Most primary care physicians do not feel competent to treat alcohol- and drug-related disorders. Physicians generally do not like to work with patients with these disorders and do not find treating them rewarding. Despite large numbers of such patients, the diagnosis and treatment of alcohol- and drug-related disorders are generally considered peripheral to or outside medical matters and ultima...

Petra Schmidt, Ilya Grigorenko,* and A. F. J. Levi Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, 3620 S. McClintock Avenue, SSC 211A, Los Angeles, California 90089-0484, USA Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 S. Vermont Avenue, KAP 132, Los Angeles, California 90089-2533, USA Theoretical Division T-11, Los Alamos National Labo...

Sexual gender norms promoting sexual prowess for men, but sexual modesty for women have been shown to negatively affect sexual and mental health in both men and women. Knowledge about the relationship between gender norms and sexual cognitions and emotions might further the understanding of continued gender-norm conformity. In the present study, we investigated whether and how gendered sexual a...

Understanding the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of hospital staff is needed to improve care activities that support the detection/prevention/treatment of malnutrition, yet quality measures are lacking. The purpose was to develop (study 1) and assess the administration and discriminative potential (study 2) of using such a KAP measure in acute care. In study 1, a 27-question KAP ques...

AIM To study the knowledge, attitude, and practices of antenatal women regarding nutrition and drug compliance in a maternal and child health center in Navi Mumbai. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was carried out on 250 pregnant females visiting a maternal and child health center over a period of 4 months from November 2012 to February 2013. Women attending the antenatal OPD were asked to fil...

BACKGROUND Celebrities are highly influential people whose actions and decisions are watched and often emulated by wide audiences. Many celebrities have used their prominent social standing to offer medical advice or endorse health products, a trend that is expected to increase. However, the extent of the impact that celebrities have in shaping the public's health-related knowledge, attitudes, ...

We studied the immune system, especially the chemotactic activity of neutrophils, in ten patients with vitamin D-deficient rickets and compared the results with ten healthy controls of matched age. Among all immune system factors, the chemotactic studies persistantly showed remarkable deficiency in leukocyte mobility, both random motion and migration. When compared with controls, the findi...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sperm protamine deficiency on fertilization and embryo development post icsi. material and methods: semen samples from 27 patients candidate for icsi were assessed for semen parameters. sperm processing was carried out using pure sperm and percentage of protamine deficient sperm was assessed by chromomycin a3 post processing. cor...

Healthcare is a context where individuals with disability confront important ethical and social challenges. Adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP) seem to face additional challenges but we have little insight into their perspectives. This qualitative study aimed to identify and better understand such challenges. We interviewed 14 participants with CP aged 18 to 25. Participants d...

a Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 S. Vermont Avenue, KAP 217, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States b Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, 941 Bloom Walk, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States c School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, 80 Stamford Road Singapore 178902, Singapore