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The role of lipid-related genes, aging-related processes, and environment in healthspan.
(Aging Cell, 2013-04)
The inherent complexity of aging-related traits can temper progress in unraveling
the genetic origins of healthspan. We focus on two generations in the Framingham Heart
Study, the original (FHS) and offspring (FHSO) cohorts, ...
Food, class, and health: the role of the perceived body in the social reproduction of health.
(Health communication, 2013-05)
The association between social class and cardiovascular health is complex, involving
a constant interplay of factors as individuals integrate external information from
the media, health care providers, and people they know ...
Polymorphisms of nucleotide excision repair genes predict melanoma survival.
(The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2013-07)
Melanoma is the most highly malignant skin cancer, and nucleotide excision repair
(NER) is involved in melanoma susceptibility. In this analysis of 1,042 melanoma patients,
we evaluated whether genetic variants of NER genes ...
Chikungunya as a cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2006 after a
40-year hiatus. We sought to identify and characterize acute chikungunya infection
(CHIK) in patients presenting with acute undifferentiated ...
Gender and age interact to affect early outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a common and devastating form of cerebrovascular
disease. In ICH, gender differences in outcomes remain relatively understudied but
have been examined in other neurological ...
Comorbid substance use disorders with other Axis I and II mental disorders among treatment-seeking Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race people.
(Journal of psychiatric research, 2013-12)
Little is known about behavioral healthcare needs of Asian Americans (AAs), Native
Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHs/PIs), and mixed-race people (MRs)-the fastest growing
segments of the U.S. population. We examined substance ...
Delays in appropriate antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infections: a multicenter, community hospital study.
(PLoS One, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious condition
with estimated 30% mortality. Clinical outcomes for patients with severe infections
improve when antibiotics are appropriately chosen ...
Estimating leptospirosis incidence using hospital-based surveillance and a population-based health care utilization survey in Tanzania.
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2013)
BACKGROUND: The incidence of leptospirosis, a neglected zoonotic disease, is uncertain
in Tanzania and much of sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in scarce data on which to prioritize
resources for public health interventions ...
The relationship of mental and behavioral disorders to all-cause mortality in a 27-year follow-up of 4 epidemiologic catchment area samples.
(American journal of epidemiology, 2013-11)
Subjects from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, interviewed during 1979-1983,
were linked to data in the National Death Index through 2007 to estimate the association
of mental and behavioral disorders with death. ...
Trends in anemia management in US hemodialysis patients 2004-2010.
(BMC Nephrol, 2013-12-01)
BACKGROUND: There have been major changes in the management of anemia in US hemodialysis
patients in recent years. We sought to determine the influence of clinical trial results,
safety regulations, and changes in reimbursement ...