55 results match your criteria: "Columbia University in New York[Affiliation]"

What role does wheat play in the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome?

Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y)

February 2013

Dr. Eswaran is a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Goel is a Resident Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University in New York, New York. Dr. Chey is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the GI Physiology Laboratory, Co-Director of the Michigan Bowel Control Program, and H. Marvin Pollard Institute Scholar, all at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the pathologic role of food in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Nevertheless, healthcare providers often avoid addressing diet with their patients because of a lack of training, guideline consensus, and high-quality data. Recent literature supports the existence of a subgroup of IBS patients with undiagnosed nonceliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), a term that is used to describe individuals who experience gastrointestinal and extraintestinal symptoms as a result of immunologic, morphologic, or symptomatic abnormalities that are precipitated by the ingestion of gluten.

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A dual-chamber system for screening cytotoxic effects of hybridoma-produced antibodies.

Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother

August 2013

Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University in New York City, New York 10032, USA.

There are many methods for evaluating the cytotoxic effect of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against cancer cells. Most of these methods require either purified MAbs or biological solutions (e.g.

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Objectives: We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a program to promote colorectal cancer screening (CRC) among uninsured Latinas receiving mammography through a cancer screening clinic in northern Manhattan.

Methods: Between August 2009 and March 2010, unscreened, average CRC risk, uninsured Latinas, aged 50-64 years, undergoing mammography received a screening recommendation, education, and fecal immunochemical test (FIT). Socio-demographic information and level of acculturation was collected.

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Objective: The authors aimed to determine if writing narratives in psychiatric training can foster empathy for severely and persistently mentally ill patients.

Methods: One resident wrote first-person narrative pieces about three different patients at a community mental health clinic. She reviewed these pieces with a writing supervisor weekly.

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At a glance: dermatology trends in managed care.

P T

June 2008

Dr. Scheinfeld is Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Columbia University in New York, New York. Mr. Jesitus is a medical writer based in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Sonnenreich is Executive Vice President of Kikaku America International in Washington, DC.

According to a 2007 report, most dermatologists predicted that biologic therapies would be used more frequently in the next year; did not follow formularies they considered too restrictive; and expressed concern about denials of paper claims and reimbursements for surgical procedures combined with office visits.

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Most immunization coalitions have originated with health care providers, potentially excluding families without medical homes. This study focused on a community-based approach to providing timely vaccinations. A coalition of 23 organizations developed an immunization program in a low-income community in New York City.

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The articles in this special issue are a significant contribution to the literature pertaining to racial socialization, which is defined as messages parents communicate about race and culture, how African Americans are perceived societally, and how to cope with discrimination due to their skin color. More specifically, these articles examine the relationship between racial socialization and parental mental health status, child socio-behavioral functioning, and the utilization of mental health and prevention services for both parent and child. Overall, the results of these articles indicate that various racial socialization practices do indeed influence key variables such as the child's behavioral functioning and decision-making, parental mental health status, and the receipt of prevention and mental health services.

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Racial socialization is receiving research attention because of growing evidence that it can be a protective developmental process in African American families. The present study was an exploration of the relationship of parental mental health, discipline effectiveness, monitoring and racial socialization strategies on child externalizing behaviors in a sample of 140 African American parent/caregivers. Findings indicated that certain types of racial socialization-particularly, spirituality and religious coping-in conjunction with discipline effectiveness was related to child behavior problems.

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This study examined the perceptions of community members' engaged in community-academia partnerships involved in developing nutrition interventions in three communities in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Perceptions on effectiveness of the partnerships were investigated. Six focus group interviews were conducted, with 33 participants that included 27 females and 6 males.

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[Anesthesia for patients with congenital heart disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery].

Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther

November 2007

College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

An increasing number of children who have undergone corrective surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adulthood every year. These survivors defy commonly used classification schemes for adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Due to lack of data, the risk-benefit assessment for undergoing non-cardiac interventions must be individualized.

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This study investigates the effect of Medicare Part D on the elderly's prescription drug use and out-of-pocket costs using a difference-in-differences research design. We estimate that Medicare Part D reduced user cost among the elderly by 18.4 percent, increased their use of prescription drugs by about 12.

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Privacy and public health surveillance: the enduring tension.

Virtual Mentor

December 2007

Associate professor in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences and assistant director for scholarly and academic affairs at the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University in New York City.

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The findings of health disparities research will have to be disseminated to a broad public in order to influence health outcomes. Some strategies for dissemination are obvious, and these generally work for ideas that are within the mainstream of current paradigms. However, ideas that challenge existing theories and assumptions may require different, and not-so-obvious, strategies.

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Rethinking the bystander role in school violence prevention.

Health Promot Pract

January 2006

Columbia Center for Youth Violence Prevention; Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University in New York, New York, USA.

Public concerns about school shootings and safety draw attention to the role bystanders can play in preventing school violence. Although school violence prevention plans are often required, there is little guidance about whether these should address the roles of bystanders and what actions bystanders should take in different circumstances, from more common instances of bullying and fighting to rare, but potentially lethal, threats and use of weapons. Literature pertaining to bystanders is reviewed and applied to the school setting.

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Purpose/objectives: To review studies that have assessed the effectiveness of selected nursing interventions used in hospitals to prevent healthcare-associated infections in neutropenic patients with cancer.

Data Sources: Literature review of low microbial diets, protective clothing and environments, personal hygiene, and oral care in English-language articles from PubMed; the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature; the National Guideline Clearinghouse, 1980-June 2003; and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Data Synthesis: Few studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of low microbial food and water and protective environments and clothing in reducing infections in neutropenic patients with cancer, and hospitals vary in these practices.

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Purpose/objectives: To determine the time frame for evaluation and treatment of adult patients with febrile neutropenia in the emergency department (ED).

Design: Prospective, descriptive survey.

Setting: ED in a large, urban, academic health center.

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High-quality panoramic radiographs: achieving the ideal.

Dent Today

December 2002

Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, at the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

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Are Religious Women More Likely to Have Breast Cancer Screening?

J Relig Health

January 2002

Peter Van News is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also a Lecturer in Chronic Disease Epidemiology teaching a course entitled "Religion, Health, and Society." Prior to coming to Yale Dr. Van Ness was a professor of the philosophy of religion at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University in New York City. Stanislav V. Kasl, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Division of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine. Beth A. Jones, M.P.H., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Division of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine.

The study objective was to investigate whether women who frequently attend religious services are more likely to have breast cancer screening-mammography and clinical breast examinations-than other women. Multivariate logistic regression models show that white women who attended religious services frequently had more than twice the odds of breast cancer screening than white women who attended less frequently (Odds Ratio (OR) = 2.61; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.

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