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What's the most effective way to screen patients with a family history of colon cancer?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2010)
The best approach hinges on the number, degree, and age of relatives diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) or adenomatous polyps (AP). Screening should begin at 40 years of age for patients with a family history of CRC or AP in at least 1 first...
Steroids for acute COPD - but for how long?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2014)
Prescribe a 5-day regimen of glucocorticoid therapy for acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations; the shorter course of treatment appears to be as effective as a 14-day regimen.
PSA testing: When it's useful, when it's not
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
Do not routinely screen all men over the age of 50 for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. Consider screening men younger than 75 with no cardiovascular or cancer risk factors -- the only patient ...
Care for life? : The failing system of nursing home care in the United States
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2014)
The phrase "respect your elders" is ingrained in most minds at a young age. This phrase, however, has been lost somewhere. A lack of respect for the elderly is especially present in the quality of health care they receive. ...
Exercise induced asthma
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of exercise induced asthma.
Do market returns influence risk tolerance? : Evidence from panel data
(2011)
This study used the 1992-2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to investigate changes in risk tolerance levels over time in response to stock market returns. Findings indicate that risk tolerance tends to increase when market returns...
Source of information and projected household investment portfolio performance
(2016)
Using modern information economics as the conceptual framework and data from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, this study adopts a decomposition technique to explore the relationship between the primary information ...
Case Report : Uncommon presentation of pernicious anemia, hypothyroidism, and pericardial effusion
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2015-01)
Introduction: Pernicious anemia is not commonly investigated as an etiology for Vitamin B12 deficiency. However, it is associated with other autoimmune disorders and may be linked with H. pylori infections as well as an ...
An exploratory study of Chinese Americans' debt holding
(2011)
Postprint. Research concerning the financial well-being of Chinese American households is extremely limited. This article examines factors that affect the probability that Chinese American households will hold debt. Analysis ...
Correlates of credit card adoption in urban China
(2012)
Analysis of data from the 2008 Survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education indicated that 30.0 % of the sample households held at least one credit card. Significant factors associated with the probability ...
Factors Affecting Italian Consumer Attitudes Toward Functional Foods
(AgBioForum, 2011)
Healthier food products have entered the global markets with force in the past few years and have rapidly gained market shares. The food industry has reacted to this trend by developing a growing variety of new products ...
Self-perceived age and attitudes toward marketing of older consumers in China
(2010)
Understanding consumer psychological characteristics and their impact on consumer behavior is an important foundation for business marketing strategies. Self-perceived age has a great impact on older consumers' behavior. ...
Economic Benefits of Genetically-modified Herbicide-tolerant Canola for Producers
(AgBioForum, 2011)
Genetically-modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) canola was introduced in Western Canada in 1995. In 2007, a producer survey elicited answers to 80 questions regarding their experiences, including production practices, tillage and herbicide use...
Changes in farms' environmental sustainability in Poland -- progress, or regress?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
that there is still a need to support farms in order to stimulate their environmental organization and desirable agricultural practice implementation....
The socio-economic impacts of GM cotton in Burkina Faso : does farm structure affect how benefits are distributed?
(University of Missouri, 2016)
This article documents the impact of GM cotton in Burkina Faso on input use and productivity. Six years of farm survey data found that GM cotton used two-thirds less insecticide and produced higher yields than conventional ...
Herbicide resistance : economic and environmental challenges
(University of Missouri, 2016)
This article presents comparative perspectives from Australia, the European Union, and the United States from a plenary session, "Herbicide resistance: Challenges for Farmers and Implications for the Environment" at the ...
Determinants of defined contribution plan deferral
(2013)
The purpose of this study was to examine the trend of Defined Contribution (DC) plan deferral before and after the Great Recession. The investment principle of "buying when prices are low" suggests that DC plan deferral ...
A new approach to the classification of Gaelic song
(2018-03)
"A good deal of water has flowed under the bridge since James Ross published “A
Classification of Gaelic Folk-Song” in 1957.1 Ross’s study was typical of a time when scholars
favored a clinical and taxonomical approach to ...
A structural equation model of cooperative member satisfaction and long-term commitment
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2019)
The organizational growth of farmer cooperatives is tied to increased heterogeneity in member attitudes and perceptions. To inform possible solutions, a better understanding of the complex interrelationships of member ...