Application of a mind-body tool in a rural population to improve post-operative outcomes in women with breast cancer: A pilot study.

Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in the United States. While improvements in treatment have improved mortality, they can negatively impact quality of life (QOL). Mindfulness-based programs are low-cost interventions shown to improve QOL.

Combined Modality Treatment With Brentuximab Vedotin and Radiation Therapy for Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report.

Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL) is a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Current frontline treatments for pcALCL include surgical resection, anthracycline-based chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy (RT) depending on disease severity. While brentuximab vedotin (BV) has been used for refractory/relapsed cases, it recently received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for use in combination with chemotherapy for peripheral T-cell lymphomas.

Assessing Mental Health Concerns of Spanish-Speaking Dairy Farm Workers.

: Hispanic dairy farm workers have risk factors for mental health concerns. There is insufficient study of their mental health needs.: We conducted focus groups at five farms.

Collection of pregnancy outcome records following infertility-challenges and possible solutions.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to report challenges encountered when conducting inter-institutional data collection of obstetric (prenatal and postpartum) and delivery outcomes for research purposes and to propose solutions for enhanced efficiency.

Methods: Data were collected from women who consented to collection of obstetric and delivery records for an observational study of pregnancy and delivery outcomes following infertility treatment. We analyzed key issues relevant to improving efficiency of obstetric and delivery data collection via quantification of effort (such as number of calls and faxes) required to obtain records from different types of obstetric clinics and hospitals before and after utilization of a revised authorization.

Symptom dimensions and functional impairment in early psychosis: more to the story than just negative symptoms.

Functional impairment is a defining feature of psychotic disorders and usually appears well before their onset. Negative symptoms play a prominent role in the impaired functioning of individuals with schizophrenia and those at clinical-high-risk (CHR) for psychosis. Despite high rates of depression and anxiety in early psychosis, few studies have examined the contribution of these symptoms to functioning in the putative 'prodrome.