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North Texas Health And Science 2013, Issue 1, University Of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth

North Texas Health & Science Quarterly Magazine

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What Treatments Are Effective For Nickel Allergy?, Joseph Lesnick, José E. Rodríguez Md

Family Medicine and Rural Health Faculty Publications

Preventing further exposure is clearly important. Postexposure, topical tacrolimus and topical steroids improve symptoms of nickel allergy better than placebo (SOR: B, 2 small RCTs).

Examining Universal Primary Healthcare Through Community-Based Initiatives, Donald E. Warden

Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research

This paper examines enacting community-based primary healthcare programs and initiatives. It looks at the weaknesses of past attempts, the successes of current attempts, and gives insight into ways everyday citizens can change the way the world does healthcare. There are social, economic, and political barriers as to why these programs are not enacted. Since 1978, Member states of the United Nations strive towards healthcare for all. The original 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata sets the bar at achieving this goal by the year 2000. Now in the 21^st century, the world still battles inadequate healthcare. Nations continue to strive towards ...

A Smartphone-Supported Weight Loss Program: Design Of The Engaged Randomized Controlled Trial, Christine A. Pellegrini, Jennifer M. Duncan, Arlen C. Moller, Joanna Buscemi, Alyson Sularz, Andrew Demott, Alex Pictor, Sherry L. Pagoto, Juned Siddique, Bonnie J. Spring

Open Access Articles

BACKGROUND: Obesity remains a major public health challenge, demanding cost-effective and scalable weight management programs. Delivering key treatment components via mobile technology offers a potential way to reduce expensive in-person contact, thereby lowering the cost and burden of intensive weight loss programs. The ENGAGED study is a theory-guided, randomized controlled trial designed to examine the feasibility and efficacy of an abbreviated smartphone-supported weight loss program.

METHODS/DESIGN: Ninety-six obese adults (BMI 30-39.9 kg/m2) will be randomized to one of three treatment conditions: (1) standard behavioral weight loss (STND), (2) technology-supported behavioral weight loss (TECH); or (3) self-guided behavioral ...

Cph601 Chapter 12 Action!, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 11 Transboundary Health/Global Health, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 10 Industrial Pollution And Chemical Safety, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 9 Health And Energy Use, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 8 Human Settlement And Urbanization, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 7 Food And Agriculture, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 6 Water, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 5 Air, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 4 Risk Management, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 3 Risk Assessment, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 2 Toxicology, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Cph601 Chapter 1 Introduction, David M. Mannino

David M. Mannino

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction And Change In Health-Related Behaviors, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Matthew Hunsinger, Lucas Morgan, Daniel Fischer, James Carmody

Cardiovascular Medicine Publications and Presentations

How best to support change in health-related behaviors is an important public health challenge. The role of mindfulness training in this process has received limited attention. We sought to explore whether mindfulness training is associated with changes in health-related behaviors. The Health Behaviors Questionnaire was used to obtain self-reported dietary behaviors, drinking, smoking, physical activity and sleep quality before and after attendance at an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. T-test for paired data and chi-square were used to compare pre-post intervention means and proportions of relevant variables with p = .05 as level of significance. Participants (n = 174; mean age 47 ...

Investigation Of The Correlates And Effectiveness Of A Prison-Based Wellness Program, Monica L. Clouse, David M. Mannino, Philip R. Curd

David M. Mannino

In 2006, a comprehensive wellness intervention, titled Wellness Works, was implemented in an incarcerated male population at a 200-bed facility in LaGrange, Kentucky. The purpose of this study was to determine health risk factors and benefits of program participation by analyzing data from a pre-/post-participation health risk assessment (HRA). In total, 448 inmates completed the pre- HRA and 177 (40%) completed the post- HRA. Among program completers, two of the six measured domains (smoking and depression) showed significant improvement at the post- HRA while the other domains (exercise, nutrition, stress, and dental hygiene) did not show significant changes. Overall ...

Blood Fibrinogen As A Biomarker Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Annelyse Duvoix, Jenny Dickens, Imran Haq, David M. Mannino, Bruce Miller, Ruth Tal-Singer, David A. Lomas

David M. Mannino

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multicomponent condition that is characterised by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible and is a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. The most widely used marker of disease severity and progression is FEV(1). However, FEV(1) correlates poorly with both symptoms and other measures of disease progression and thus there is an urgent need for other biological markers to better characterise individuals with COPD. Fibrinogen is an acute phase plasma protein that has emerged as a promising biomarker in COPD. Here we review the current clinical evidence linking fibrinogen ...

Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Update, Enrique Diaz-Guzman, David M. Mannino, Shambhu Aryal

David M. Mannino

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized and nonindustrialized countries. Although tobacco use remains the main factor associated with development of the disease, occupational risk factors represent an important and preventable cause. The most common occupationally related factors include exposure to organic dusts, metallic fumes, and a variety of other mineral gases and/or vapors. This article summarizes the literature on the subject and provides an update of the most recent advances in the field.