role of epigenetics in cancer health disparities

... 36 definitions of e -health before refining Eysenbach’s to read: ‘e -health is an emerging field of health informatics, referring to the organisation and delivery of health services and information ... example: including Internet, radio, SMS, PDAs and combining with print) Role and potential of ICTs in improving communication around health • There is growing evidence that ICTs aid health information ... among health workers, including sharing of learning and training approaches • Supported more effective health research and the dissemination and access to research findings This paper is part of...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 09:20

... president of the National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... Services, Health Care Financing Administration Contract No 500-98-0275 Any opinion, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Institute of Medicine committee ... NUTRITIONAL HEALTH IN THE OLDER PERSON In reviewing the importance of nutrition to the health of older Americans, both malnutrition and the role of nutrition in the management of health conditions...

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... Ferguson [46] in their earlier reviews of the role of pictures in health education We offer seven recommendations 8.1 Health educators should look for ways to include pictures in their health communications ... people with low reading skills 4.3 What kinds of pictures facilitate comprehension Moll [26] investigated the effects of different kinds of pictures on comprehension of health information with 637 ... located in the body and so more easily and efficiently than words alone However, words are still important in explaining the implications of the pictures and in explaining what is happening in the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... carcinoma of the skin in a populationbased, case-control study of 450 older adults in Arizona After administering a detailed tea intake questionnaire and adjusting for brewing time, drinking ... study of 4,000 Americans indicated intake of more than five cups of tea a day was associated with a 30% reduction VOL 21, NO Tea in Human Health in risk of bladder cancer, there was no evidence of ... although tea had no impact on the incidence of rectal cancer [93] As noted above, the effects of tea drinking on some forms of cancer, including colorectal cancer, may be seriously confounded...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2015, 17:16

... cost of eliminating cancer health disparities in America? ■ What is the value of reducing cancer health disparities in America? ■ What are the policy implications of reducing cancer health disparities? ... benefits of reducing cancer health disparities and potential challenges are presented 26 Economic Costs of Cancer Health Disparities: Summary of Meeting Proceedings 4.1 Benefits of Reducing Cancer Health ... TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 4: ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF REDUCING CANCER HEALTH DISPARITIES 4.1 Benefits of Reducing Cancer Health Disparities 27 4.2 Measuring the Value of Reducing Disparities...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20

... Africa's health system is facing a shortage of trained health staff of serious proportions In rural communities where the spread of HIV & AIDS is escalating, providing an adequate pool of qualified health ... and Planning in the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Southern Sudan is leading the achievement of public health goals by collaborating with stakeholders, focusing on HR priorities, mobilizing resources, ... shortage of workers by training health managers in HR management and leadership; repatriating doctors from Canada and recruiting health workers from East Africa; scaling up training of mid-level...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and its inhibition resulted in enhanced insulin secretion Myotrophin, a protein that has a role in exocytosis, was identified as one of the targets of miR-375 Inhibition of ... deletion or loss -of- function mutations in the survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein results in SMA [12] Gemin and Gemin are shared components of SMN and miRNAcontaining ribonucleoprotein particles ... mutations can result in inherited forms of Parkinson's disease [7] Kim et al [8] suggest that miRNAs are essential for maintaining the dopaminergic neurons in the brain Given that Parkinson's disease...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... indicated the inadequate sensitivity of CA125 in the setting of ovarian cancer screening in asymptomatic populations [32-34] Despite the well-characterized limitations in the interpretation of ... almost routinely during the course of chemotherapy Decreasing levels of CA125 after cytoreductive surgery and during initial chemotherapy courses have been used as an indicator of clinical outcome ... guidelines for clinical use Int J Gynecol Cancer 2005, 15:679-691 Rustin GJ, Bast RC Jr, Kelloff GJ, Barrett JC, Carter SK, Nisen PD, Sigman CC, Parkinson DR, Ruddon RW: Use of CA-125 in clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... qualities of conversation that improve sensemaking and learning Avoid conversation that inhibits sensemaking and learning Recommendations for enhancing the role of conversation in improving interventions ... of exchanging or transferring information from one individual to another, we see it as a combination of rule-following and situated adaptation done by interacting participants locally adjusting ... are nonlinear, as are the resulting patterns of meaning and relating that are so important in intervention success [10,30] In addition to creating and maintaining cohesion, conversation can also...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... qualities of conversation that improve sensemaking and learning Avoid conversation that inhibits sensemaking and learning Recommendations for enhancing the role of conversation in improving interventions ... of exchanging or transferring information from one individual to another, we see it as a combination of rule-following and situated adaptation done by interacting participants locally adjusting ... are nonlinear, as are the resulting patterns of meaning and relating that are so important in intervention success [10,30] In addition to creating and maintaining cohesion, conversation can also...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... frequent cancers affecting Singapore women, 2003-2007 Breast cancer is the top cancer type affecting the women in Singapore Data extracted from Singapore Cancer Registry, Interim Report: Trends in Cancer ... XVI Chapter Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 Breast cancer 1.1.1 Incidence of breast cancer Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today after lung cancer and ... ligand-binding domain with two cysteine-rich regions, a hydrophobic short transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain that contains a catalytic tyrosine kinase domain and a carboxyl terminal...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 10:06

