Prior research shows that individuals insured by Medicaid who have chronic pain diagnoses are more likely than those who are privately insured to receive opioid pain medication, and those with co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders are more likely to receive opioid treatment for chronic pain than those without such diagnoses.Determining the causes of…
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Predictors of recurrence and death for UCS and OCS include poorly differentiated epithelial or serous histology, rhabdomyosarcomatous components, advanced stage, Black race, older age, lymphovascular space invasion, and a history of cancer.This study was sized to assess inferiority of PC to PI in subgroups defined by self-reported race or age. We note several important differences…
Housing and income did not change significantly between the study periods measured here
Approximately 56% of participating women had reported being survivors of childhood physical abuse and 32% reported being survivors of childhood sexual abuse. In terms of time-varying study factors, almost half of study participants reported having unmet subsistence needs at baseline, and 49% had slept in a shelter or public place during the 6 months prior…
Patterns were less consistent for adolescents unsure of their gender identity
Adolescent use of electronic vapor products , including electronic cigarettes, vaporizers, and vape pens—with and without nicotine—is an emergent public health epidemic in the U.S.Vaping nicotine during adolescence is associated with increased risk for cigarette smoking initiation and co-use of alcohol, cannabis, and other substances.Vape products not containing nicotine may also have negative health effects,…
Computer-based interventions have a number of advantages over traditional face-to-face interventions
Among owners feeding commercial diets, we found a decrease in the use of grain-free foods, from 22% to 14% among all 128 respondents, after a cancer diagnosis. While this could seem contrary to the concerns of some owners regarding the role of carbohydrate in promoting cancer progression,possible benefits of the low carbohydrate approach have not…
Parasitic helminths infect an estimated two billion individuals worldwide
COVID-19-related stressors and coping activities were associated with changes in the frequency of drunkenness among participants with symptoms of AUD and in both abstinent and non-abstinent participants in remission prior to the pandemic, but not among individuals without a past history of AUD. Among all groups with a history of AUD , perceived stress was…
A SNP in INHBA-AS1 had been previously identified in a dental caries GWAS along with a loci in the INHBA gene
A complete list of the 41 phenotypes tested and their ICC values can be found in Additional file 1: Tables S4 and S11.Twin modeling approaches are used to estimate the amount of variance attributable to additive genetics , common environment or dominance , and unique environment. An ACE or ADE model was constructed for each of…
Messages include similar components varied throughout the 30-day messaging period
Health coaches elicit how participants manage challenges to build self-efficacy based on prior success and explore barriers, and use rulers to elicit confidence and commitment to change by elaborating change talk. The health coaches close with a strategic summary, eliciting a next step toward goals. Health coaches review tailored resources, such as obtaining naloxone, and…
The clinical and neurocognitive assessments of ALC and CON are detailed elsewhere
We measured in opiate dependent individuals’ metabolite concentrations from the ACC and previously unexplored DLPFC and OFC and related them to quantitative measures of neurocognition, self-regulation, and substance use. Specifically, we compared opiate dependent individuals on buprenorphine maintenance to controls . We also included another control group, a substance-dependent ‘control’ group of 3 week abstinent alcohol…
Our findings in Fresno County identified both similar and different risk factors for preterm birth
Additionally, rates of preterm birth by subgroup were examined. As previously described,pregnancies resulting in spontaneous preterm birth were considered to be those where birth certificate or hospital discharge records indicated premature rupture of membranes , premature labor, or those for whom tocolytic medications were administered. Pregnancies resulting in provider initiated preterm births were considered to be…