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Pms And Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome, Mary Guinan
Pms And Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome, Mary Guinan
Public Health Faculty Publications
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Behavioural Interventions: A Powerful Tool Or Unnecessary Intrusion, Michael Eriksen
Behavioural Interventions: A Powerful Tool Or Unnecessary Intrusion, Michael Eriksen
Public Health Faculty Publications
During this era of health promotion and disease prevention, interest in health behavior change has never been greater. For example, interventions are being developed to prevent the occurrence of chronic disease through efforts aimed at reducing cholesterol, blood pressure, body weight and smoking-related behaviours. Other programmes are aimed at improving, through behavioural interventions, the health outcomes of patients with a variety of existing chronic conditions, including asthma, diabetes, arthritis and coronary heart disease. Still other programmes are being designed to encourage the public to enroll and participate fully in screening programmes for cancer prevention (e.g. mammography and Pap tests), as …
Liver Injury In Workers Exposed To Dimethylformamide, Lora E. Fleming, Stuart Shalat, Carrie A. Redlich
Liver Injury In Workers Exposed To Dimethylformamide, Lora E. Fleming, Stuart Shalat, Carrie A. Redlich
Public Health Faculty Publications
An apparent epidemic cluster of toxic liver disease was reexamined among workers exposed to the solvent dimethylformamide. A demographically similar but unexposed group from a preemployment population was used for comparison. Analysis, after data transformation of the liver transaminases, revealed significant differences between the two populations with respect to the serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase and the ratio of serum glutaminic oxaloacetic transaminase to serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase. Thus a value of the ratio of serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase to serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase. Thus a value of the ratio less than 1 may be suggestive of toxic liver disease. Medical …
Amwa Endorses Uniform Mammography Screening, Mary Guinan
Amwa Endorses Uniform Mammography Screening, Mary Guinan
Public Health Faculty Publications
Breast cancer is gaining on us at an increasing rate each year. In 1990 in the United States alone we expect about 145,000 new cases and 45,000 breast cancer deaths in women. What are we doing about it? What is AMWA doing, and what are women physicians doing- for themselves and their patients? Can we do anything? The answer is yes, we can. We can reduce mortality considerably if the cancer is detected early. The five-year survival rate for women with breast cancer diagnosed in its early (localized) stages is 90%, but for women with cancer diagnosed after it has …
Domestic Violence: Physicians A Link To Prevention, Mary Guinan
Domestic Violence: Physicians A Link To Prevention, Mary Guinan
Public Health Faculty Publications
Domestic violence may result in more injuries and fatalities for women than automobile crashes, muggings, and rapes combined, but according to a recent editorial, physicians largely ignore the problem. Evidence showed that a majority of women treated at an emergency facility for injuries resulting from violent acts of spouses or other persons known to the victims were discharged without any arrangement being made for their future safety. Physicians rarely inquired about an injury victim's past sexual or physical abuse, living arrangements, or future prospects of safety.