... alteration In animals, methylcytosine is mainly found in cytosine-guanine (CpG) 19 dinuleotides(Bird 1986) The presence of 5-methylcytosine in the promoter of specific genes prevents binding of transcription ... necessary to investigate the role of CC3 in other cancer types in order to understand its function in human carcinogenesis The opposing trends in the four major cancer types are intriguing One possibility ... follow in the beginning of my PhD, Robert has given me lots of freedom in the course of my research, allowing me to explore areas of my interest I was also provided opportunities to be involved in...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:50

... cancer increased three fold in 2006-2010 (NRDO 2012) Increasing effort in breast cancer screening and awareness in the society may have contributed to the increasing incidence in breast cancer Singapore ... Breast cancer By definition, breast cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissues Breast cancer occurs in humans and other mammals In human breast cancer cases, while the overwhelming ... promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis It is involved in the regulation of multiple anti-apoptosis genes including BCL-2 and BCL-xL NF-κB is activated in many breast cancers indicating...

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 17:15

... Tg(fabp10:mrfp-egfp-lc3) transgenic line Establishing the role of autophagy in liver cancer 4.1 Preliminary data implicating autophagy inhibition in liver cancer 4.2 Establishing double transgenic lines with liver-specific ... autophagy induction and inhibition during carcinogenesis; however the exact role of autophagy in carcinogenesis remains to be elucidated With the zebrafish gaining popularity as a model organism in ... to induce autophagy by relieving mTOR-induced inhibition (Rubinsztein et al., 2007) 3-Methyladenine, a potent PI3K inhibitor, can also be used to inhibit autophagy by inhibiting the activity of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/10/2015, 17:35

... establishment of financial institutions specialized in investment financing This route has been followed to date in the industrialized countries and 15 in an increasing number of emerging economies Investment ... explains production overfinancing, excessive risk taking by investors, and changes in investment funding decisions in terms of individual rational responses to economic incentives • By integrating ... profitability is declining The internalization of information within the same institution may thus enhance intra-circuit and inter-circuit stability by reducing the incentive to overfinancing...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:33

... receptor tyrosine kinase activity [4], and the finding of EGFR, the first receptor tyrosine kinase paved the way to the understanding of the role and significance of tyrosine kinase in cancer [5] ... evidence of low molecular weight tyrosine kinase inhibitors Inhibiting the activity of tyrosine kinases by low molecular weight compounds capable of interfering with either ligand binding (in the ... taking advantage of the minor difference in the kinase domain The minor difference leads to changes in hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions resulting in differences of affinity [38] Of...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:57

... out In an education system where English dominates the majority of learners get little benefit from schooling, either in terms of acquiring the necessary language proficiency or in terms of content ... enables it to disseminate information, encourage participation in the education and economy of the communities To achieve its goal of disseminating useful information and eradicating poverty the ... Planning language, planning inequality: language policy in the community, London, Longman Rachal J R (1989), ‘The social context of adult and continuing education,’ in Merriam S B and Cunningham...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 16:27

... Index Introduction Part I : General knowledge of advertising Some typical concepts of advertising Classifications of advertising Part II : The role of advertising in society Economic ... profits it gains and the more it breaks into market Advertising is instrumental in sales promotion, which is one of the most vital tools in Marketing The appearance and the role of advertising ... television Industrial advertising is often not designed to sell a product or service directly, since the purchase of industrial goods is often a complex process involving a number of individuals An industrial...

Ngày tải lên: 16/04/2013, 11:05

... of the city in the form of an increase in the number of jobs at the university institutions as well as indirectly in connection with a number of capital investments and the servicing of the institutions ... library in Umeå Some years later an odontological clinic, offereing basic dental training, was set up and in 1954 an institute of medicine was established, both of them in Umeå When other institutes ... building of new types of scholls like polytechnic schools and professional schools Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Medical Institute, Institute of Forest, Institute of Dentistry andInstitutes...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 16:33

... microbiological properties of groundwater in Saint Katherine, South Sinai, Egypt and exploring the diversity, occurrence and distribution of fungal taxa in groundwater in South Sainai, samples of groundwater ... Association in St Kathrine, and an emerging Society15 for protection of environment and sustainability…etc) and have been leading several initiatives aiming at raising public awareness, lobbying against ... exploring marine biodiversity, measuring turbidity of water and cleaning the beach Water Pollution in Port Said – A Case Study The current situation of fresh water canal in Port Said, as case of...

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