A comprehensive school health program should not be limited to improving the health of children enrolled in school. Boards of education should consider protecting and improving the health of its employees. This article describes a 12-step approach to setting up a health education/promotion program for school employees.
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Gerontologist
January 2025
Department of Health & Community Systems, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Background And Objectives: People living with dementia experience progressive functional decline and increased dependence on caregivers. This study examined the influence of caregivers' dementia health literacy on perceptions of medical care preferences and advanced care planning (ACP) in people living with dementia.
Research Design And Methods: This analysis used data from a cross-sectional survey, "Care Planning for Individuals with Dementia", administered nationwide by Alzheimer's Disease Centers.
J Nephrol
January 2025
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: Climate change poses a significant risk to kidney health, and countries with lower national wealth are more vulnerable. Yet, citizens from lower-income countries demonstrate less concern for climate change than those from higher-income countries. Education is a key covariate.
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January 2025
Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education of China, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, Zhejiang, China.
Purpose: Growing evidence suggests that the tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 is pivotal for tumor progression. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most lethal subtype of breast cancer, characterized by its high recurrence rate, aggressive metastasis, and resistance to chemotherapy. Understanding the mechanisms of tumorigenesis and the underlying molecular pathways in TNBC could aid in identifying new therapeutic targets.
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January 2025
Tonya C. George, PhD, MSHS, MSPH, PA-C, DFAAP, is a assistant professor, Doctor of Medical Science Program, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia.
Neurodiversity, encompassing conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia, represents a significant and often under-recognized segment of the population, including within science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine fields like medicine. Neurodiverse individuals possess unique skills, including enhanced creativity, analytical thinking, and meticulous attention to detail, which are valuable in health care professions. However, failure to recognize and support these individuals can result in missed opportunities, social isolation, and mental health challenges.
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January 2025
Hacettepe University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Background: Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma incidence is increasing, especially among women under 60, largely attributed to human papillomavirus infections. Precursor pre-invasive vulvar lesions are frequently underdiagnosed. Routine vulvar inspection during cervical cancer screening could offer an opportunity for the detection of these lesions.
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