Despite the growing epidemic of extreme obesity in the United States, weight management is
not adequately addressed in primary care. This study assessed family physicians' practices …

Background Medical students are exposed to a growing number of obese patients in clinical
encounters. Many medical students harbor negative attitudes and stereotypes regarding …

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate a primary care practice–based quality
improvement (QI) intervention aimed at improving colorectal cancer screening rates. …

Background: The Chronic Care Model (CCM) was developed to improve chronic disease
care, but it may also inform delivery of other types of preventive care. Using hierarchical …

Extremely obese women are less likely than nonobese women to receive breast and cervical
cancer screening examinations. Reasons for this disparity are unclear and may stem from …

Lifestyle factors including smoking, obesity, and diabetes can increase colorectal cancer (CRC)
risk. Controversy exists regarding screening rates in individuals at increased CRC risk. …

The adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) in ambulatory settings has been widely
recommended. It is hoped that EMRs will improve care; however, little is known about the …

5 Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznaƒ,
Poland Corresponding author: Lidia Woliƒska, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, …

In the paper, the description of an unsteady heat transfer for onedimensional problem proceeding
in a two-layered domain is presented. It is assumed that all thermophysical parameters …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, highly conserved, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene
expression of target mRNAs through cleavage or translational inhibition. In the field of toxicology…