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Articles 1 - 17 of 17
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Spruce Run News (December 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Spruce Run News (December 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Spruce Run News (Fall 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Spruce Run News (Fall 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Mechanisms And Integration Of Signal Pathway: A Role For Calpains?, Dorothy E. Croall
Mechanisms And Integration Of Signal Pathway: A Role For Calpains?, Dorothy E. Croall
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports
In order to survive cells must sense and respond to changes in their environment. Environmental cues trigger a variety of events within cells. The concentration and movements of calcium ions are essential regulators of many of these cellular responses. Proper control of intracellular calcium is essential because at thigh levels calcium can lead to cell damage or death. Calcium accomplishes it effects through binding to specific proteins such as calmodulin and calpain. Calmodulin, named for its ability to bind calcium and to modulate the activity of other cellular components, is an important mediator of calcium signals and its mechanism of …
Caregiving Resources: Primary Care Practice Fact Sheet #7, Eastern Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Aroostook Area Agency On Aging, Senior Spectrum, Rosscare, Norumbega Medical, Horizons Health Services, Indian Township Tribal Health Center, Bucksport Regional Health Center
Caregiving Resources: Primary Care Practice Fact Sheet #7, Eastern Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Aroostook Area Agency On Aging, Senior Spectrum, Rosscare, Norumbega Medical, Horizons Health Services, Indian Township Tribal Health Center, Bucksport Regional Health Center
Maine Center on Aging Service and Consultation
It is important to remember that not all resources are dependent upon income. Health care professionals should remind patients to ask about options that they have. Local resources for caregivers include the Local Area Agency on Aging, the Maine Alzheimer’s Association Helpline, and the Bureau of Elder and Adult Services. Nationwide resources for professionals in regard to caregiving include the Family Caregiver Alliance, the US Administration on Aging, and the American Medical Association. By keeping these resources in mind and utilizing them when available, caregivers will be better prepared before a crisis occurs.
Men Provide Care To Relatives Also: Primary Care Practice Sheet #6, Eastern Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Aroostook Area Agency On Aging, Senior Spectrum, Rosscare, Norumbega Medical, Horizons Health Services, Indian Township Tribal Health Center, Bucksport Regional Health Center
Men Provide Care To Relatives Also: Primary Care Practice Sheet #6, Eastern Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Aroostook Area Agency On Aging, Senior Spectrum, Rosscare, Norumbega Medical, Horizons Health Services, Indian Township Tribal Health Center, Bucksport Regional Health Center
Maine Center on Aging Service and Consultation
Male caregivers in modern society often are overlooked or face discrimination. Due to the belief systems in our society, many men fell as though they should not seek outside help with their caregiving, and often experience health problems. Thus, it is important for healthcare professionals to ask questions to ensure that the male caregivers are maintaining their wellbeing. Encouraging discussions can assist in this as well as identifying if they need help from outside resources.
The Role Of Osteopontin In Vascular Remodeling, Daniel Myers
The Role Of Osteopontin In Vascular Remodeling, Daniel Myers
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Chronic obstructive vascular disease is a major contributor to mortality in developed nations. The pathology typically involves neointima formation accompanied by vascular remodeling in the presence of inflammation. The disease can be modeled in animals with the response to a direct injury of the vasculature. This text describes a project examining the role of osteopontin (OPN) in vascular remodeling. The projectis goal was to mechanistically describe the contribution of OPN to the vascular injury response. The hypothesis that the presence of OPN affects the formation of neointima and constrictive remodeling associated with vascular injury was addressed using the strategy of …
Spruce Run News (Spring 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Spruce Run News (Spring 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Elder Abuse, Neglect, And Exploitation: Primary Care Practice Fact Sheet #5, Eastern Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Aroostook Area Agency On Aging, Senior Spectrum, Rosscare, Norumbega Medical, Horizons Health Services, Indian Township Tribal Health Center, Bucksport Regional Health Center
Elder Abuse, Neglect, And Exploitation: Primary Care Practice Fact Sheet #5, Eastern Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging, Aroostook Area Agency On Aging, Senior Spectrum, Rosscare, Norumbega Medical, Horizons Health Services, Indian Township Tribal Health Center, Bucksport Regional Health Center
Maine Center on Aging Service and Consultation
Elder abuse often occurs in the home by family members, and often goes unreported due to isolation and dependency on these individuals. The term elder abuse encompasses physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse or psychological abuse, or neglect. It is important for healthcare professionals to ask older individuals questions in regard to safety and fears. By knowing the signs of abuse, physicians will be able to discuss and document potential dangers.
