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J Psychosom Res
October 2024
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA. Electronic address:
Objective: Dealing with cancer evokes not only physical and emotional distress, but may also promote resilience through spirituality. Patients with cancer are vulnerable to neuroendocrine dysregulation. This longitudinal observational study examined the degree to which spirituality was associated with neuroendocrine biomarkers and the moderating role of Hispanic ethnicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
January 2025
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Objectives: Hispanic adults display a higher likelihood of early-stage cognitive decline than their White counterparts yet receive fewer clinical diagnoses. This troubling trend highlights the significance of longitudinal surveys like the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) in monitoring cognitive changes in aging Hispanics. Using NSHAP's Rounds 2 and 3, we observed notable cognitive score differences between English and Spanish speakers, as assessed by the survey-adapted version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-SA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStress
January 2022
Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Using a second language is a daily experience for many people today, among them many migrants. To determine whether speaking a second language induces a stronger cortisol or alpha-amylase (sAA) response than first language, we tested a Hispanic-American sample in two Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) conditions: First (Spanish) and second (German) language. Thirty-two participants (64.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Diabetes Complications
March 2018
Providence Medical Research Center, Providence Health Care; University of Washington; Nephrology Division, Kidney Research Institute.
Aims: To determine if serum levels of serum amyloid A (SAA) predict death and end-stage renal disease in a cohort of people with diabetic kidney disease.
Methods: In a longitudinal cohort study of 135 participants with type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease, serum samples were assayed for SAA. Censored time-to-event analyses in Cox-proportional hazard models were utilized to assess SAA as a predictor of the primary outcome of death and end-stage renal disease.
Medicine (Baltimore)
April 2016
From the Department of Medical and Population Health Sciences Research (MW-P, JMA), Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (JMA), Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL (MW-P), and College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (MKA, AMN, ESA-A, TMA, SAD, SAA).
Unlabelled: Melanoma is a treatable and preventable skin cancer. It is responsible for 75% of deaths among all skin cancers. Previous studies have found that race/ethnicity may play a role in survival among melanoma patients.
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