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Natl J Maxillofac Surg
November 2024
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Career Dental College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Introduction: Teachers play a crucial role in influencing the attitudes and behaviors of their students. Their knowledge, attitude, and practice towards tobacco use, have a direct impact on strict implementation of School Tobacco Control Policies. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the teacher's training program, for tobacco control measures in schools of Lucknow.
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January 2025
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Importance: Nearly all Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer dental, vision, and hearing benefits not covered by traditional Medicare (TM). However, little is known about MA enrollees' use of those benefits or how much they cost MA insurers or enrollees.
Objective: To estimate use, out-of-pocket (OOP) spending, and insurer payments for dental, hearing, and vision services among Medicare beneficiaries.
JAMA Health Forum
January 2025
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Importance: Dual-eligible older adults rely on Medicaid to pay for Medicare premiums and cost sharing in addition to supplemental services including dental and long-term care. However, the unique experiences of dual-eligible older adults with Medicaid unwinding remain unknown.
Objective: To assess the awareness and experiences of dual-eligible older adults with Medicaid redetermination.
J Family Med Prim Care
December 2024
Dr. G.D. Pol 13Foundation, Y.M.T Dental College and Hospital, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The article presents the LGBTQIA + inclusivity analysis of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021, which aims to provide safe abortion services across India. The analysis reports the use of cisgender-heteronormative language, instead of gender-neutral terms and pronouns in the legislation. Sexual assault/rape as an eligibility criterion for permitting abortion under this act does not apply to non-binary, trans- and queer individuals due to non-inclusivity in Rape Laws (Indian Penal Code 375 and 376).
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January 2025
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Background: Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) declines and pain responses can occur during radium-223 (Ra) treatment, but their association with treatment outcomes is unclear.
Methods: For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with Ra in the REASSURE study, we investigated whether ALP decline (Week 12) and/or pain response (during treatment) are associated with improved overall survival (OS). The Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) was used to assess pain at baseline and pain response (in patients with baseline BPI-SF score ≥2).
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