Social connectedness and sleep in Blackfeet American Indian adults.

Objectives: A growing body of work documents a link between indices of social connectedness and sleep health. Sleep is implicated in the chronic health conditions which disproportionately affect American Indian adults, however the relationship between social connectedness and sleep health is largely understudied in this population. The current project investigates relationships between multiple indices of social connectedness and sleep health in a sample of American Indian adults.

Practical Overview of I-Ioflupane Imaging in Parkinsonian Syndromes.

Parkinsonian syndromes are a heterogeneous group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders involving the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway and are characterized by a wide spectrum of motor and nonmotor symptoms. These syndromes are quite common and can profoundly impact the lives of patients and their families. In addition to classic Parkinson disease, parkinsonian syndromes include multiple additional disorders known collectively as Parkinson-plus syndromes or atypical parkinsonism.

Negative health impact of tourists through pandemic: hospitality sector perspective.

Although the impact of tourism development on residents has received a lot of attention in the literature, the health impact of tourism has not been sufficiently addressed. Due to outbreaks of COVID-19, the importance of recognition of the negative health impact of tourism is relevant. Thus, the present study aims to identify the health impact of tourism through COVID-19 outbreaks considering residents' perspectives.

Decision-Making for HIV AIDS Prevention: Altruism and the Moral Norm.

The purpose of this enquiry was to understand how gay men form and maintain their attitudes toward HIV transmission preventative behaviors. Autobiographical life histories of sixteen gay men showed that once they acquired knowledge of preventative behavior they consistently adhered to that behavior. They adhered because of fear of HIV infection and because they held a moral norm that obligated them to behave altruistically (Schwartz, 1977) to protect not only themselves, but also their sex partners, loved ones, and their positive self-evaluation.

Emotion Regulation Strategies Relate to Ambulatory Cardiovascular Activity in an American Indian Community.

Objective: Poor emotion regulation is associated with risk for cardiovascular disease. However, much of this research is conducted in primarily White samples, thus limiting our understanding of this relationship in other racial/ethnic groups. American Indians (AIs) are uniquely and disproportionately at risk for cardiovascular disease.

COVID-19 and food insecurity in the Blackfeet Tribal Community.

To examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity in the Blackfeet American Indian Tribal Community. American Indian adults residing on the Blackfeet reservation in Northwest Montana (n = 167) participated in a longitudinal survey across 4 months during the COVID-19 pandemic (August 24, 2020- November 30, 2020). Participants reported on demographics and food insecurity.

Historical loss: Implications for physical activity levels in American Indian adults.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between daily thoughts about historical loss and daily levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in American Indian (AI) adults residing on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana.

Methods: The study was designed and conducted using a community-based participatory research framework and ecological momentary assessment. Over a period of 1 week, 100 AI adults (mean age = 42.

Covid-19 and changes in sleep health in the Blackfeet Community.

We examined changes in psychological outcomes related to the COVID-19 pandemic (ie psychological stress, perceived control, and perceived ability to cope) and changes in sleep health in the American Indian Blackfeet community over 4 months (August 24, 2020-November 30, 2020). American Indian adults residing on the Blackfeet reservation (n = 167) completed measures of perceived control over contracting COVID-19, perceived ability to cope with pandemic stressors, psychological stress linked to the pandemic, and a measure of sleep health each month. Linear-effects mixed models were used to examine changes in our outcomes.

Loneliness and sleep in the American Indian Blackfeet community.

Background: Sleep is largely understudied in American Indians (AIs), even though sleep is implicated in the chronic diseases which disproportionately affect AI communities.

Objective: To investigate relationships between daily self-reported loneliness and sleep as measured with actigraphy.

Methods: In a sample of 98 Blackfeet adults living on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana, we used Ecological Momentary Assessment and actigraphy over a week-long period to investigate relationships between loneliness and sleep.

Historical Loss: Implications for Health of American Indians in the Blackfeet Community.

Background: Historical loss in American Indians (AIs) is believed to contribute to high incidence of mental health disorders, yet less is known about the associations between historical loss and physical health.

Purpose: To investigate whether frequency of thought about historical loss predicts risk factors for chronic physical health conditions in an AI community.

Methods: Using Community Based Participatory research (CBPR) and Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), we measured frequency of thoughts about historical loss in 100 AI adults residing on the Blackfeet reservation.

Technetium-99m pyrophosphate cardiac SPECT in endomyocardial biopsy negative cardiac amyloidosis.

Cardiac amyloidosis is an under-appreciated cause of heart failure. Establishing a diagnosis is important because traditional heart failure treatment regimens can worsen left ventricular failure in this disease. Endomyocardial biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis; however, scintigraphy with radiolabeled phosphate derivatives and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging have been shown to have high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis.

