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Javitt, J.C., G.P. Zlateva, S.R. Earnshaw, A.M. Pleil, C.N. Graham, A.J. Brogan, S.N. Shah, and A.R. Adamis. (2008). "Cost-effectiveness model for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: Comparing early and late treatment with pegaptanib sodium based on visual acuity." Value in Health, 11(4):563-574.

Steketee, R.W., N. Sipilanyambe, J. Chimumbwa, J.J. Banda, A. Mohamed, J. Miller, S. Basu, S.K. Miti, and C.C. Campbell. (2008). "National malaria control and scaling up for impact: The Zambia experience through 2006." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79(1):45-52.

With its 2006–2011 National Malaria Strategic Plan, Zambia committed to control malaria at a national scale. This scale-up for impact approach was facilitated by sound business planning and... Full Abstract »

Fehnel, S., L. Zografos, T. Curtice, H. Shah, and L. McLeod. (2008). "The burden of restless legs syndrome: An assessment of work productivity, sleep, psychological distress, and health status among diagnosed and undiagnosed individuals in an internet-based panel." Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 1(3):201-210.

Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects approximately 10-15% of the general population and has deleterious effects on sleep and subsequent daytime performance. The disorder may also give... Full Abstract »

Brookhart, M.A., S. Schneeweiss, J. Avorn, B.D. Bradbury, K.J. Rothman, M. Fischer, J. Mehta, and W.C. Winkelmayer. (2008). "The effect of altitude on dosing and response to erythropoietin in ESRD." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 19(7):1389-1395.

Cook, S.F., L. Lanza, X. Zhou, C.T. Sweeney, D. Goss, K. Hollis, A.W. Mangel, and S.E. Fehnel. (2008). "Gastrointestinal side effects in chronic opioid users: Results from a population-based survey." Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 27(12):1224-1232.

Background? Gastrointestinal side effects are commonly associated with opioid treatment for pain. Aim? To understand gastrointestinal side effects associated with opioid treatment. Methods? This... Full Abstract »

Clark, M.. (2008). "Reader seeks clarification on hand-foot skin reaction." Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 12(3):395-395.

Gregori, L., B.N. Gray, E. Rose, D.S. Spinner, R.J. Kascsak, and R.G. Rohwer. (2008). "A sensitive and quantitative assay for normal PrP in plasma." Journal of Virological Methods, 149(2):251-259.

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies can be transmitted by blood transfusion. The risk of spreading the disease among the human population could be mitigated with the implementation of a blood... Full Abstract »

Moorman, P.G., B. Calingaert, R.T. Palmieri, E.S. Iversen, R.C. Bentley, S. Halabi, A. Berchuck, and J.M. Schildkraut. (2008). "Hormonal risk factors for ovarian cancer in premenopausal and postmenopausal women." American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(9):1059-1069.

Ovarian cancer is most frequently diagnosed in postmenopausal women; however, the strongest risk predictors, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use, occur in most women in their twenties and thirties.... Full Abstract »

Subramanian, S., D.U. Ekwueme, J.G. Gardner, B. Bapat, and C. Kramer. (2008). "Identifying and controlling for program-level differences in comparative cost analysis: Lessons from the economic evaluation of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program." Evaluation and Program Planning, 31(2):136-144.

Performing economic evaluations of established health care programs is essential to identify and control for underlying program-level variations and to make valid comparisons. At a time when the... Full Abstract »

Mansfield, C., D.J. Phaneuf, F.R. Johnson, J.C. Yang, and R. Beach. (2008). "Preferences for public lands management under competing uses: The case of Yellowstone National Park." Land Economics, 84(2):282-305.

We examine snowmobile use conflict in Yellowstone National Park to assess the effect of different winter management policies on heterogeneous visitors’ welfare. Using a stated preference choice... Full Abstract »

Bradbury, B.D., O. Wang, C.W. Critchlow, K.J. Rothman, P. Heagerty, M. Keen, and J.F. Acquavella. (2008). "Relative mortality and epoetin alfa dose in hemodialysis patients - Reply." American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 51(5):865-866.

