'Mama Don't Preach': Young Adults' Perceptions of Maternal Messages about Underage Drinking.

College students commonly report that their parents provide advice about how to drink safely; however, there is very little research exploring the content of parent-child harm-reduction conversations. The present study explores the types of advice mothers provide underage college students about drinking. A random sample of college students (ages 18 to 20) completed an online survey about their alcohol use and conversations they had with their mother about alcohol.

The effectiveness of risk mitigation interventions in divers with persistent (patent) foramen ovale.

Introduction: Persistent (patent) foramen ovale (PFO) is a recognized risk for decompression sickness (DCS) in divers, which may be mitigated by conservative diving or by PFO closure. Our study aimed to compare the effectiveness of these two risk mitigation interventions.

Methods: This was a prospective study on divers who tested positive for PFO or an atrial septal defect (ASD) and either decided to continue diving without closure ('conservative group'), or to close their PFO/ASD and continue diving ('closure group').

Clinical outcomes of percutaneous mitral valve repair with MitraClip for the management of functional mitral regurgitation.

Objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous mitral valve repair for the management of functional mitral insufficiency.

Background: Severe FMR is present in 25-30% of patients with heart failure and is an independent predictor of mortality and hospitalizations in patients with both ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy. MitraClip therapy has been approved for high surgical risk patients with primary mitral regurgitation.

Brief Video-Module Administered Mindfulness Program for Physicians: A Pilot Study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a video-module-based mindfulness pilot program intended to reduce stress, improve well-being, and develop mindfulness skills in physicians in a community hospital setting. Preliminary findings are presented.

Materials And Methods: Using a single-sample, pre-post study design, we administered an eight-week mindfulness training offered as part of a wellness initiative for medical staff in a suburban community hospital.

Do Actions Speak Louder Than Words?: Adolescent Interpretations of Parental Substance Use.

Parents are powerful socialization agents for children and as children reach adolescence parental role models, among other sources of influence, become particularly salient in adolescents' decision-making regarding initiation of substance use. Open parent-adolescent communication about substances is associated with less substance use by adolescents; however, it is unclear how youth interpret anti-drug use messages from their parents, especially if the parents engage in legal and/or illicit substance use themselves. Framed by social learning theory and social constructionism, this study analyzed in-depth interviews with 108 adolescents about personal experiences with substance use, family communication about substance use, and adolescent interpretations of parental use.