Gingivosupraperiosteoplasty following Presurgical Maxillary Orthopedics Is Associated with Normal Midface Growth in Complete Unilateral and Bilateral Cleft Patients at Mixed Dentition.

Background: Passive orthodontic appliances and gingivosupraperiosteoplasty are adjuncts that can be used by surgeons at the time of primary cleft lip repair. These treatments, along with the surgical technique of cleft lip and palate repair, may impact midface growth. The objective of this study was to describe the authors' protocol for unilateral and bilateral cleft lip repair and to evaluate midfacial growth in a cohort of patients at mixed dentition who had undergone presurgical passive orthodontic appliance therapy and gingivosupraperiosteoplasty at the time of unilateral and bilateral cleft lip repair.

Using personal monitoring data to derive organ doses for medical radiation workers in the Million Person Study-considerations regarding NCRP Commentary no. 30.

The study of low dose and low-dose rate exposure is of central importance in understanding the possible range of health effects from prolonged exposures to radiation. The One Million Person Study of Radiation Workers and Veterans (MPS) of low-dose health effects was designed to evaluate radiation risks among healthy American workers and veterans. The MPS is evaluating low-dose and dose-rate effects, intakes of radioactive elements, cancer and non-cancer outcomes, as well as differences in risks between women and men.

Dosimetry for the study of medical radiation workers with a focus on the mean absorbed dose to the lung, brain and other organs.

Background: The reconstruction of lifetime radiation doses for medical workers presents special challenges not commonly encountered for the other worker cohorts comprising the Million Worker Study.

Methods: The selection of approximately 175,000 medical radiation workers relies on using estimates of lifetime and annual personal monitoring results collected since 1977. Approaches have been created to adjust the monitoring results so that mean organ absorbed doses can be estimated.

Possible Legal Barriers for PCP Access to Mental Health Treatment Records.

Provider and payer groups have endorsed the goal of improving the integration of primary care and behavioral health across a variety of programs and settings. There is an interest in sharing patients' medical information, a goal that is permissible within HIPAA, but there are concerns about more restrictive state medical privacy laws. This article assesses whether a substantial number of state medical privacy laws are, or could be interpreted to be, more restrictive than HIPAA.