Mcafee, A.T., K.C. Holdridge, C.B. Johannes, K. Hornbuckle, and A.M. Walker. (2008). "The effect of pharmacotherapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on risk of seizures in pediatric patients as assessed in an insurance claims database." Current Drug Safety, 3(2):123-131.

Purpose: To estimate the rate of new-onset seizure in ADHD patients in relation to ADHD pharmacotherapy. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 34,727 patients, ages 6 to 17, with at least two... Full Abstract »

Devine, S., S.L. West, E. Andrews, P. Tennis, S. Eaton, J. Thorp, and A. Olshan. (2008). "Validation of neural tube defects in the full featured - general practice research database." Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 17(5):434-444.

Background The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) has been used to identify associations between pregnancy medication exposures and birth defects, but experts have argued that databases such... Full Abstract »

Tangka, F.K.L., S. Subramanian, B. Bapat, L.C. Seeff, A. DeGroff, J. Gardner, A.B. Ryerson, M. Nadel, and J. Royalty. (2008). "Cost of starting colorectal cancer screening programs: Results from five federally funded demonstration programs." Preventing Chronic Disease, 5(2):A47-.

Introduction In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started a 3-year colorectal cancer screening demonstration project and funded five programs to explore the feasibility of a... Full Abstract »

Skinner, C.S., J.M. Schildkraut, B. Calingaert, C. Hoyo, S.S. Crankshaw, L. Fish, L. Susswein, C. Jasper, and L. Reid. (2008). "Factors associated with African Americans' enrollment in a national cancer genetics registry." Community Genetics, 11(4):224-233.

This study explored whether reactions to the Cancer Genetics Network (CGN) or CGN enrollment differed by receipt of a standard informational brochure versus a targeted version addressing factors... Full Abstract »

Tang, P., J.M. Wang, and P. Bourne. (2008). "Molecular classifications of breast carcinoma with similar terminology and different definitions: Are they the same?." Human Pathology, 39(4):506-513.

Meng, Q.J., L. Logunova, E.S. Maywood, M. Gallego, J. Lebiecki, T.M. Brown, M. Sladek, A.S. Semikhodskii, N.R.J. Glossop, H.D. Piggins, J.E. Chesham, D.A. Bechtold, S.H. Yoo, J.S. Takahashi, D.M. Virshup, R.P. Boot-Handford, M.H. Hastings, and A.S.I. Loudon. (2008). "Setting clock speed in mammals: The CK1 epsilon tau mutation in mice accelerates circadian pacemakers by selectively destabilizing PERIOD proteins." Neuron, 58(1):78-88.

The intrinsic period of circadian clocks is their defining adaptive property. To identify the biochemical mechanisms whereby casein kinase1 (CK1) determines circadian period in mammals, we created... Full Abstract »

Johal, S.S., P. Oliver, and H.C. Williams. (2008). "Better decision making for evaluating new medical device projects: A real options approach." Journal of Medical Marketing, 8(2):101-112.

This paper addresses some of the issues facing new product development in the medical device sector and reviews some of the financial decision-making methods currently used to aid in project... Full Abstract »

Hutchison, G.B., K.J. Rothman, P. Cole, T. Mach, N.S. Weiss, and R.R. Monson. (2008). "Brian MacMahon, 1923-2007." Epidemiology, 19(2):357-357.

Onken, J.E., P.K. Greer, B. Calingaert, and L.P. Hale. (2008). "Bromelain treatment decreases secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines by colon biopsies in vitro." Clinical Immunology, 126(3):345-352.

Oral bromelain has been anecdotally reported to decrease inflammation in ulcerative colitis (UC). Proteolytically active bromelain is known to decrease expression of mRNAs encoding pro-inflammatory... Full Abstract »

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