Mental health message appeals and audience engagement: Evidence from Australia.

Social media platforms are increasingly used to disseminate social marketing messages about mental health and wellbeing. This study presents a range of message appeals used in social media enabled mental health promotion and stigma reduction messages. Furthermore, it examines the relationship between the type of message appeals and audience engagement.

Intense 18F-FDG uptake in an organizing right atrial thrombus mimicking malignancy.

We present a case of an intensely hypermetabolic intracavitary cardiac mass, standardized uptake values max 44.4, that was pathologically proved to be organizing and organized thrombus, negative for tumor. Our patient had previous right atrial mass resection 2 years prior that was pathologically described as either thrombus or infarcted atrial myxoma.

Indium-111 labeled leukocyte accumulation in extremity soft tissue sarcoma.

Nuclear medicine labeled leukocyte whole-body scintigraphy is commonly used to identify a source of infection in a patient with fever of unknown origin. White blood cells can also localize to other sites of inflammation, including sometimes tumors. A patient with a large myxofibrosarcoma in his left forearm was scanned due to chronic low-grade fever and persistent leukocytosis.

Delayed small bowel perforation following blunt abdominal trauma: A case report and review of the literature.

We report a case of delayed presentation of a small bowel perforation following blunt abdominal trauma (BAT). An initial computed tomography (CT) scan revealed that the patient (a 32-year-old man) had a mesenteric hematoma, which was managed conservatively. Four weeks later, he returned to the hospital complaining of abdominal pain.

What we know about management of traumatic abdominal wall hernia: review of the literature and case report.

Traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) is an uncommon form of hernia caused by blunt traumatic disruption of the abdominal wall musculature/fascia and abdominal organ herniation. Diagnosis of TAWH is challenging and requires a high level of suspicion. This form of hernia seems to be underrepresented in the English-language medical literature.

Frequency and clinical relevance of PET/CT incidentalomas.

Rationale And Objectives: To assess the frequency of clinically significant incidental CT findings on PET/CT.

Materials And Methods: Reports of 345 cases of baseline standard skull base to thighs PET/CT exams done over the course of a 6 month period at an outpatient facility affiliated with a large tertiary care level 1 trauma medical center were retrospectively reviewed. Incidental CT findings were assigned a level of clinical significance on a scale of 1-5, from doubtful significance to very significant.

Peripancreatic soft tissue involvement: independent outcome predictor in patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

The impact of cancer involving the peripancreatic soft tissue (PST), irrespective of margin status, following a resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is not known. The purpose of this study is to determine such an impact on a cohort of patients. Data from 274 patients who underwent pancreatic surgery by our team between 1998 and 2012 was reviewed.

Effectiveness of Choice Theory Connections: a cross-sectional and comparative analysis of California female inmates.

In the past 30 years, the rates of incarceration and recidivism for women in the United States have increased dramatically. Choice Theory® Connections (CTC) is a gender-tailored pre-release intervention program based on Choice Theory® (Glasser, 1999), and designed to achieve meaningful and sustainable cognitive and behavioral change. This evaluation examines CTC among 96 female participants in a California state prison enrolled in an introductory (n = 58) or advanced (n = 38) course.

Focal hepatic uptake along the falciform: False positive for malignancy on 18F-FDG-PET in a lymphoma patient with superior vena cava obstruction.

We present a case of focal increased intrahepatic radiotracer activity on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in a patient with lymphoma and superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction, a false positive for malignancy. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) demonstrated an enhancing region of geographic focal hypoattenuation in the liver along the falciform, corresponding to the region of increased radiotracer activity on FDG-PET, with marked narrowing of the superior vena cava and resultant collateral venous pathways to the portal vein via paraumbilical veins. CT followup demonstrated stability of the hepatic abnormality, and no lesion was evident on ultrasound, suggesting that the finding on PET-CT represented a false positive for malignancy in this patient with known SVC obstruction.

Delayed traumatic lung herniation.

There are very few lung herniation cases described in literature. We present a case of a delayed lung herniation. In our case, the initial imaging was negative but patient developed a herniated lung during his hospital stay.

Unusual late occurrence of bowel obstruction following blunt abdominal trauma.

We report a case of late occurrence of small bowel obstruction due to stricture resulting from blunt abdominal trauma. On initial computed tomography (CT) scan, the patient had a mesenteric hematoma, which was managed conservatively. Approximately two weeks later, he complained of worsening abdominal pain and developed clinical signs of bowel obstruction.