OXFORD, England, Jan. 14 -- Age and Ageing, a peer reviewed journal from the British Geriatrics Society that says it focuses on human ageing and clinical, epidemiological and psychological aspects of later life, medical education and service improvement, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: COVID-19: * The impact of COVID-19 on adjusted mortality risk in care homes for older adults in Wales, UK: a retrospective population-based cohort study more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 10 -- The American Journal of Epidemiology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health that says it publishes research findings, opinion pieces and methodological developments in the field of epidemiologic research, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: Original Contributions: * Road Injuries Associated With Cellular Phone Use While Walking or Riding a Bicycle or an E more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 10 -- The American Journal of Industrial Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features occupational and environmental health and safety, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2021 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Comparing cancer risk estimates using occupational record linkage approaches in male Florida firefighters * "No somos maquinas" (We are not machines): Worker perspectives of safety culture in meatpacking plants in the Mi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The American Journal of Public Health, a journal from the American Public Health Association that says it advance public health research, policy, practice and education, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2021 edition: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: * E-Cigarette Use and Adult Cigarette Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis * Blood Donation and COVID-19: Reconsidering the 3-Month Deferral Policy for Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Other M more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 12 -- Antibiotics, a peer-reviewed open access journal on antibiotics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: Article: * Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in Endodontic Infections: A Survey of Dentists in Serbia * Understanding of Pharmacy Students towards Antibiotic Use, Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study from Punjab, Pakistan * Activated Porous Carbon Derived from Tea more PR

HIGHLANDS, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- Anticancer Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features experimental and clinical oncology from the International Institute of Anticancer Research, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: Review: * Chemoradiotherapy in Cancer Treatment: Rationale and Clinical Applications * The Prognostic Relevance of Computed Tomography-assessed Skeletal Muscle Index and Skeletal Muscle Radiation Attenuation in Pat more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 14 -- BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, a journal that says it promotes sexual and reproductive health and well being and best contraceptive practice from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2021 edition: Reviews: * Primary care providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical abortion: a systematic review * Concerns about  more PR

DONCASTER, England, Jan. 11 -- The British Journal of Sports Medicine, a journal that says it features sport and exercise medicine, including physiotherapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, published research articles on the following topics in Part 2 of its January 2021 edition: Review: * Physical activity is good for older adults--but is programme implementation being overlooked? A systematic review of intervention studies that more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 11 -- The Bulletin of the World Health Organization, a peer-reviewed journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2021 edition: RESEARCH: * Progress towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in China: a modelling analysis * Infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data * Implementation of tuberculosis preventi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, from the American Society of Nephrology, a journal that says it covers clinical and translational research in nephrology, published research articles on the following topics in Part 1 of its January 2021 edition: Original Articles: * Acute Kidney Injury in a National Cohort of Hospitalized US Veterans with COVID-19 * Prospective Cohort Study of Renin-Angiotensin System Blocker Usage after Hospitalized Acute Ki more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 11 -- Clinical Science, a journal that says it covers clinical perspectives to advance human health from the Biochemical Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in Part 1 of its January 2021 edition: * Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and COVID-19 in cardiorenal diseases * Changes in the expression and functional activities of Myosin II isoforms in human hyperplastic prostate * Dysregulation of endocannabinoid concentrations in human subcutan more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 13 -- The Health Services Research Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on concepts related to the financing, organization, delivery, evaluation and outcomes of health services, published research articles on the following topics in Part 2 of its December 2020 edition: BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH: * Costs of using evidence-based implementation strategies for behavioral health integration in a large primary care system * Carve-out plan financial requi more PR

GRIMBERGEN, Belgium, Jan. 13 -- Human Reproduction, a peer-reviewed journal from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology that covers the clinical science and medical aspects of reproductive physiology, pathology and endocrinology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: Original Articles: * Characterisation of testicular function and spermatogenesis in transgender women * Semen quality in non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors: a mo more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- JAMA Neurology, an international peer-reviewed journal for physicians caring for people with neurologic disorders and those interested in the structure and function of the normal and diseased nervous system from the American Medical Association, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2021 edition: Viewpoint: * Reforming the Process for Deep Brain Stimulation and Neurologic Device Approval in Rare Diseases On the Brain: * What Caring more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 11 -- The Journal of Clinical Investigation-Insight, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features preclinical and clinical research studies from the American Society for Clinical Investigation, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 11, 2021 edition: Research Articles: * AMPK induces regulatory innate lymphoid cells after traumatic brain injury * Phenotypes of CF rabbits generated by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of the CFTR gene * Impai more PR

VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 14 -- The Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, a peer-reviewed journal that says it disseminates knowledge on clinical, basic science and innovative methods related to inflammatory bowel diseases from the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: Original Articles: * The Incidence and Disease Course of Perianal Crohn's Disease: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study, 1997-2015 * The Need for more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan. 15 -- The Journal of High Institute of Public Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features epidemiology, prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, primary family care, nutrition, environmental health, management of health systems and services, published research articles on the following topics in its Autumn 2020 edition: * Effectiveness of Health Education Program on the Level of Knowledge and Attitude of Pregnant Women Regarding Obs more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 15 -- The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, a journal that says it contributes to the improvement of knowledge regarding the relationships between nutrition and the aging process from birth to old age, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: Original Paper: * Results of the Missouri Quality Initiative in Sustaining Changes in Nursing Home Care: Six-Year Trends of Reducing Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Resident more PR

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- The Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics, a journal that says it focuses on traumatic injuries from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2021 edition: Art and Pediatric Orthopaedics: * The Master of Alkmaar and an Act of Mercy Lower Extremety: * The Medial Elevation Osteotomy for Late-presenting and Recurrent Infantile Blount Disease * Analysis of 280 Magnetically Controlle more PR

NEW MILFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 12 -- The Journal of Physical Activity and Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features chronic disease, such as cancer, heart disease, mental health, weight control, neurologic deficits, in which physical activity may play a role in prevention, treatment or rehabilitation, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: ORIGINAL RESEARCH: * The Effects of Low-Intensity Multimodal Proprioceptive Exercise on Cogn more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 11 -- The Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its 2020 edition: Special Theme - Telehealth in Nursing: * Telehealth Nursing Research: Adding to the Evidence-base for Healthcare * Developing a Cohort Web Application: Real-time Monitoring of Breastfeeding Indicators * Attitudes Toward Information Technology Among Operating Theatre Nurses in Sri Lanka * Predic more PR

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Jan. 14 -- LGBT Health Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features health of and healthcare services for sexual and gender minority populations worldwide, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2021 edition: Reviews: * Experienced Homophobia and HIV Infection Risk Among U.S. Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Meta-Analysis * Health and Health Care Access Barriers Among Transgender Women Engaged in Sex Work: A S more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 11 -- The Patient Experience Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features ideas and key concepts that impact the service, safety and quality and their influence on the experience of patients, residents and families across healthcare settings from the Beryl Institute, published research articles, including the following topics, in its December 2020 edition: Personal Narratives: * Solitude and fear during the great coronavirus war * A home for us and a womb more PR

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Jan. 13 -- PM&R, a peer reviewed journal from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2021 edition: Original Research: * Center-Based Group and Home-Based Individual Exercise Programs Have Similar Impacts on Gait and Balance in People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Trial * Falls After Dysvascular Transtibial Amputation: A Secondary Analysis of Falling Characteristics and Reduce more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 12 -- The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association issued the following news release: Stress is ubiquitous in society and certainly in the midst of a global pandemic. Stress can range from acute and time-limited to chronic and enduring. Increasingly, over the past several decades, research has shown that stress, through biochemical and psychoneuroimmunological pathways, gets "under the skin," and can alter epigenetic mechanisms, producing poor health./1 Psychologic more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 -- Science Translational Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that focuses on research in the translational medicine community, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 6, 2021 edition: Research Articles: * Delivery of single-domain antibodies into neurons using a chimeric toxin-based platform is therapeutic in mouse models of botulism * Neuronal delivery of antibodies has therapeutic effects i more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 12 (TNSJou) -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: Most doctors would agree that advanced care planning (ACP) for patients, especially older adults, is important in providing the best and most appropriate health care over the course of a patient's life. Unfortunately, the subject seldom comes up during regular clinic visits. In a study conducted by doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Health, only 3.7% of primary care physici more PR