Today - December 16, 2011, 2011 Loma Linda University
Today - December 16, 2011, Loma Linda University
TODAY
Inside this issue:
-- Thanksharing inspirational program draws close to 1,000 from surrounding communities
-- Loma Linda summit encourages community planning around health
-- Prayer in a School of Pharmacy classroom
-- LLU Children's Hospital receives grant from The UPS Foundation
-- Naomi Florea receives Spiritual Life Service award
-- Sterile processing saves lives every day
-- Ribbon cut for School of Dentistry's dental hygiene program in Palm Desert
-- 5+5+0=10: School of Pharmacy celebrates 550th white coat student
-- Enrollment soars in School of Allied Health Professions
-- Respiratory care team wins national championship
-- Student's South Sudan experience …
Reference Bias: Presentation Of Extreme Health States Prior To Eq-Vas Improves Health-Related Quality Of Life Scores. A Randomised Cross-Over Trial, 2011 University of Queensland
Reference Bias: Presentation Of Extreme Health States Prior To Eq-Vas Improves Health-Related Quality Of Life Scores. A Randomised Cross-Over Trial, Steven Mcphail, Elaine Beller, Terry Haines
Elaine Beller
Background - Clinical practice and clinical research has made a concerted effort to move beyond the use of clinical indicators alone and embrace patient focused care through the use of patient reported outcomes such as health-related quality of life. However, unless patients give consistent consideration to the health states that give meaning to measurement scales used to evaluate these constructs, longitudinal comparison of these measures may be invalid. This study aimed to investigate whether patients give consideration to a standard health state rating scale (EQ-VAS) and whether consideration of good and poor health state descriptors immediately changes their self-report.
Methods …
A Theater-Based Approach To Primary Prevention Of Sexual Behavior For Early Adolescents, 2011 Montclair State University
A Theater-Based Approach To Primary Prevention Of Sexual Behavior For Early Adolescents, Lisa D. Lieberman, Cydelle Berlin, Lori-Ann Palen, Olivia Silber Ashley
Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works
Early adolescence is a crucial period for preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. This study evaluated STAR LO, a theater-based intervention designed to affect antecedents of sexual activity among urban early adolescents (N = 1,143). Public elementary/middle schools received the intervention or served as a wait-listed comparison group in a quasi-experimental study. Students completed pretest and posttest questionnaires. Multivariate regression models were used to examine treatment effects. Comparison students showed significantly greater increases in sexual intentions and decreases in pro-abstinence attitudes and intended age of first sex than treatment group adolescents. Comparison girls showed significantly greater increases in …
Alumni Journal - Volume 82, Number 4, 2011 Loma Linda University
Alumni Journal - Volume 82, Number 4, Loma Linda University School Of Medicine
Alumni Journal, School of Medicine
Features:
10 | A Life Well Lived - A look at the work of Dr. Heath Rowsell '54
16 | Todd Westra Takes Charge - Dr. Todd Westra '96 manages operations at the new Ontario Vineyard Medical Center
18 | Scheer Memorial Hospital - Celebrating 50 years of service in Nepal
News:
5 | New Executive Director
7 | School of Medicine News
28 | Alumni Activities
30 | In Memoriam
Regulars:
4 | Editorial
6 | The President's Page
9 | The Dean's Page
32 | They Walked These Halls
36 | Placement Ads
Supplemental Fish Oil Decreases Urinary Excretion Of A Marker Of Bone Resorption In Healthy Adults, 2011 Gettysburg College
Supplemental Fish Oil Decreases Urinary Excretion Of A Marker Of Bone Resorption In Healthy Adults, Eric E. Noreen, Josef Brandauer, Megan H. Macnabb
Health Sciences Faculty Publications
Background: Incorporation of fish oil (FO) into the diet of rodents has been shown to result in positive changes in bone health. Currently it is poorly understood if FO has the same effects on bone health in humans. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of supplemental FO on levels of urinary N-terminal cross-linked telopeptide (NTx), which is a marker of bone breakdown, and how this is related to the morning levels of salivary cortisol and urinary excretion of interleukin 6 (IL-6).
Methods: A total of twenty-eight females and twelve males(35 ± 13yrs; 69.1 ± 14.1kg; 29.4 …
Today - October 28, 2011, 2011 Loma Linda University
Today - October 28, 2011, Loma Linda University
TODAY
Inside this issue:
-- Mission globe dedication following annual Loma Linda University convocation ceremony
-- School of Pharmacy grant may have ended - but outreach continues
-- Upcoming summit to encourage community planning around health
-- Occupational therapy professor fills textbook void by writing her own
-- Four School of Public Health faculty summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2011
-- From student to pharmacist to preceptor to corporate manager
-- Family Fun Day encourages exercise for 200 community children and adults
-- Allied health recycling program helps Haitian orphans
-- The hidden war of child welfare
-- 'Emotional Health & Wellness' …
Celebrating A Legacy Of Mission, 2011 Loma Linda University
Celebrating A Legacy Of Mission, Loma Linda University
Scope
In this issue . . .
