EACH Person's Right: The Importance of Federal Abortion Care Funding to Health Care Reform.

The United States has a long and controversial history with abortion that did not end with Roe v. Wade. Almost immediately thereafter, anti-choice politicians commenced a decades-long effort to restrict access to abortion, recently culminating in the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe.

The Use of Echocardiograms in Preparticipation Examinations.

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of death during exercise in young athletes. Preparticipation physical examinations were developed to maintain the health and safety of athletes, including the prompt identification of those at risk for SCD. The use of medical history and physical examinations, electrocardiography, and echocardiography, or some combination thereof, is the source of continued debate.

Using benchmarking techniques and the 2011 maternity practices infant nutrition and care (mPINC) survey to improve performance among peer groups across the United States.

Background: A substantial proportion of US maternity care facilities engage in practices that are not evidence-based and that interfere with breastfeeding. The CDC Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) showed significant variation in maternity practices among US states.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to use benchmarking techniques to identify states within relevant peer groups that were top performers on mPINC survey indicators related to breastfeeding support.

ActiGraph™ activity monitors: "the firmware effect".

Purpose: The objective of this study is to examine the effect of different firmware versions on ActiGraph™ counts from the laboratory, field, and mechanical shaker testing.

Methods: Counts from 5 GT3X and 7 GT1M firmware versions were compared in this study. Monitors uploaded with these firmware versions were worn on the hip by 15 participants (age = 24.

"I know your pain": proximal and distal predictors of pain detection accuracy.

The aim of this research was to examine predictors of pain detection accuracy. In Study 1 (n = 160, undergraduates), the predictors were distal factors (empathy, emotion recognition, family history, and past experiences with pain), and in Study 2 (n = 104, undergraduates), the predictor was a proximal factor (an experimentally induced experience of pain). Results showed that having past and an immediate experience with pain as well as being more empathic were associated with higher pain detection accuracy scores.

Pharmacists as an underutilized resource for improving community-level support of breastfeeding.

With their highly visible roles in the community, frequent interactions with soon-to-be and new parents, and knowledge of medication safety, pharmacists can be a key component in breastfeeding promotion and support. A review of the literature showed that pharmacists have poor knowledge but positive attitudes toward breastfeeding and that pharmacy practices are variable and mostly guided by personal experience. A review of 58 health professional organizations' English-language infant feeding/breastfeeding policy statements showed that no US pharmacists' association has a position statement, as exists for professional pharmacist organizations in Canada and Australia.