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    Traditional medicine practices among community members with chronic kidney disease in northern Tanzania: an ethnomedical survey. 

    Boyd, David Lorenzo; Karia, Francis; Lunyera, Joseph; Maro, Venance P; Omolo, J; Patel, Uptal Dinesh; Stanifer, John W (BMC Nephrol, 2015-10-23)
    BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is being recognized as a non-communicable disease (NCD) with high morbidity and mortality. In countries like Tanzania, people access many sources, including ...
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    Clinical characteristics and 12-month outcomes of patients with valvular and non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Kenya. 

    Akwanalo, CO; Bloomfield, Gerald; Chen, P-S; Emonyi, W; Heckbert, SR; Inui, TS; Kimaiyo, S; ... (16 authors) (PLoS One, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major contributor to the global cardiovascular disease burden. The clinical profile and outcomes of AF patients with valvular heart diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have not ...
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    Phobic anxiety and increased risk of mortality in coronary heart disease. 

    Babyak, MA; Blumenthal, James Alan; Davidson, Jonathan RT; McCants, CB; O'Connor, Christopher Michael; Sketch, MH; Watkins, LL (Psychosom Med, 2010-09)
    OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether phobic anxiety is associated with increased risk of cardiac mortality in individuals with established coronary heart disease (CHD) and to examine the role of reduced heart rate variability ...
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    A case-control study of airways obstruction among construction workers. 

    Chen, A; Dement, John M; Haas, S; Quinn, P; Ringen, K; Welch, L (Am J Ind Med, 2015-10)
    BACKGROUND: While smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), occupational exposures to vapors, gases, dusts, and fumes (VGDF) increase COPD risk. This case-control study estimated the risk ...
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    Survey of methadone-drug interactions among patients of methadone maintenance treatment program in Taiwan. 

    Lee, HY; Li, JH; Wu, LT; Wu, JS; Yen, CF; Tang, HP (Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 2012-03-20)
    BACKGROUND: Although methadone has been used for the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence for decades, it was not introduced in China or Taiwan until 2000s. Methadone-drug interactions (MDIs) have been shown to cause ...
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    Early adoption of dabigatran and its dosing in US patients with atrial fibrillation: results from the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation. 

    Ansell, J; Chang, P; Ezekowitz, MD; Fonarow, GC; Gersh, Bernard John; Holmes, DaJuanicia; Hylek, EM; ... (15 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-11-25)
    BACKGROUND: Dabigatran is a novel oral anticoagulant approved for thromboprophylaxis in atrial fibrillation. Adoption patterns of this new agent in community practice are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied patterns ...
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    Brucellosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania. 

    Afwamba, IA; Bartlett, John A; Biggs, HM; Bouley, AJ; Cleaveland, S; Crump, John Andrew; Kinabo, GD; ... (11 authors) (Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2012-12)
    Acute and convalescent serum samples were collected from febrile inpatients identified at two hospitals in Moshi, Tanzania. Confirmed brucellosis was defined as a positive blood culture or a ≥ 4-fold increase in ...
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    Racial differences in the prevalence and outcomes of atrial fibrillation among patients hospitalized with heart failure. 

    Fonarow, GC; Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals; Hernandez, Adrian Felipe; Liang, L; Peterson, Eric David; Piccini, Jonathan Paul Sr; Thomas, Kevin Lindsey; ... (8 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-09-26)
    BACKGROUND: The intersection of heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is common, but the burden of AF among black patients with HF is poorly characterized. We sought to determine the prevalence of AF, characteristics, ...
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    HPV16 antibodies as risk factors for oropharyngeal cancer and their association with tumor HPV and smoking status. 

    Anderson, KS; Dahlstrom, KR; Cheng, JN; Alam, R; Li, G; Wei, Q; Gross, ND; ... (10 authors) (Oral Oncol, 2015-07)
    BACKGROUND: Antibodies (Abs) to the HPV16 proteome increase risk for HPV-associated OPC (HPVOPC). The goal of this study was to investigate the association of a panel of HPV16 Abs with risk for OPC as well as the association ...
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    Risk of dislocation using large- vs. small-diameter femoral heads in total hip arthroplasty. 

    Akbar, M; Issa, K; Mont, MA; Plate, JF; Seyler, Thorsten M; Stroh, DA (BMC Res Notes, 2012-10-05)
    BACKGROUND: Dislocation remains a difficult problem in total hip arthroplasty. Large-diameter femoral heads may lower the incidence of dislocation by enhancing the jump distance and decreasing impingement, but their performance ...
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