morbidity and mortality

Starting HIV Treatment Amidst Anger and Depression

Starting HIV Treatment Amidst Anger and Depression
It's never an easy decision when it comes to treatment. I wasn't even sure I could accept that I was HIV positive. So many aspects of my life felt — and were —… Continue reading

Depression and Chronic Diseases: It Is Time for a Synergistic Mental Health and Primary Care Approach.

Depression and chronic diseases: it is time for a synergistic mental health and primary care approach.

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2013; 15(2):
Voinov B, Richie WD, Bailey RK

Objective: To identify the growing significance of depression as a… Continue reading

Elevated Mmp-9 in the Lumbar Cord Early After Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury Impedes Motor Relearning in Mice.

Elevated mmp-9 in the lumbar cord early after thoracic spinal cord injury impedes motor relearning in mice.

J Neurosci. 2013 Aug 7; 33(32): 13101-11
Hansen CN, Fisher LC, Deibert RJ, Jakeman LB, Zhang H, Noble-Haeusslein L, White S, Basso… Continue reading

Upper Limb Joint Space Modeling of Stroke Induced Synergies Using Isolated and Voluntary Arm Perturbations.

Upper Limb Joint Space Modeling of Stroke Induced Synergies Using Isolated and Voluntary Arm Perturbations.

IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2013 Jul 31;
Simkins M, Al-Rafai A, Rosen J

Among other diminished motor capabilities, survivors of a stroke… Continue reading

Optimal Revascularization in Diabetes After the FREEDOM Trial: Were the Controversies Finally Settled?

Optimal revascularization in diabetes after the FREEDOM trial: Were the controversies finally settled?

Cardiol J. 2013; 20(4): 331-6
Tenenbaum A, Fisman E

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is growing worldwide. Prothrombotic and proinfl ammatory states, in adjunct to… Continue reading

A Report From the American Society of Hypertension 28th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (May 15-18, 2013 – San Francisco, California, U.S.A.).

A report from the American Society of Hypertension 28th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (May 15-18, 2013 – San Francisco, California, U.S.A.).

Drugs Today (Barc). 2013 Jul; 49(7): 463-70
Rabasseda X

A wide selection of antihypertensive drugs are currently… Continue reading

[Functional and Aesthetic Rehabilitation of Microtia in Children and Adolescents].

[Functional and aesthetic rehabilitation of microtia in children and adolescents].

HNO. 2013 Aug; 61(8): 655-61
Hempel JM, Braun T, Berghaus A

Microtia leads to a severe functional and aesthetic handicap. Traditionally, the auricle is often reconstructed with cartilage transplants,… Continue reading

Psychoeducation Improves Hepatitis C Virus Treatment During Opioid Substitution Therapy: A Controlled, Prospective Multicenter Trial.

Psychoeducation improves hepatitis C virus treatment during opioid substitution therapy: a controlled, prospective multicenter trial.

Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug; 57 Suppl 2: S97-S104
Reimer J, Schmidt CS, Schulte B, Gansefort D, Gölz J, Gerken G, Scherbaum N, Verthein… Continue reading

Polioencephalomalacia Secondary to Hypernatremia in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri Sciureus).

Polioencephalomalacia Secondary to Hypernatremia in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).

Vet Pathol. 2013 Jul 30;
Macri SM, Crowell AM, Fenn MS, Knight HL, Westmoreland SV, Miller AD

Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp) are one of the most consistently used New World… Continue reading

Examining the Effect of Teleconferences on Oncology Phase 1 Trials.

Examining the effect of teleconferences on oncology phase 1 trials.

J Cancer. 2013; 4(6): 464-7
McKane A, Sima C, Fleck S, Weiss GJ

Objective: Phase 1 clinical trials are the first stage of clinical development of an investigational agent.… Continue reading