID: 21819359
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Diverse sized models were incorporated in four of the seven magazines with swimsuit features sampled. Body size differentials were presented as part of the swimsuit features in three of the magazines sampled. Tips for diverse body type enhancement were included in four of the magazines. All magazine...
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PMID: 21819351
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To investigate, using Rasch analysis, whether the 15-item Glaucoma Quality of Life-15 (GQL-15) forms a valid scale and to optimize its psychometric properties.
One hundred eighteen glaucoma patients (mean age, 65.7 years) completed the German-version of the GQL-15. Ra...
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PMID: 21810983
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Post-conflict interactions between former opponents were investigated in a troop of hamadryas baboons, Papio hamadryas. This species is known for it's multilevel structure with evidently expressed hierarchy between males and females. Due to this fact hamadryas baboons represent an id...
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PMID: 21961312
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We discovered that heart rate variability was associated with the level of intelligence. The purpose of this study is to confirm this association using more reliable method and to define more precisely the frequency band within which the amplitude of the heart rate modulations is related to intellig...
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PMID: 21961308
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The C57BL/6 mice were subjected to a chronic combined stress which resulted in the induction of a depressive-like state. The occurrence of a depressive-like state was defined by a decrease in sensitivity to the reward determined by the diminished preference of sweetened solutions ove...
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PMID: 21961309
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B Steffens,
T Kümmerle,
S Koch,
A Birtel,
C Schwarze-Zander,
J Emmelkamp,
W V Kern,
C Hertenstein,
C Wyen,
C Lehmann,
O A Cornely,
J Rockstroh and
Gerd Fätkenheuer
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To evaluate the acceptance and tolerability of the nH1N1 2009 vaccine in HIV-positive individuals.
758 patients were included in this prospective study. Different study populations were formed: The Tolerability Study Group consists of HIV-infected patients who visited...
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PMID: 21813369
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We measured the frequency of perceived stigma and discrimination among caregivers of veterans with TBI and examined whether perceived stigma and discrimination are associated with caregiver strain, social isolation, depression, and anxiety.
Seventy caregivers of veterans with TBI com...
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PMID: 21723524
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Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts on children's executive functions, but little is known of how such deficits evolve in the long term. Forty adolescents with TBI were assessed ten years post-injury and compared to 19 typically developing participants on a range of execut...
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PMID: 21667362
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Over the past twenty years, neuroscience has changed our understanding of placebo analgesia. Often perceived by researchers as a response bias adding noise to the assessment of efficacy, in the patients' view, it is associated with charlatanism. The origin of the word, qualifying a p...
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PMID: 21815494
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The purpose of this review was to determine factors that influence a pregnant woman's acceptance of the H1N1 vaccine with the use of the Health Belief Model (HBM). A self-administered questionnaire based on the HBM was used in a cross-sectional study of postpartum women during the 2009 H1N1 epidemic....
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PMID: 21640229
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Jennifer J Steel,
David A DA Geller,
Allan A Tsung,
J Wallis JW Marsh,
Mary Amanda MA Dew,
Michael M Spring,
Jonathan J Grady,
Sonja S Likumahuwa,
Andrea A Dunlavy,
Michael M Youssef,
Michael M Antoni,
Lisa H LH Butterfield,
Richard R Schulz,
Richard R Day,
Vicki V Helgeson,
Kevin H KH Kim and
T Clark TC Gamblin
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Collaborative care interventions to treat depression have begun to be tested in settings outside of primary care. However, few studies have expanded the collaborative care model to other settings and targeted comorbid physical symptoms of depression.
The aims of this...
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PMID: 21730078
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may lead to long term behavioral, cognitive, physical, mental, social deficits which might influence daily activities of patient and caregiver.
To determine the disability aspects and its levels among patients with TBI and their caregivers...
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PMID: 21150858
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We propose contextual conditioning (CC) as an animal model for GAD. We argue that this model has sufficient face validity (there are several symptom similarities), predictive validity (it responds to clinically effective treatments), and construct validity (the underlying mechanisms are comparable)....
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PMID: 21302154
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Using a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design, the effects of 48 h near complete energy restriction on endocrine regulators of appetite and satiety were assessed. Twelve men and one woman participated in this controlled, 2-day diet intervention study. One experimental tr...
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PMID: 21212768
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In cases of agitation and aggressive behavior after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), the benefits/risks ratio of pharmacological treatments remains unclear. A qualitative analysis of clinical situations could highlight the relevance of psychotherapy care.
In Janua...
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PMID: 21596642
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Little is known about factors associated with treatment initiation in overweight and obese adolescents. This study investigated parent-reported adolescent demographic, adolescent health, and parent motivation factors associated with initiation of a family-based adolescent overweight...
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PMID: 21151019
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A comprehensive understanding of the self-care activities that contribute to blood pressure control may explain health disparities experienced by African Americans with hypertension. This study assessed the prevalence of self-care activities among African Americans with high blood pr...
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PMID: 21830634
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Perceptual and motor inhibition were examined using conflict resolution tasks for 12 children with traumatic brain injury and 24 matched controls. Direct comparisons of inhibition performances between the two groups showed a specific and disproportionate impairment of motor inhibitio...
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PMID: 21853756
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The person with diabetes have a number of tensions that may precipitate a psychological disorder. All studies in this regard indicate that the most prevalent are anxiety and depression. Nursing consultation is in a prime location for early detection to facilitate their treatment. So...
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PMID: 21830366
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I explore the influence of Medicare coverage decisions on treatments, clinical standards, and ethical necessity. Reflexive longevity-a relentless future-thinking about life itself-is one feature of this ethicality....
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PMID: 21834359
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Treatments for neuropsychiatric complications of systemic lupus erythematosus are reviewed, including psychiatric medications, corticosteroids (which may also cause psychiatric complications), and emerging non-steroidal immune modulators.
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PMID: 21587003
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Nurse educators are challenged by students who did not learn Standard American English as a primary language. It is not only language that makes these students stand out-cultural beliefs, values and practices need to be appreciated as well. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the current qu...
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PMID: 19645373
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The occupational health nurse usually encounters reduction in force issues from a company perspective. This article discusses strategies for the occupational health nurse who is downsized.
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PMID: 19552341
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