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    • Optimizing Partner Notification Programs for Men Who Have Sex with Men: Factorial Survey Results from South China 

      Wang, Alberta L.; Peng, Rui-Rui; Tucker, Joseph D.; Chakraborty, Hrishikesh; Cohen, Myron S.; Chen, Xiang-Sheng (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Background: Syphilis is prevalent among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. Syphilis partner notification (PN) programs targeting MSM has been considered as one of effective strategies to prevention and control of ...

    • Oral Bisphosphonates and Risk of Subtrochanteric or Diaphyseal Femur Fractures in a Population-Based Cohort 

      Kim, Seoyoung Catherine; Schneeweiss, Sebastian; Katz, Jeffrey Neil; Levin, Raisa; Solomon, Daniel Hal (Wiley, 2011)
      Bisphosphonates are the primary therapy for postmenopausal and glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Case series suggest a potential link between prolonged use of bisphosphonates and low-energy fracture of subtrochanteric ...

    • Oral Cancer Treatment Costs in Greece and the Effect of Advanced Disease 

      Andreopoulos, Nikos; Katsikeris, Nikos; Zavras, Dimitrios; Cartsos, Vassiliki; Vamvakidis, Athanasios; Zavras, Athanasios I. (BioMed Central, 2002)
      Background: The main purpose of the study was to quantify the direct costs of oral cancer treatment to the healthcare system of Greece. Another aim was to identify factors that affect costs and potential cost reduction ...

    • Oral Contraceptive Use and Breast Cancer: A Prospective Study of Young Women 

      Hunter, David J.; Colditz, Graham A.; Hankinson, Susan E.; Malspeis, Susan; Spiegelman, Donna; Chen, Wendy; Stampfer, Meir; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600 (American Association for Cancer Research, 2010)
      Background: Previous studies convincingly showed an increase in risk of breast cancer associated with current or recent use of oral contraceptives from the 1960s to 1980s. The relation of contemporary oral contraceptive ...

    • Oral contraceptive use and risk of melanoma in premenopausal women 

      Feskanich, D.; Hunter, D. J.; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600; Spiegelman, D.; Stampfer, Meir; Colditz, G. A. (Springer Nature, 1999)
      Melanoma has been increasing in white populations. Incidence rates rise steeply in women until about age 50, suggesting oestrogen as a possible risk factor. Oestrogens can increase melanocyte count and melanin content and ...

    • Oral contraceptive use and the risk of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in a large prospective study of women 

      Rimm, Eric Bruce::0ab2926c8242f35e5a982e3cf59f4987::600; Manson, J. E.; Stampfer, Meir; Colditz, G. A.; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600; Rosner, B.; Hennekens, C. H.; Speizer, F. E. (Springer Verlag, 1992)
      We examined the association between oral contraceptive use and incidence of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus among 115117 female nurses free of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in 1976 and ...

    • Oral Contraceptives and Ovulatory Causes of Delayed Fertility 

      Chasan-Taber, L.; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600; Stampfer, Meir; Spiegelman, D.; Rosner, B. A.; Hunter, D. J.; Colditz, G. A.; Manson, J. E. (Oxford University Press, 1997)
      The return of fertility for women who discontinue oral contraceptives takes longer as compared with women who discontinue other methods of contraception. It remains unclear, however, whether subsequent fertility differs ...

    • Oral Health Disparities and Unmet Dental Needs among Preschool Children in Chelsea, MA: Exploring Mechanisms, Defining Solutions 

      Isong, Inyang; Dantas, Laila; Gerard, Macda; Kuhlthau, Karen (2014)
      Background: Significant disparities exist in children’s receipt of preventive dental care (PDC) in the United States. Many of the children at greatest risk of dental disease do not receive timely PDC; when they do receive ...

    • Oral health-related quality of life of children and teens with sickle cell disease 

      da Matta Felisberto Fernandes, Maria Luiza; Fernandes, Alexandre Moreira; Kawachi, Ichiro; Corrêa-Faria, Patrícia; Paiva, Saul Martins; Pordeus, Isabela Almeida (Sociedade Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2016)
      Background: Children with sickle cell disease may have their quality of life affected by oral alterations. However, there is still little data on oral health-related quality of life in these children. The aim of this study ...

    • Oral Ingestion of Hexavalent Chromium through Drinking Water and Cancer Mortality in an Industrial Area of Greece - An Ecological Study 

      Linos, Athena; Petralias, Athanassios; Christophi, Costas A.; Christoforidou, Eleni; Kouroutou, Paraskevi; Stoltidis, Melina; Veloudaki, Afroditi; Tzala, Evangelia; Makris, Konstantinos C.; Karagas, Margaret R. (BioMed Central, 2011)
      Background: Hexavalent chromium is a known carcinogen when inhaled, but its carcinogenic potential when orally ingested remains controversial. Water contaminated with hexavalent chromium is a worldwide problem, making this ...

