BACKGROUND We wanted to determine the frequency of self-reported receipt of screening
mammography and Papanicolaou (Pap) tests in older women and investigate important …

Optimal management of assets in large hospitals is important to both cost control and patient
care. A prospective controlled evaluation was conducted to determine whether an asset-…

Background Influenza is a common and serious public health problem among the elderly.
The influenza vaccine is safe and effective. Methods The purpose of the study was to …

The article presents personal narratives from nurses about the care of oncology patients and
efforts to show compassion and support. They discuss patients who refused to allow cancer …

Objective To examine the current extent of the obesity problem in 2 large pediatric clinical
registries in the US and Europe and to examine the hypotheses that increased body mass …

Researchers from the North Carolina BEAUTY and Health Project conducted an
observational study in 10 North Carolina beauty salons to gain insight into naturally occurring …

The diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (PanNETs) is increasing owing to
more sensitive detection methods, and this increase is creating challenges for clinical …

Background. Beauty salons are located in all communities and represent a promising
channel for delivering health promotion programs. No previous salon-based health promotion …

Background Individual patient data from two randomised trials comparing neoadjuvant
chemotherapy with upfront debulking surgery in advanced tubo-ovarian cancer were analysed to …

This pilot study used a community-based participatory research approach to recruit and train
five licensed cosmetologists from two beauty salons to deliver health promotion messages …