Browsing by Department "Epidemiology"
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(2022-02-10)Department: EpidemiologyPostpartum contraceptive uptake reduces short interpregnancy intervals, unintended pregnancies, and their negative sequalae: poor maternal and fetal outcomes. Healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy in people with HIV also ...
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(2013-04-11)Department: EpidemiologyStaphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of invasive infections and skin and soft tissue infections in the United States. Athletes have higher risk of infection with S. aureus than the general population. Though carriage ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: EpidemiologyBreast cancer (BC) survivors, a large and growing population resulting from early detection and effective treatments, have been reported to experience faster physical and cognitive decline due to cancer and/or cancer ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: EpidemiologyBreast cancer (BC) survivors, a large and growing population resulting from early detection and effective treatments, have been reported to experience faster physical and cognitive decline due to cancer and/or cancer ...
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(2013-08-07)Department: EpidemiologyAge-Period-Cohort and Educational Attainment Effects on HIV Prevalence in Zambian Pregnant Women, 1994 through 2011 Webster Kasongo Dissertation under the direction of Professor Sten H. Vermund Sub-Saharan Africa, where ...
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(2015-07-20)Department: EpidemiologyThis dissertation researched on important epidemiologic and prevention intervention components of three crucial stages of the HIV care continuum, including HIV testing/diagnosis, linkage-to-care and antiretroviral therapy ...
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(2022-07-18)Department: EpidemiologyAcute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children and are often viral in origin. Viral and bacterial ARIs have overlapping clinical presentations, causing uncertainty in ...
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(2016-05-27)Department: EpidemiologyHypertension is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for stroke, cardiovascular disease, and renal failure, and it affects more than 30% of all adult Americans. The prevalence of hypertension is increasing, ...
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(2016-11-22)Department: EpidemiologyIt is plausible that calcium intake and the calcium: magnesium (Ca:Mg) intake ratio play an essential role in the development of colorectal cancer. The first project of this dissertation was to determine the role of calcium ...
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(2023-03-19)Department: EpidemiologyThere are very few studies analyzing the association between multiple cardiometabolic comorbidities with all-cause and cause-specific mortality, particularly among low-income and racial/ethnic minority Americans. We ...
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(2022-05-16)Department: EpidemiologyChemotherapy can lead to various acute side effects and long-term toxicities, affecting treatment compliance, efficacy, and long-term outcomes. Growing evidence suggests that gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota may influence ...
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(2022-07-15)Department: EpidemiologyHigh blood pressure (BP) in childhood is associated with hypertension and cardiac structure in adulthood; however, little evidence exists for the relationship between childhood BP and adult cardiovascular disease (CVD). ...
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(2018-03-19)Department: EpidemiologyPatients with type 2 diabetes who initiate therapy with metformin often add a second-line agent to achieve more optimal glycemic control. Commonly used second-line medications such as sulfonylurea and insulin are highly ...
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(2020-04-02)Department: EpidemiologyHigh prevalence of dyslipidemia in the United States results in elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. Identifying genetic factors associated with serum lipid regulation may improve treatment and prevention of cardiovascular ...
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(2013-08-04)Department: EpidemiologyLung cancer is deadly, killing more people than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined. Surgeons evaluating patients for lung cancer face a dilemma: to operate and subject the individual to operation associated mortality ...
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(2019-08-20)Department: EpidemiologyOne of the well-established risk factors for breast cancer (BC) is high level of endogenous estrogen, which could be influenced by both genetic and non-genetic factors. Few studies have investigated estrogen related ...
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(2019-03-01)Department: EpidemiologyHalf of women in the United States use alcohol during pregnancy and most exposure occurs in the first weeks of gestation. Although most women who use alcohol change their behavior after pregnancy recognition, information ...
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(2020-06-03)Department: EpidemiologyPregnancy is an ideal time for positive lifestyle modifications, including sustaining physical activity behavior. However, medical association guidelines specifically avoid giving recommendations on the optimal frequency ...
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(2023-03-13)Department: EpidemiologyCatatonia is a poorly understood form of brain dysfunction characterized by marked and at times contradictory changes in muscle tone, motor behavior, affect and volition. It has been described in the context of non-affective ...
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(2017-11-21)Department: EpidemiologyPrevious pharmacogenetics studies of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) have focused on coding variants, and only four of these variants showed consistent association, which explained a small fraction of the heritability of 5-FU-associated ...