"Bad Enough to Cook for Two, Worse for One" - Mixed Method Evaluation of Eating Behavior among Community Dwelling Older Adults.

Food insecurity, life events, and emotional eating can influence dietary patterns. However, their interaction among older adults requires further investigation. This mixed-method, interdisciplinary project included 7 focus groups and a cross-sectional survey ( = 55) to evaluate these factors among older adults (60-102 years of age) living in rural Ohio communities.

State legislators' support for evidence-based obesity reduction policies.

Objective: This study aimed to gauge state legislators' level of support for evidence-based obesity reduction policies.

Methods: A list of 17 potential obesity reduction measures was sent via a valid and reliable survey questionnaire to a random sample of 800 state legislators from all 50 United States in 2011. Legislators were asked to rate their support for each measure on a three-point Likert-type scale.

Midwestern rural adolescents' oral sex experience.

Background: This study examined the prevalence of oral sexual activity in rural Midwestern adolescents. We also examined the correlates of a series of risk behaviors with oral sexual activity.

Methods: A questionnaire based on the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System was distributed to 2121 rural middle and high school students in grades 6-12 across 5 rural counties in a Midwestern state.

Association between Breus' mole and partial hydatidiform mole: chance or can hydropic villi precipitate placental massive subchorionic thrombosis?

Breus' mole (massive subchorionic hematoma) is a rare entity most often found in the placentae of macerated stillborn fetuses. Previously considered to represent a postmortem event, recent evidence suggests that it occurs prior to fetal demise. A 23-week gestation male neonate was delivered of a 23-year-old gravida 3, para 2 woman and survived for 49 min.