Publications by authors named "R J Buchanan"
Background: (1)Due to the mental health crisis that has spiraled since the onset of COVID-19, particularly among the nation's youth, the purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a novel, school-based mental health intervention for high school students (ages 15-17 years). This project's main aim was to determine which intervention modality was more effective with students across two school districts with varying degrees of rurality (in-person delivery vs. remote delivery).
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- A study investigated how metabolic syndrome (MetS) traits and liver fibrosis affect the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in individuals with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
- Data from over 234,000 participants were analyzed, revealing that a significant portion had MASLD and MetS; certain traits like hypertension and type 2 diabetes increased CKD risk, especially when combined with advanced liver fibrosis.
- The findings suggest that the presence and number of MetS traits, along with liver fibrosis, significantly raise the risk of CKD and the likelihood of developing ESRD over time.
Understanding the ecology of pathogens is important for disease management. Recently a devastating canker disease was found on red alder () planted as landscape trees. Bacteria were isolated from two groups of symptomatic trees located approximately 1 kilometer apart and one strain from each group was used to complete Koch's postulates.
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