2 | Answering the call to serve
For more than a century, medical missionaries from Loma Linda University have served humanity in distant locales
4 | On the front lines in Africa
A young family serves at a remote hospital in Central Africa’s Tchad
8 | Pediatrician to a nation
Loma Linda alumna cares for the children of Laos— with her own hands and those pediatricians she helps to educate
13 | ‘Honey, let’s move to Africa’
A Loma Linda alumna and her husband consider Malamulo Hospital
16 | Breakthrough in breast cancer treatment …
Today - September 30, 2011, 2011 Loma Linda University
Today - September 30, 2011, Loma Linda University
TODAY
Inside this issue:
-- Loma Linda University Medical Center delegation called to the White House to share ideas on health outcomes
-- Mahmoud Torabinejad, most cited endodontic journal author
-- Camp Good Grief special victims program helps adolescents refocus and rebuild after a murder or suicide in the family
-- First 15 dental hygienists graduate from joint LLU/SRRSH program in China
-- Contrary to earlier findings, excess body fat in elderly decreases life expectancy
-- Students invite community to help Horn of Africa by attending forum fundraiser
-- Safety coordinators learn about disasters
-- Innerweave: The Wholeness Story
-- Drayson …
Diagnosis Blog: Checking Up On Health Blogs Inthe Blogosphere, 2011 University of Massachusetts Boston
Diagnosis Blog: Checking Up On Health Blogs Inthe Blogosphere, Edward Alan Miller, Antoinette Pole
Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Objectives. We analyzed the content and characteristics of influential health blogs and bloggers to provide a more thorough understanding of the health blogosphere than was previously available.
Methods. We identified, through a purposive–snowball approach, 951 health blogs in 2007 and 2008. All blogs were US focused and updated regularly. We described their features, topics, perspectives, and blogger demographics.
Results. Approximately half of the bloggers in our sample were employed in the health field. A majority were female, aged in their 30s, and highly educated. Two thirds posted at least weekly; one quarter accepted advertisements. Most blogs were established after …
Worksite Weight Loss Intervention Utilizing Monetary Incentives And Contingency Management For Overweight And Obese Employees At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes, 2011 University of Connecticut - Storrs
Worksite Weight Loss Intervention Utilizing Monetary Incentives And Contingency Management For Overweight And Obese Employees At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes, Santina A. Galbo
Master's Theses
Abstract:
Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of a financial incentive on weight loss and diabetes risk score (DRS) following a tailored National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) weight loss intervention among adults who are overweight/obese and who are at risk for type 2 diabetes. An additional aim to evaluate changes in weight loss self-efficacy (WLSE), exercise self-efficacy (ESE), healthy eating score (HES) and movement through the stages of change (SOC) from pre to post intervention.
Design: Four long-term care facilities, from one corporation, were randomly assigned to either an Incentivized Program (IP) or a Non-Incentivized Program (NIP). …
Alumni Journal - Volume 82, Number 3, 2011 Loma Linda University
Alumni Journal - Volume 82, Number 3, Loma Linda University School Of Medicine
Alumni Journal, School of Medicine
Features:
4 | Guest Editorial - LLUSM '11 President's Remarks
5 | The 10,000th Graduate of LLUSM
6 | A New Era of Service
10 | LLUSM Class of 2011
25 | LLUSM Master's/PhD Graduates
26 | School of Medicine Honorees
Departments:
28 | Alumni Fund
29 | You Say This
30 | AA President's Page
31 | Dean's Page
32 | Perpetual Members
36 | Placements
Today - August 26, 2011, 2011 Loma Linda University
Today - August 26, 2011, Loma Linda University
TODAY
Inside this issue:
-- Loma Linda University Medical Center ranked No. 1 among Inland Empire hospitals
-- Twenty-seven LLUMC physicians included among U.S. News & World Report's Top Doctors
-- LLU advancement administrator receives Milton Trailblazer Award
-- Loma Linda University named among top 15 institutions for conferring degrees to minority students
-- Loma Linda University pharmacy residency program: a course of growth
-- Don Roth, General Conference representative, passes away
-- Innerweave: The Wholeness Story
-- Public health professor elected to nonprofit board of directors
-- Nutrition professor elected executive leader of California Dietetics Association
-- Loma Linda University …
Supporting School Wellness Policices Through Game On! Implementation In 13 High-Need Connecticut Schools, 2011 University of Connecticut - Storrs
Supporting School Wellness Policices Through Game On! Implementation In 13 High-Need Connecticut Schools, Sarah M. Bourque
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
Exercise Intensity As A Determinant Of Exercise Induced Hypoalgesia, 2011 Wright State University
