Mobile Phone Multilevel and Multimedia Messaging Intervention for Breast Cancer Screening: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Despite the increasing breast cancer incidence and mortality rates, Korean American immigrant women have one of the lowest rates of breast cancer screening across racial groups in the United States. Mobile health (mHealth), defined as the delivery of health care information or services through mobile communication devices, has been utilized to successfully improve a variety of health outcomes.

Objective: This study adapted the principles of mHealth to advance breast cancer prevention efforts among Korean American immigrant women, an underserved community.

Breast Cancer Screening Disparity among Korean American Immigrant Women in Midwest.

Purpose: Using three breast cancer screening methods such as mammogram, Clinical Breast Examination (CBE), and Breast Self-Examination (BSE), this study investigated breast cancer screening rates and its associated factors in Korean American immigrant women. Method: Cross-sectional data were obtained from 168 Korean immigrant women aged 40 and older in Midwest. The Andersen’s Behavioral Model (1995) theoretically guided this study and logistic regression was used to examine factors associated with screening receipt and performance.

Quantitative determination of amisulpride in rat plasma by HPLC-MS/MS.

Amisulpride, a selective antagonist of D2 and D3 dopamine receptors, is used as an antipsychotic drug. In this study, we reported a sensitive LC-MS/MS method for determining amisulpride concentrations in rat plasma, and a preclinical pharmacokinetic study in the rat. After a simple protein precipitation with acetonitrile containing methaqualone as an internal standard, the analytes were separated on a reversed-phase column with a mobile phase of 0.