Abstract Background Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected parasitic that affects >6 million people in the Americas, including >200,000 United States (US). Medical provider knowledge of CD key to decreasing morbidity and transmission; however, few studies have assessed diagnostic practices US health systems serving at-risk patients. Our study aimed describe existing approaches diagnos...

The aim of this study is to examine the effects wearing high-heeled shoes (HHS) by comparing flat on first metatarsal bone using finite element method. modeled from computerized tomography (CT) image as 3D and imported ANSYS Workbench Software. Body weight (BW) muscle forces were applied bone. was fixed at proximal region for boundary conditions. Three evaluation criteria examined results stres...

Purpose: The overall health of Cambodian migrant workers is low. This study aims to describe the holistic-health status (HHS) in Thailand. Methods: Three hundred four participants participated this cross-sectional survey study. Participants completed HHS questionnaire developed from WHO Quality-Of-Life assessment and modified Migrant Farmworker Stress Inventory. Descriptive statistics multiple ...

Health policymakers in recent years have looked to the implementation of health information technology (IT)--electronic health records and the like--as a means to improve quality, reduce costs, and achieve better health outcomes across populations. But implementing health IT in a meaningful way must go beyond purchasing medical records software. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

Tevi Troy brings experience from HHS, Capitol Hill, and the White House to bear on how the results of comparative effectiveness research will be communicated and by whom.

To the Editor: Heart-hand syndromes (HHS) include the most common type – HHS I: Holt–Oram syndrome (congenital heart disease and radial ray anomalies) and several rare types – HHS II: Tabatznik syndrome (arrhythmias and brachytelephalangy), HHS III: Spanish type (arrhythmia and brachydactyly type C), and a potential HHS IV: Slovenian type [arrhythmia, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and brachydac...

BACKGROUND Hyperglycaemic emergencies are common acute complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) but unfortunately, there is a dearth of published data on this entity from Nigeria. This study attempts to describe the clinical and laboratory scenario associated with this complication of DM. METHODS This study was carried out in DM patients who presented to an urban hospital in Nigeria with hyper...

We investigated the long-term changes in the Harris Hip and Knee Society scores (HSS and KSS) to determine whether they result from overall functional decline rather than actual changes in the condition of the prosthesis. The HHS for 106 total hip arthroplasties with a minimum follow-up of ten years, no medical complications after operation and no evidence of radiological loosening, and the KSS...