Publications by authors named "M W Burns"
Although cognitions have predicted COVID-19 protective behaviors in cancer populations, theory suggests that emotions may be more predictive of these behaviors. This study examined Health Belief Model (HBM) variables as correlates of COVID-19 protective behaviors in lung cancer patients and whether worry about COVID-19 was associated with these behaviors beyond the effects of HBM variables. From 2021 to 2022, 191 patients (62.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraumatic brain injury (TBI) has long been a leading cause of death and disability, yet research has failed to successfully translate findings from the pre-clinical, animal setting into the clinic. One factor that contributes significantly to this struggle is the heterogeneity observed in the clinical setting where patients present with injuries of varying types, severities, and comorbidities. Modeling this highly varied population in the laboratory remains challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffective team science requires procedural harmonization for rigor and reproducibility. Multicenter studies across experimental modalities (domains) can help accelerate translation. The Translational Outcomes Project in NeuroTrauma (TOP-NT) is a pre-clinical traumatic brain injury (TBI) consortium charged with establishing and validating noninvasive TBI assessment tools through team science.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is closely associated with the host microbiome. While recent evidence suggests that shifts in specific bacterial taxa are associated with response to UV-B, a form of non-ionizing radiation, the impact of ionizing radiation (IR) has not been investigated.
Methods: 16S rRNA and gene amplicon sequencing were performed on DNA extracted from swabs of lesional/non-lesional skin of 12 CTCL patients before/after TSEBT or local IR and from 25 matched healthy controls (HC).
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- The study aimed to identify risk factors for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) by interviewing mothers of first-grade children, both with FASD diagnoses and controls.
- Results revealed significant differences in alcohol consumption patterns between mothers of children with FASD and control mothers, with those with FASD generally consuming more alcohol before and during pregnancy.
- The analysis highlighted maternal factors such as alcohol intake, liver issues, depression, and late prenatal care as key risk indicators for FASD, with less influence from paternal alcohol consumption once maternal drinking was accounted for.