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    • Medicare Part D's Exclusion of Benzodiazepines and Fracture Risk in Nursing Homes 

      Briesacher, Becky A.; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Field, Terry S.; Fouayzi, Hassan; Gurwitz, Jerry H. (American Medical Association (AMA), 2010)
      Background Medicare Part D excludes benzodiazepine medications from coverage, and some state Medicaid programs also limit coverage. We assessed whether such policies decrease the risk of fractures in elderly individuals ...

    • Medication Errors Observed in 36 Health Care Facilities 

      Barker, Kenneth N.; Flynn, Elizabeth A.; Pepper, Ginette A.; Bates, David; Mikeal, Robert L. (American Medical Association (AMA), 2002-09-09)
      Background: Medication errors are a national concern. Objective: To identify the prevalence of medication errors (doses administered differently than ordered). Design: A prospective cohort study. Setting: Hospitals ...

    • Medication use in juvenile uveitis patients enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry 

      Henderson, Lauren A.; Zurakowski, David; Angeles-Han, Sheila T.; Lasky, Andrew; Rabinovich, C. Egla; Lo, Mindy S. (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: There is not yet a commonly accepted, standardized approach in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic uveitis when initial steroid therapy is insufficient. We sought to assess current practice patterns within a ...

    • Medications as a potential source of exposure to phthalates in the U.S. population 

      Hernández-Díaz, Sonia; Mitchell, Allen Avrom; Kelley, Katherine E.; Calafat, Antonia M.; Hauser, Russ B. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      Background: Widespread human exposure to phthalates, some of which are developmental and reproductive toxicants in experimental animals, raises concerns about potential human health risks. Underappreciated sources of ...

    • Medications as a Source of Human Exposure to Phthalates. 

      Hauser, Russ B.; Duty, Susan M.; Godfrey-Bailey, Linda; Calafat, Antonia M (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2004)
      Phthalates are a group of multifunctional chemicals used in consumer and personal care products, plastics, and medical devices. Laboratory studies show that some phthalates are reproductive and developmental toxicants. ...

    • Medicines Coverage and Community-Based Health Insurance in Low-Income Countries 

      Vialle-Valentin, Catherine Elisabeth; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Ntaganira, Joseph; Wagner, Anita Katharina (BioMed Central, 2008)
      Objectives: The 2004 International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines recommended that emerging and expanding health insurances in low-income countries focus on improving access to and use of medicines. In recent ...

    • Meditation and vacation effects have an impact on disease-associated molecular phenotypes 

      Epel, E S; Puterman, E; Lin, J; Blackburn, E H; Lum, P Y; Beckmann, N D; Zhu, J; Lee, E; Gilbert, A; Rissman, R A; Tanzi, R E; Schadt, E E (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      Meditation is becoming increasingly practiced, especially for stress-related medical conditions. Meditation may improve cellular health; however, studies have not separated out effects of meditation from vacation-like ...

    • Mediterranean diet and telomere length in Nurses’ Health Study: population based cohort study 

      Crous-Bou, Marta; Fung, Teresa T; Prescott, Jennifer; Julin, Bettina; Du, Mengmeng; Sun, Qi; Rexrode, Kathryn M; Hu, Frank B; De Vivo, Immaculata (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)
      Objective: To examine whether adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with longer telomere length, a biomarker of aging. Design: Population based cohort study. Setting: Nurses’ Health Study, an ongoing prospective ...

    • Mediterranean Diet and Workplace Health Promotion 

      Korre, Maria; Tsoukas, Michael A.; Frantzeskou, Elpida; Yang, Justin; Kales, Stefanos N. (Springer US, 2014)
      Analytical and experimental studies confirm relationships between the consumption of certain foods and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Mediterranean diet patterns have long been associated with a reduced risk ...

    • Mediterranean Diet Score and prostate cancer risk in a Swedish population-based case–control study 

      Möller, Elisabeth; Galeone, Carlotta; Andersson, Therese M.-L.; Bellocco, Rino; Adami, Hans-Olov; Andrén, Ove; Grönberg, Henrik; La Vecchia, Carlo; Mucci, Lorelei A.; Bälter, Katarina (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
      Several individual components of the Mediterranean diet have been shown to offer protection against prostate cancer. The present study is the first to investigate the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet ...

    • The MedSeq Project: a randomized trial of integrating whole genome sequencing into clinical medicine 

      Vassy, Jason L; Lautenbach, Denise M; McLaughlin, Heather M; Kong, Sek Won; Christensen, Kurt D; Krier, Joel; Kohane, Isaac S; Feuerman, Lindsay Z; Blumenthal-Barby, Jennifer; Roberts, J Scott; Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani; Ho, Carolyn Y; Ubel, Peter A; MacRae, Calum A; Seidman, Christine E; Murray, Michael F; McGuire, Amy L; Rehm, Heidi L; Green, Robert C (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is already being used in certain clinical and research settings, but its impact on patient well-being, health-care utilization, and clinical decision-making remains largely unstudied. ...

