Qualitative Message Development to Motivate Quitting Smoking in Older Adults: Dementia May Motivate Quitting.

Compared to younger adults, older adults who smoke cigarettes are half as likely to make a quit attempt, but more likely to maintain abstinence using evidence-based smoking treatments (EBSTs), illustrating the need for motivational messages to promote cessation through EBSTs. It is unclear whether messaging regarding the association between smoking and dementia might motivate older adults to quit. We conducted 90-min semi-structured qualitative interviews and surveys via telephone with 24 U.

Modeling the Future of Prevention in Primary Mental Health Care: A Narrative Literature Review.

Introduction: Adults in the U.S. have had poor and worsening mental health for years.

The role of population-level preventive care for brain health in ageing.

Over the past several decades, a worldwide demographic transition has led to an increasing number of older adults with chronic neurological conditions. These conditions, which have a profound effect on the cognitive function and physical ability of older adults, also have a long preclinical phase. This feature provides a unique opportunity to implement preventive measures for high-risk groups and the population as a whole, and therefore to reduce the burden of neurological diseases.

Incidental Findings in Radiographic Imaging for Inpatients with Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Background: Incidental findings on radiographic diagnostic imaging are a growing concern in the medical field. Little is known about the incidence and spectrum of incidental findings uncovered during stroke evaluations.

Methods And Results: A random sample of 200 acute ischemic stroke admissions at an academic medical center was reviewed to better understand the incidence and spectrum of incidental findings on radiographic imaging studies obtained for a stroke evaluation.

Interfacility transfers for US ischemic stroke and TIA, 2006-2014.

Objective: To investigate changes in emergency department (ED) transfers for ischemic stroke (IS) and TIA.

Methods: We performed a retrospective observational study using the US Nationwide Emergency Department Sample to identify changes in interfacility ED transfers for IS and TIA from the perspective of the transferring ED (2006-2014). We calculated nationwide transfer rates and individual ED transfer rates for IS/TIA by diagnosis and hospital characteristics.

Teaching the anatomy of oncology: evaluating the impact of a dedicated oncoanatomy course.

Purpose: Anatomic considerations are often critical in multidisciplinary cancer care. We developed an anatomy-focused educational program for radiation oncology residents integrating cadaver dissection into the didactic review of diagnostic, surgical, radiologic, and treatment planning, and herein assess its efficacy.

Methods And Materials: Monthly, anatomic-site based educational modules were designed and implemented during the 2008-2009 academic year at Duke University Medical Center.

Triplet state spectra and dynamics of peridinin analogs having different extents of pi-electron conjugation.

The Peridinin-Chlorophyll a-Protein (PCP) complex has both an exceptionally efficient light-harvesting ability and a highly effective protective capacity against photodynamic reactions involving singlet oxygen. These functions can be attributed to presence of a substantial amount of the highly-substituted and complex carotenoid, peridinin, in the protein and the facts that the low-lying singlet states of peridinin are higher in energy than those of chlorophyll (Chl) a, but the lowest-lying triplet state of peridinin is below that of Chl a. Thus, singlet energy can be transferred from peridinin to Chl a, but the Chl a triplet state is quenched before it can sensitize the formation of singlet oxygen.

An interactive method for teaching anatomy of the human eye for medical students in ophthalmology clinical rotations.

Much research has shown the benefits of additional anatomical learning and dissection beyond the first year of medical school human gross anatomy, all the way through postgraduate medical training. We have developed an interactive method for teaching eye and orbit anatomy to medical students in their ophthalmology rotation at Duke University School of Medicine. We provide review lectures on the detailed anatomy of the adult human eye and orbit as well as the developmental anatomy of the eye.