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December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents qualitative findings from the first study of how physicians respond when patients raise the issue of prayer. The study recruited pediatric physicians from thirteen hospitals on U.S. News and World Report?s ?honor roll.?
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
An analysis suggests that more than one in 10 victims in a 24-hour period asked for but didn't get help.
September 1, 2010 | Book
Unimaginable until the 20th century, the clinical practice of transferring eggs and sperm from body to body is now the basis of a bustling market.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between the proximity of fast-food restaurants to schools and children's eating patterns and weight.
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The reliance on discretionary spending for American Indian/Alaska Native health care has produced a system that is insufficient and unreliable and is associated with ongoing health disparities. Moreover, the gap between mandatory spending on a Medic ...
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors examined social risk factors (poverty, minority race/ethnicity, low parental education and not living with both biological parents) to assess whether an accretion of risk factors had a cumulative effect on child health. They also investi ...
May 24, 2006 | Journal Article
The current study investigated whether disparity based on poverty status has increased in the adolescent overweight population over time. The impact of behaviors such as physical activity on adolescent overweight disparities was also explored. Data ...
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This article, the introduction to a supplement of the journal Academic Medicine, focuses on eight partnerships of the Health Professions Partnerships Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Six schools of medicine and two schools of public health were invited to write case studies addressing the challenges, barriers and solutions to producing 'pipeline' partnerships with a variety of educational institutions.
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Changing Policies for NIH-Sponsored Publications Reporting Human Variation.
January 28, 2008 | Journal Article
The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which clinical trials relied on by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are applicable to Medicare beneficiaries.