Exercise Intensity As A Determinant Of Exercise Induced Hypoalgesia, Karen Y. Wonders, Daniel G. Drury
Health Sciences Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study was to examine pain perception during and following two separate 30-min bouts of exercise above and below the Lactate Threshold (LT). Pain Threshold (PT) and Pain Intensity (PI) were monitored during (15 and 30 min) and after exercise (15 and 30 min into recovery) using a Cold Pressor Test (CPT) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain of the non-dominant hand. Significant differences in PT scores were found both during and after exercise conditions. Post hoc analysis revealed significant differences in PT scores at 30 min of exercise (P=0.024, P=0.02) and 15 min of recovery …
The Development And Implementation Of An Anthropomorphic Head Phantom For The Assessment Of Proton Therapy Treatment Procedures, 2011 The University od Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston
The Development And Implementation Of An Anthropomorphic Head Phantom For The Assessment Of Proton Therapy Treatment Procedures, Paige A. Summers
Dissertations & Theses (Open Access)
Proton therapy has become an increasingly more common method of radiation therapy, with the dose sparing to distal tissue making it an appealing option, particularly for treatment of brain tumors. This study sought to develop a head phantom for the Radiological Physics Center (RPC), the first to be used for credentialing of institutions wishing to participate in clinical trials involving brain tumor treatment of proton therapy. It was hypothesized that a head phantom could be created for the evaluation of proton therapy treatment procedures (treatment simulation, planning, and delivery) to assure agreement between the measured dose and calculated dose within …
The Mechanism Of Tumorigenesis In The Immortalized Human Pancreatic Cell Lines: Cell Culture Models Of Human Pancreatic Cancer, 2011 University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston
The Mechanism Of Tumorigenesis In The Immortalized Human Pancreatic Cell Lines: Cell Culture Models Of Human Pancreatic Cancer, Zhe Chang
Dissertations & Theses (Open Access)
The mechanism of tumorigenesis in the immortalized human pancreatic cell lines: cell culture models of human pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most lethal cancer in the world. The most common genetic lesions identified in PDAC include activation of K-ras (90%) and Her2 (70%), loss of p16 (95%) and p14 (40%), inactivation p53 (50-75%) and Smad4 (55%). However, the role of these signature gene alterations in PDAC is still not well understood, especially, how these genetic lesions individually or in combination contribute mechanistically to human pancreatic oncogenesis is still elusive. Moreover, a cell culture transformation model with sequential …
Review Of Teaching Information Literacy: 50 Standards-Based Exercises For College Students By Joanna M. Burkhardt, 2011 Georgia State University
Review Of Teaching Information Literacy: 50 Standards-Based Exercises For College Students By Joanna M. Burkhardt, Sharon Leslie
University Library Faculty Publications
This is a review of Teaching Information Literacy: 50 Standards-Based Exercises for College Students by Joanna M. Burkhardt
Today - June 24, 2011, 2011 Loma Linda University
Today - June 24, 2011, Loma Linda University
TODAY
Inside this issue:
-- Loma Linda University School of Medicine graduates record 10,000th medical student
-- Emmy Awards names Loma Linda TV show best in region
-- Loma Linda University bestows honorary doctorate to Lowell Cooper
-- Big changes to accompany new management agreement at Loma Linda Market
-- Allied health students support cystic fibrosis walk
-- Board of Trustees Report
-- Innerweave: The Wholeness Story
-- Association of American Medical Colleges report gives Loma Linda University School of Medicine high marks among national medical schools
-- Student research reveals poor-quality sleep may interfere with stroke recovery
-- GHI-sponsored trip …
Physicians’ Work, 2011 Cornell University
Physicians’ Work, Alice A. Oberfield, Pamela S. Tolbert
Pamela S Tolbert
[Excerpt] In order to evaluate the full impact of such changes on physicians' work and the health care system, it is necessary to understand the forces bringing change about. Thus, we begin by providing a brief history of the contemporary medical care system, then turn to an assessment of current trends and their consequences for the practice of medicine.
Alumni Journal - Volume 82, Number 2, 2011 Loma Linda University
Alumni Journal - Volume 82, Number 2, Loma Linda University School Of Medicine
Alumni Journal, School of Medicine
Features:
5 | Homecoming 2011
8 | Gold Anniversary Class
10 | Silver Anniversary Class
20 | Alumnus of the Year
24 | LLUSM Proton Report
Departments:
4 | From the Editor
36 | The Alumni Fund
37 | AA President's Page
38 | Dean's Page
39 | You Say This
40 | Holding Fund
41 | Placements