Underage drinking presents a serious public health problem in the United States with 10.7 million youth ages 12-20 reporting consumption of alcohol. Twenty-eight percent of youth ages 12-20 report using alcohol within the past 30 days. Additionally...

Graphic presentation of data and facts related to funding Missouri's highways. Data representations include tables and charts.

Stress radionuclide testing is a moderately accurate test compared with coronary angiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) in intermediate-risk individuals. Variations in technique of imaging (planar ...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 dramatically altered the social safety net. The federal legislation ended cash assistance as an entitlement program, shifted the ...

The near term outlook for fertilizer and diesel prices would tend to support modest increases in costs from last year in addition to the potential for added volatility in the market. Analyzing these potential impacts on ...

This OSEDA presentation discusses the Hispanic population in the St. Louis Metro, including household size, analysis of age and change in population.

There is insufficient evidence to advocate the routine use of folate supplementation for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). High levels of serum homocysteine have been associated in several studies with an ...

This report presents a summary of ten-year baseline projections for Missouri agricultural markets....

should help Missouri wheat growers select varieties best suited to their particular area and growing conditions. This report summarizes soft red winter wheat variety trials conducted throughout Missouri during the 2003-04 cropping season. No hard red...

hogs purchased by packers between midnight and midnight. These reports cover about 90% of the federally inspected hog slaughter. This analysis summarizes reports for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005....

Patients who receive inhaled beta-agonists for cough due to acute upper respiratory infections (URI) are just as likely to report a productive cough at 7 days compared with patients treated with placebo (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential impacts on power plants of minimum water releases from Gavins Point to the Missouri River as presented in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' (Corps) Master Manual ...

injections are not recommended (SOR: C, case reports and expert opinion)....

This report presents a summary of ten-year baseline projections for U.S. agricultural markets providing information about the outlook for agricultural markets, farm program spending, farm income, and a variety of other indicators...

When herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 lesions are in the papule or vesicle stage, there is no benefit to starting oral acyclovir (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, based on expert opinion). However, topical acyclovir ...

Methylphenidate (Ritalin) is effective in the shortterm treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, multiple randomized control trials). Though the immediate-release ...

Evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) in children with anatomic abnormalities. Guidelines acknowledge this lack of evidence, but ...

The USDA Mandatory Price Reporting System's price data reports started in 2001 as part of the Livestock Reporting Act of 1999. This analysis summarizes reports for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

No individual or combination of blood tests can reliably diagnose pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)(strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, metaanalysis). The combination of white blood cell count, C-reactive protein (CRP), ...

Gastric bypass results in weight loss of approximately 33% at 2 years and 25% at 8 years (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on a cohort study). Gastric bypass is one type of bariatric surgery, which also includes ...