    • Orchestrated experience-driven Arc/Arg3.1 responses are disrupted in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease 

      Rudinskiy, Nikita; Hawkes, Jonathan M.; Betensky, Rebecca Aubrey; Eguchi, Megumi; Yamaguchi, Shun; Spires-Jones, Tara L.; Hyman, Bradley Theodore (2012)
      Experience-induced expression of immediate-early gene Arc/Arg3.1 is known to play a pivotal role in the consolidation of memory. Here we use in-vivo longitudinal multiphoton imaging to show orchestrated activity-dependent ...

    • Organizational culture in cardiovascular care in Chinese hospitals: a descriptive cross-sectional study 

      Yin, Emily S.; Downing, Nicholas S.; Li, Xi; Singer, Sara J.; Curry, Leslie A.; Li, Jing; Krumholz, Harlan M.; Jiang, Lixin (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Organizational learning, the process by which a group changes its behavior in response to newly acquired knowledge, is critical to outstanding organizational performance. In hospitals, strong organizational ...

    • Origin and Proliferation of Multiple-Drug Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens 

      Chang, Hsiao-Han; Cohen, Ted; Grad, Yonatan Hagai; Hanage, William P.; O, Thomas F.; Lipsitch, Marc (American Society for Microbiology, 2015)
      SUMMARY: Many studies report the high prevalence of multiply drug-resistant (MDR) strains. Because MDR infections are often significantly harder and more expensive to treat, they represent a growing public health threat. ...

    • Origin, Methods, and Evolution of the Three Nurses’ Health Studies 

      Bao, Ying; Bertoia, Monica; Lenart, Elizabeth; Stampfer, Meir; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600; Speizer, Frank; Chavarro, Jorge (American Public Health Association, 2016)
      We have summarized the evolution of the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), a prospective cohort study of 121 700 married registered nurses launched in 1976; NHS II, which began in 1989 and enrolled 116 430 nurses; and NHS3, which ...

    • Orthostatic Hypotension and the Long-Term Risk of Dementia: A Population-Based Study 

      Wolters, Frank J.; Mattace-Raso, Francesco U. S.; Koudstaal, Peter J.; Hofman, Albert; Ikram, M. Arfan (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common cause of transient cerebral hypoperfusion in the population. Cerebral hypoperfusion is widely implicated in cognitive impairment, but whether OH contributes to cognitive ...

    • Oseltamivir for treatment and prevention of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus infection in households, Milwaukee, 2009 

      Cowling, Benjamin J; Fang, Vicky J; Hagy, Angela; Reshef, David; Biedrzycki, Paul; Goldstein, Edward; O'Hagan, Justin John; Danon, Leon; Miller, Joel C.; Robins, James Matthew; Lipsitch, Marc (BioMed Central, 2010)
      Background: During an influenza pandemic, a substantial proportion of transmission is thought to occur in households. We used data on influenza progression in individuals and their contacts collected by the City of Milwaukee ...

    • Outcome-Driven Cluster Analysis with Application to Microarray Data 

      Hsu, Jessie J.; Finkelstein, Dianne M.; Schoenfeld, David A. (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      One goal of cluster analysis is to sort characteristics into groups (clusters) so that those in the same group are more highly correlated to each other than they are to those in other groups. An example is the search for ...

    • Outcomes among HIV-1 Infected Individuals First Starting Antiretroviral Therapy with Concurrent Active TB or Other AIDS-Defining Disease 

      Périssé, André R. S.; Smeaton, Laura; Chen, Yun; La Rosa, Alberto; Walawander, Ann; Nair, Apsara; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Santos, Breno; Kanyama, Cecilia; Hakim, James; Nyirenda, Mulinda; Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran; Lalloo, Umesh G.; Flanigan, Timothy; Campbell, Thomas B.; Hughes, Michael D. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is common among HIV-infected individuals in many resource-limited countries and has been associated with poor survival. We evaluated morbidity and mortality among individuals first starting ...

    • Outcomes of Acute Chest Syndrome in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Predictors of Mortality 

      Allareddy, Veerajalandhar; Roy, Aparna; Lee, Min Kyeong; Nalliah, Romesh P.; Rampa, Sankeerth; Allareddy, Veerasathpurush; Rotta, Alexandre T. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Adults with sickle cell disease(SCD) are a growing population. Recent national estimates of outcomes in acute chest syndrome(ACS) among adults with SCD are lacking. We describe the incidence, outcomes and predictors of ...

    • Outcomes of Ultrasound-guided Glen Humeral Corticosteroid Injections in Adhesive Capsulitis 

      Song, Amos; Katz, Jeffrey N.; Higgins, Laurence D.; Newman, Joel; Gomoll, Andreas; Jain, Nitin B. (2016)
      Aims To assess short and longer-term outcomes of ultrasound-guided glenohumeral corticosteroid injections for adhesive capsulitis. Study Design A mixed prospective and retrospective study design Place and Duration of Study ...