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THE IMPACT OF STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PARITY LAWS ON INITIATION OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT
(Johns Hopkins University, 2017-04-21)
Statement of Problem: The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 is expected to change the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment system drastically through its expansion of federal ...
Evaluating Geographic Cancer Disparities in Baltimore City, Maryland
(Johns Hopkins University, 2016-04-04)
Research and policy continue to hold cancer as a top priority in the United States due to its public health burden. As the aging population increases, it is an issue that will likely continue to grow in scope. However, ...
Evaluation of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Kinetics in Prediction of Prostate Cancer Progression
(2014-04-25)
Purpose
Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) showed unfavorable accuracy to predict prostate cancer progression. With development of multidisciplinary medical science and impending need, the rate of serum PSA change “PSA ...
METHODS FOR COMPUTATION AND ANALYSIS OF MARKOVIAN DYNAMICS ON COMPLEX NETWORKS
(2013-10-11)
A problem central to many scientific and engineering disciplines is how to deal with noisy dynamic processes that take place on networks. Examples include the ebb and flow of biochemical concentrations within cells, the ...
Depression, Methamphetamine use, and Alcohol Consumption among Thai Youth in Chiang Mai Province: The Exploration of Perceptions of Depression and Associations between Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms
(Johns Hopkins University, 2013-12-18)
Background: Methamphetamine use and alcohol consumption have reached epidemic levels among rural Thai adolescents and young adults in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. High levels of depressive symptoms often occur among ...
Risk factors for oral HPV persistence and HPV-associated cancer
(Johns Hopkins University, 2016-03-14)
Background: Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a well-known cause of cervical and anogenital cancers. In the past decade, oral HPV infection was established as a cause of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma ...
Hepatitis E Virus in the Terai of Nepal: Community-Based Cohort Study of Pregnant Women in Sarlahi District and Investigation of the 2014 Outbreak in Biratnagar, Morang District
(Johns Hopkins University, 2016-07-28)
In South Asia, hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality and poses a special threat to pregnant women. However, the burden of both infection and illness in the Terai of Nepal have received ...