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Exploration Of Rape Myths Among Former Military Professionals, Gabrielle Caldara

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Sexual violence is sometimes considered a taboo topic for discussion, but it gained widespread attention in the media in late 2017 due to the social movements addressing the sexual assault of women. However, sexual violence perpetrated against men lacks publicity in America, and highlights a similar situation in the Armed Forces. A discussion of sexually violent acts committed against men is sometimes impeded by cultural norms. This discrepancy associated with civilian and military communities inspired this exploratory study.

A convenience sample of 520 former American military professionals completed an anonymous online survey to describe their attitudes and beliefs regarding rape …

Retrospective Cohort Study Of The Efficacy Of Azithromycin Vs. Doxycycline As Part Of Combination Therapy In Non-Intensive Care Unit Veterans Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Justin Spivey, Heather Sirek, Robert Wood, Kalpit Devani, Billy Brooks, Jonathan Moorman

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The IDSA Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Guideline recommends ceftriaxone in combination with doxycycline as an alternative to combination therapy with ceftriaxone and azithromycin for non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients hospitalized with CAP. This is an attractive alternative regimen due to recent concerns of increased cardiovascular risk associated with azithromycin. The objective of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of azithromycin and doxycycline each in combination with ceftriaxone for non-ICU Veterans hospitalized with CAP.