Spruce Run News (Winter 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Spruce Run News (Winter 2004), Spruce Run Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Estimation Of Standardized Mortality Ratio In Geographic Epidemiology, Anna Kettermann
Estimation Of Standardized Mortality Ratio In Geographic Epidemiology, Anna Kettermann
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The analysis of geographic variation of disease and its representation on a map form an important topic of research in epidemiology and in public health in general. Identification of spatial heterogeneity of relative risk using morbidity and mortality data is required. The usual technique of disease atlas generation consists of data collection (observed number of disease cases). These data are collected during a continuous period of time (5 to 10 years). The second aspect of atlas creation relates to the analysis of these data. A traditional measure of the spatial variation is usually taken as a ratio of the number …
How Many Regional Medical Centers Can Maine Sustain? How Patient Hospital Utilization Can Help Define Structure, Lars Rydell
How Many Regional Medical Centers Can Maine Sustain? How Patient Hospital Utilization Can Help Define Structure, Lars Rydell
Maine Policy Review
Making thoughtful decisions about where various levels of hospital care are to be provided is an important part of controlling overall healthcare costs. Efficient utilization of healthcare resources requires that high-cost and less frequently used high-tech equipment and specialized personnel should be limited to a few tertiary regional medical centers. Lars Rydell uses patient discharge data from the Maine Health Data Organization to suggest that Maine currently has only two hospitals that function as tertiary regional medical centers—Maine Medical Center in Portland and Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Policymakers need to think about whether Maine’s population base warrants more …
Mental Health Parity And Beyond: Aligning The Public And Private Systems Of Care For People With Mental Illness, Kitty Purington
Mental Health Parity And Beyond: Aligning The Public And Private Systems Of Care For People With Mental Illness, Kitty Purington
Maine Policy Review
Maine is one of the first states to mandate comprehensive mental health coverage for its citizens under private insurance plans. Mental health advocates nationwide long have lobbied for such parity. In this article, Kitty Purington first provides an overview of the federal and state legislation leading up to the present law. She then compares current parity provisions under private plans with those of MaineCare (Maine’s Medicaid program, reporting that coverage under MaineCare for individuals with serious mental illness still exceeds that which is mandated under private plans. She discusses
Maine Community Hospitals: Providing High-Quality, Affordable Care, Mary C. Mayhew
Maine Community Hospitals: Providing High-Quality, Affordable Care, Mary C. Mayhew
Maine Policy Review
Mary Mayhew in this commentary provides the perspective of the Maine Hospital Association in response to a study analyzing hospital costs in Maine from 1993-2003.
Obesity In Maine: A Policy Approach, Dora Anne Mills
Obesity In Maine: A Policy Approach, Dora Anne Mills
Maine Policy Review
Compared to earlier generations, Americans are eating more, making poorer nutritional choices, and are less physically active. The result is an “obesity epidemic” facing Maine and the nation. Dora Anne Mills, director of Maine’s Bureau of Health, summarizes the extent, impact, and causes of obesity, and presents policy solutions suggested in public health and medical literature. Because the factors behind the obesity epidemic are so interwoven in the fabric of society, policymakers, businesses and individuals must consider a variety of solutions on the personal, local, state and national levels. Mills warns if we do not act soon and systematically, “our …
Bates And Olmstead: Court-Initiated Strategies To Implement Community Inclusion Of Persons With Psychiatric And Other Long-Term Disabilities, Theresa A. Laurie
Bates And Olmstead: Court-Initiated Strategies To Implement Community Inclusion Of Persons With Psychiatric And Other Long-Term Disabilities, Theresa A. Laurie
Maine Policy Review
In this commentary, Theresa Laurie discusses the impact of the Bates and Olmstead court decisions regarding the rights of the disabled, and their applicability to people with psychiatric and other long-term disabilities. She notes that Maine will have to make policy adjustments in order to redefine program objectives based on these court decisions.
A Physician’S Perspective, D. Joshua Cutler
A Physician’S Perspective, D. Joshua Cutler
Maine Policy Review
D. Joshua Cutler gives his insights about hospital costs as a physician member of the Commission to Study Maine’s Hospitals.
Financial Performance Of Hospitals In Maine, 1993-2003, Nancy Kane
Financial Performance Of Hospitals In Maine, 1993-2003, Nancy Kane
Maine Policy Review
Hospitals are the largest single component of healthcare expenditures. Nancy Kane’s study of hospital financial performance fulfills a mandate of Maine’s Dirigo Health Reform Act. By most financial measures, Maine’s hospital industry outperformed hospitals nationwide and in the Northeast during 1993-2003. Still, there is major variability among the state’s hospitals in financial performance. Kane analyzes financial and non-financial characteristics of high-, medium-, and low-performing hospitals, and suggests that not maintaining acute inpatient volume is the biggest problem for low-profitability hospitals. Although no hospital is in imminent danger of failing, Kane suggests a new “blueprint” is needed for Maine’s healthcare system, …