Volume 5, Number 10, October 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Coronary artery stents and surgery; the basis of sound perioperative management

Stephen Bolsin, Chin Hiew, Garth Birdsey, Mark Colson, Jessica Gillet

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510233  3,344 Downloads  4,863 Views   Citations

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GroESL protects superoxide dismutase (SOD)— Deficient cells against oxidative stress and is a chaperone for SOD

Gary J. Hunter, Thérèse Hunter

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510232  4,034 Downloads  5,257 Views   Citations

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Motor and molecular analysis to detect the early symptoms in a mouse amyotrophic lateral sclerosis model

Valeria Valsecchi, Marina Boido, Antonio Piras, Giada Spigolon, Alessandro Vercelli

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510231  3,747 Downloads  4,975 Views   Citations

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The effect of aerobic training on endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in patients with coronary artery disease who were revascularized and young men

Seyed Masoud Seyedian, Farzaneh Ahmadi, Babak Hamidian, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Afshin Rezazadeh, Ahmad Reza Asare, Mohammad Hasan Adel, Mohammad Nourizadeh

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510230  3,577 Downloads  4,762 Views   Citations

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Etiology of renal failure and peritoneal dialysis complications in Isfahan

Soheila Mojdeh, Shirin Karimi, Ali Mehrabi, Soheila Bakhtiari

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510229  3,663 Downloads  4,984 Views   Citations

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Intestinal parasites infection and associated factors among school children in Dagi primary school, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

Mulat Alamir, Worku Awoke, Amsalu Feleke

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510228  4,815 Downloads  7,484 Views   Citations

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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetic patients: A comparative study using WHO, NCEP ATP III, IDF and Harmonized definitions

Mun Chieng Tan, Ooi Chuan Ng, Teck Wee Wong, Anthony Joseph, Yoke Mun Chan, Abdul Rahman Hejar

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510227  4,082 Downloads  6,195 Views   Citations

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Hospital community benefits and the effect of Schedule H: A difference-in-difference approach

Helen Schneider, Hilal Yilmaz

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510226  4,257 Downloads  5,556 Views   Citations

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Utilization effects of Rx-OTC switches and implications for future switches

Chris Stomberg, Tomas Philipson, Margaret Albaugh, Neeraj Sood

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510225  5,695 Downloads  9,440 Views   Citations

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Moderators of occupational pressure in female health professionals—Individual differences and coping skills

Siew Yim Loh, Kia Fatt Quek

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510224  3,349 Downloads  4,656 Views   Citations

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Similar long-term outcome for arterial myocardial revascularization performed after or within the first seven day of acute myocardial infarction

Nachum Nesher, Rephael Mohr, Zvi Raviv, Amir Ganiel, Yanay Ben-Gal, Yosef Paz, Amir Kramer, Dmitry Pevni, Benjamin Medalion

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510223  3,148 Downloads  4,135 Views   Citations

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Clinical evidence of exaggerated inflammation in patients with a cardiogenic shock complicating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Makoto Suzuki, Itaru Takamisawa, Atsushi Seki, Tetsuya Tobaru, Fumiyasu Seike, Hideaki Shimizu, Morimasa Takayama

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510222  2,837 Downloads  3,871 Views   Citations

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Equity of access to long-term care among the Korean elderly

Ju Moon Park

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510221  4,790 Downloads  6,216 Views   Citations

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State level correlations between high heart attack and stroke symptomology knowledge scores and CVD risk factors and mortality rates

Mary Nawal Lutfiyya, Krista L. Huot, Maria L. Amaro, Michael F. Akers, Michael Swanoski

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510220  3,691 Downloads  4,877 Views   Citations

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Newly developed histological tray for the application of identifying exact lymph node dissections in uro-logical surgical oncology

Istvan Buzogany, Laszlo Vaczi, Zsolt Domjan, Fariborz Bagheri, Attila Kiss, Dakay Alex, Tamas Ferenc Molnar

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510219  2,998 Downloads  4,074 Views   Citations

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Patient satisfaction and occupational health of workers in hospital care setting: Associations and reciprocity

Marco Ferrara, Daniela Converso, Sara Viotti

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510218  4,824 Downloads  6,898 Views   Citations

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The health care economic-industrial complex: Concepts and general characteristics

Carlos Augusto Grabois Gadelha, Laís Silveira Costa, José Manuel Santos de Varge Maldonado, Pedro Ribeiro Barbosa, Marco Antônio Vargas

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510217  4,697 Downloads  6,208 Views   Citations

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Review Paper

Marital distress and disease progression: A systematic review

Ming Guan, Bingxue Han

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510216  3,912 Downloads  5,523 Views   Citations

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An autonomous model of health care: Are third parties really needed?

Elmar H. Frangenberg

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510215  2,974 Downloads  4,494 Views   Citations

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CUF, a herbal formula for the treatment of asthma: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in the treatment of childhood asthma

Eliza L. Y. Wong, Rita Y. T. Sung, Ping-Chung Leung, King-Fai Cheng

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510214  3,820 Downloads  5,412 Views   Citations

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Why do we yawn?

William Burke

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510213  6,008 Downloads  8,178 Views   Citations

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Gender differences in mental health service utilization among respondents reporting depression in a national health survey

Katherine L. W. Smith, Flora I. Matheson, Rahim Moineddin, James R. Dunn, Hong Lu, John Cairney, Richard H. Glazier

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510212  5,121 Downloads  7,526 Views   Citations

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Experiences of rejection by mental health patients— A qualitative study

Bertil Lundberg, Pia Lundqvist, Lars Hansson, Elisabet Wentz, Bengt Sivberg

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510211  3,842 Downloads  6,070 Views   Citations

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Synergy in antibacterial activities of Ampicillin trihydrate, stabilized with a synthetic aluminum-magnesium silicate and immune-stimulants, on resistant Escherichia coli infection

Maduike C. O. Ezeibe, Okechukwu K. Ezeobele, Mfon E. Esen, Augustine A. Ngene, Ijeoma J. Mbuko, Ijeoma C. Chukwudi, Valentine U. Omoja, Ikenna O. Ezeh

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510210  3,792 Downloads  5,112 Views   Citations

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Preventable infant mortality: Spatial distribution and main causes in three Brazilian municipalities

Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira, Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510209  4,692 Downloads  6,241 Views   Citations

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Finding community solutions to improve access and acceptance of cataract surgery, optical correction and follow up in children in Malawi

Khumbo Kalua, Francis Masiye, Vincent Jumbe, John Barrows, Victoria Sheffield

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510208  2,813 Downloads  3,980 Views   Citations

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Interrelationship among blood pressure, intraocular pressure, and life-style in middle-aged and older Japanese residents

Masao Yoshida, Shinichiro Take, Mamoru Ishikawa, Kanae Karita, Akatsuki Kokaze, Matsuko Harada, Hideki Ohno

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.510207  3,586 Downloads  5,187 Views   Citations

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