    • Medulloblastoma Down Under 2013: a report from the third annual meeting of the International Medulloblastoma Working Group 

      Gottardo, Nicholas G.; Hansford, Jordan R.; McGlade, Jacqueline P.; Alvaro, Frank; Ashley, David M.; Bailey, Simon; Baker, David L.; Bourdeaut, Franck; Cho, Yoon-Jae; Clay, Moira; Clifford, Steven C.; Cohn, Richard J.; Cole, Catherine H.; Dallas, Peter B.; Downie, Peter; Doz, François; Ellison, David W.; Endersby, Raelene; Fisher, Paul G.; Hassall, Timothy; Heath, John A.; Hii, Hilary L.; Jones, David T. W.; Junckerstorff, Reimar; Kellie, Stewart; Kool, Marcel; Kotecha, Rishi S.; Lichter, Peter; Laughton, Stephen J.; Lee, Sharon; McCowage, Geoff; Northcott, Paul A.; Olson, James M.; Packer, Roger J.; Pfister, Stefan M.; Pietsch, Torsten; Pizer, Barry; Pomeroy, Scott L.; Remke, Marc; Robinson, Giles W.; Rutkowski, Stefan; Schoep, Tobias; Shelat, Anang A.; Stewart, Clinton F.; Sullivan, Michael; Taylor, Michael D.; Wainwright, Brandon; Walwyn, Thomas; Weiss, William A.; Williamson, Dan; Gajjar, Amar (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013)
      Medulloblastoma is curable in approximately 70 % of patients. Over the past decade, progress in improving survival using conventional therapies has stalled, resulting in reduced quality of life due to treatment-related ...

    • Medulloblastoma Exome Sequencing Uncovers Subtype-Specific Somatic Mutations 

      Pugh, Trevor J.; Weeraratne, Shyamal Dilhan; Archer, Tenley C.; Pomeranz Krummel, Daniel A.; Auclair, Daniel; Bochicchio, James; Carneiro, Mauricio O.; Carter, Scott L.; Cibulskis, Kristian; Erlich, Rachel L.; Greulich, Heidi; Lawrence, Michael S.; Lennon, Niall J.; McKenna, Aaron; Meldrim, James; Ramos, Alex H.; Ross, Michael G.; Russ, Carsten; Shefler, Erica; Sivachenko, Andrey; Sogoloff, Brian; Stojanov, Petar; Tamayo, Pablo; Mesirov, Jill P.; Amani, Vladimir; Teider, Natalia; Sengupta, Soma; Francois, Jessica Pierre; Northcott, Paul A.; Taylor, Michael D.; Yu, Furong; Crabtree, Gerald R.; Kautzman, Amanda G.; Gabriel, Stacey B.; Getz, Gad; Jäger, Natalie; Jones, David T. W.; Lichter, Peter; Pfister, Stefan M.; Roberts, Thomas M.; Meyerson, Matthew; Pomeroy, Scott L.; Cho, Yoon-Jae (2012)
      Medulloblastomas are the most common malignant brain tumors in children1. Identifying and understanding the genetic events that drive these tumors is critical for the development of more effective diagnostic, prognostic ...

    • Meeting Cholera's Challenge to Haiti and the World: A Joint Statement on Cholera Prevention and Care 

      Farmer, Paul; Almazor, Charles Patrick; Bahnsen, Emily T.; Barry, Donna; Bazile, Junior; Bloom, Barry R.; Bose, Niranjan; Brewer, Thomas; Calderwood, Stephen B.; Clemens, John D.; Cravioto, Alejandro; Eustache, Eddy; Jérôme, Gregory; Gupta, Neha; Harris, Jason B.; Hiatt, Howard H.; Holstein, Cassia; Hotez, Peter J.; Ivers, Louise C.; Kerry, Vanessa B.; Koenig, Serena P.; LaRocque, Regina C.; Léandre, Fernet; Lambert, Wesler; Lyon, Evan; Mekalanos, John J.; Mukherjee, Joia S.; Oswald, Cate; Pape, Jean-William; Gretchko Prosper, Anany; Rabinovich, Regina; Raymonville, Maxi; Réjouit, Jean-Renold; Ronan, Laurence J.; Rosenberg, Mark L.; Ryan, Edward T.; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Sack, David A.; Surena, Claude; Suri, Arjun A.; Ternier, Ralph; Waldor, Matthew K.; Walton, David; Weigel, Jonathan L.; Small, Pamela L. C. (Public Library of Science, 2011)
      This joint statement argues for a comprehensive, integrated cholera response in Haiti. The cholera epidemic in Haiti is particularly devastating because of the vulnerability of Haiti's population after the January 12, 2010, ...

