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Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records.

Bloomfield, Gerald; Hogan, JW; Holland, Thomas; Keter, A; Kimaiyo, S; Sang, E; Velazquez, Eric J (BMC Infect Dis, 2014-05-22)

BACKGROUND: Mortality among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is increasingly due to non-communicable causes. This has been observed mostly in developed countries and the routine care of HIV infected ...

Travelers with sickle cell disease.

Willen, Shaina Marissa; Thornburg, Courtney Dawn; Lantos, Paul (J Travel Med, 2014-09)

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common genetic disease among persons with African ancestry. This article provides a background to SCD and reviews many important aspects of travel preparation in this population. ...

Patterns of care quality and prognosis among hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease.

Ovbiagele, B; Schwamm, LH; Smith, EE; Grau-Sepulveda, Maria; Saver, JL; Bhatt, DL; Hernandez, Adrian Felipe; ... (9 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2014-06-05)

BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about the quality of care and outcomes for hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examined quality of care and in-hospital prognoses among patients ...

Psychiatric correlates of snuff and chewing tobacco use.

Fu, Qiang; Heath, AC; Vaughn, MG; Wu, LT (PLoS One, 2014)

Compared to the association between cigarette smoking and psychiatric disorders, relatively little is known about the relationship between smokeless tobacco use and psychiatric disorders. To identify the psychiatric correlates ...

Community-based HCV screening: knowledge and attitudes in a high risk urban population.

Goswami, ND; Hecker, Emily; Huffman, Kim Marie; Landgraf, A; Naggie, Susanna; Norton, BL; Stout, Jason Eric; ... (9 authors) (BMC Infect Dis, 2014-02-10)

BACKGROUND: In an attempt to curtail the rising morbidity and mortality from undiagnosed HCV (hepatitis C virus) in the United States, screening guidelines have been expanded to high-risk individuals and persons born 1945-1965. ...

Long-term dynamics of death rates of emphysema, asthma, and pneumonia and improving air quality.

Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Akushevich, Igor; Holman, S; Kravchenko, J; Lyerly, Herbert Kim; Ross, WG (Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis, 2014)

BACKGROUND: The respiratory tract is a major target of exposure to air pollutants, and respiratory diseases are associated with both short- and long-term exposures. We hypothesized that improved air quality in North Carolina ...