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Consider melatonin for migraine prevention
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2017)
An effective migraine prevention alternative with minimal adverse effects Melatonin is an accessible and affordable option for preventing migraine headaches in chronic sufferers.
Rethinking daily aspirin for primary prevention
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2020)
An updated meta-analysis of newer RCTs seems to settle the matter as to whether to use aspirin in individuals with no known history of atherosclerotic CVD. PRACTICE CHANGER: Do not routinely use aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular...
How effective and safe is fecal microbial transplant in preventing C difficile recurrence?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2018)
infections (CDIs), fecal microbial transplant (FMT) results in a 65% to 80% cure rate with one treatment and 90% to 95% cure rate with repeated treatments compared with a 25% to 27% cure rate for antibiotics (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, small open...
Do statins alter the risk or progression of dementia?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2018)
Q: Do statins alter the risk or progression of dementia? Evidence-based answer: No. Moderate-intensity statin therapy (with pravastatin or simvastatin) doesn't prevent progression to dementia in patients at increased risk. No prevention studies...
More help for patients with less severe heart failure
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2011)
Prescribe a mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist for patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II systolic heart failure and an ejection fraction (EF) [less than or equal to] 30%. Eplerenone has been found to ...
How effective is spironolactone for treating resistant hypertension?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2019)
Q: How effective is spironolactone for treating resistant hypertension? EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: VERY EFFECTIVE. Spironolactone reduces systolic blood pressure (SPB) by 11 to 17 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure (DPB) by ...
Extent, type, and pattern of use of medical services in a rural Ozark area
(University of Missouri--Columbia, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1970)
Do pedometers increase activity and improve health outcomes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2017)
Q: Do pedometers increase activity and improve health outcomes? Evidence-based answer: yes. In overweight and obese patients, exercise interventions using a pedometer increase steps by about a mile per day over the same ...
Generational status, social capital and family engagement in immigrant families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study highlighted the importance of social capital in understanding the disparity in family engagement across immigrant generations. Using the national representative data, the ELS:2002, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural...
An examination of musical instrument practice among collegiate musicians
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation consists of three projects that were designed to investigate collegiate instrumentalists' practice habits and motivation orientations. The first investigation was a review of the literature about instrumental practice strategies...
Families are for thriving, not just surviving : aged out foster youths' experiences of family, home, and estrangement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
heightened. Moreover, findings contribute to social identity and intergroup theorizing through revealing how the family ingroup is being reimagined and complicating our understandings of intergroup distinctions. A host of practical implications...
Official serial publications of the University of Missouri. Supplement 1945-1948 : a checklist
(University of Missouri, 1949)
Emotion regulation mediates associations between parenting practices and ethnic minority college students' prosocial behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The current study examined associations between Black and Latinx college students' mothers' and fathers' parenting practices, students' emotion regulation, and students' prosocial behaviors. College students (N = 567 participants; 64 percent Latinx...
Parent attachment and prosocial behaviors in Asian Indian young adults : prosocial moral reasoning and respect for family as intervening mechanisms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The primary goal of this study was to examine the intervening roles of prosocial moral reasoning and respect for family in associations between parent attachment and prosocial behaviors in Asian Indian young adults. Participants of this study...
Exploring individual, family, and community factors predicting business success in Hispanic and Latino experiences
(Cambio Center, 2012)
This research examines what selected individual, family, and community factors best predict Hispanic/Latino male and female entrepreneurs? engagement in entrepreneurial activities and business success. In this study, individual factors...
Exploring behavior on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This research explores behaviors on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election. Rooted in selective exposure theory, the study builds on established quantitative research. Prior research has shown social media users are unfollowing, unfriending...
Official serial publications of the University of Missouri : a checklist (4th edition)
(University of Missouri, 1945)
Molecular mechanism, binding free energy, and sequence selectivity of intercalation of doxorubicin and DNA
(2021)
Many drugs interact noncovalently with DNA either by groove binding or intercalation. Intercalation is a key process in drug discovery and biosensor development. Doxorubicin (DOX) is an intercalator drug that treats a wide ...
Secondary benefits of family member participation in treatments for childhood disorders : a multilevel meta-analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Family-based treatments for children with mental health, physical health, and developmental disorders often convey secondary benefits to caregivers and siblings who...
Narrative ephemera : documents in storytelling worlds
(2020)
PURPOSE: Some virtual, immersive stories are filled with documents that users must locate and interact with to experience a narrative. Exploring a new area of inquiry in the information science field, this study focuses ...