    • Meeting report for the 1st skin microbiota workshop, boulder, CO October 15-16 2012 

      Gilbert, Jack A; Ball, Madeleine; Blainey, Paul; Blaser, Martin J; Bohannan, Brendan JM; Bateman, Ashley; Bunge, John; Dominguez-Bello, Maria Gloria; Epstein, Slava; Fierer, Noah; Gevers, Dirk; Grikscheit, Tracy; Hamdan, Leila J; Harvey, James; Huttenhower, Curtis; Kirkup, Benjamin; Kong, Heidi H; Lauber, Christian; Lemon, Katherine P; Lynch, Susan V; Martin, Lance; Mello, Charlene; Palma, Joseph; Parker, Roy; Petrosino, Joseph; Segre, Julia A; Vosshall, Leslie; Yi, Rui; Knight, Rob (BioMed Central, 2014)
      This report details the outcome of the 1st Skin Microbiota Workshop, Boulder, CO, held on October 15th-16th 2012. The workshop was arranged to bring Department of Defense personnel together with experts in microbial ecology, ...

    • Meeting report: discussions and preliminary findings on extracellular RNA measurement methods from laboratories in the NIH Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium 

      Laurent, Louise C.; Abdel-Mageed, Asim B.; Adelson, P. David; Arango, Jorge; Balaj, Leonora; Breakefield, Xandra; Carlson, Elizabeth; Carter, Bob S.; Majem, Blanca; Chen, Clark C.; Cocucci, Emanuele; Danielson, Kirsty; Courtright, Amanda; Das, Saumya; Elmageed, Zakaria Y. Abd; Enderle, Daniel; Ezrin, Alan; Ferrer, Marc; Freedman, Jane; Galas, David; Gandhi, Roopali; Huentelman, Matthew J.; Van Keuren-Jensen, Kendall; Kalani, Yashar; Kim, Yong; Krichevsky, Anna M.; Lai, Charles; Lal-Nag, Madhu; Laurent, Clara D.; Leonardo, Trevor; Li, Feng; Malenica, Ivana; Mondal, Debasis; Nejad, Parham; Patel, Tushar; Raffai, Robert L.; Rubio, Renee; Skog, Johan; Spetzler, Robert; Sun, Jie; Tanriverdi, Kahraman; Vickers, Kasey; Wang, Liang; Wang, Yaoyu; Wei, Zhiyun; Weiner, Howard L.; Wong, David; Yan, Irene K.; Yeri, Ashish; Gould, Stephen (Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
      Extracellular RNAs (exRNAs) have been identified in all tested biofluids and have been associated with a variety of extracellular vesicles, ribonucleoprotein complexes and lipoprotein complexes. Much of the interest in ...

    • Meeting Report: Measuring Endocrine-Sensitive Endpoints within the First Years of Life 

      Arbuckle, Tye E.; Swan, Shanna H.; Mao, Catherine S.; Longnecker, Matthew P.; Main, Katharina M.; Whyatt, Robin M.; Mendola, Pauline; Rovet, Joanne; Till, Christine; Wade, Mike; Jarrell, John; Matthews, Stephen; Van Vliet, Guy; Bornehag, Carl-Gustaf; Mieusset, Roger; Hauser, Russ B.; Legrand, Melissa (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      An international workshop titled “Assessing Endocrine-Related Endpoints within the First Years of Life” was held 30 April–1 May 2007, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Representatives from a number of pregnancy cohort studies ...

    • Meeting Report: The Role of Environmental Lighting and Circadian Disruption in Cancer and Other Diseases 

      Stevens, Richard G.; Blask, David E.; Brainard, George C.; Hansen, Johnni; Lockley, Steven Ward; Provencio, Ignacio; Rea, Mark S.; Reinlib, Leslie (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007)
      Light, including artificial light, has a range of effects on human physiology and behavior and can therefore alter human physiology when inappropriately timed. One example of potential light-induced disruption is the effect ...

    • Meeting the needs of the resident trainee during an elective subspecialty rotation 

      Hale, Andrew; Glassman, Rebecca; Fessler, David; Mukamal, Kenneth J.; Stead, Wendy (IJME, 2016)
      Objective: To examine and compare perceptions between resident-trainees and faculty-educators on goals and reasons why resident trainees choose certain subspecialty elective rotations. Methods: In June 2013 residents and ...

    • Mef2-Mediated Transcription of the miR379–410 Cluster Regulates Activity-Dependent Dendritogenesis by Fine-Tuning Pumilio2 Protein Levels 

      Fiore, Roberto; Khudayberdiev, Sharof; Christensen, Mette; Siegel, Gabriele; Flavell, Steven W; Kim, Tae-Kyung; Greenberg, Michael Eldon; Schratt, Gerhard (Nature Publishing Group, 2009)
      Neuronal activity orchestrates the proper development of the neuronal circuitry by regulating both transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene expression programmes. How these programmes are coordinated, however, is ...