Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510090
Why do Patients Miss their Appointments at Primary Care Clinics?
Saif Ullah, Sangeetha Rajan, Todd Liu, Ellen Demagistris, Regina Jahrstorfer, Swapna Anandan, Christina Gentile and Angad Gill
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 28, 2018
Missed appointments or no-shows are defined as "patients who neither kept nor canceled their scheduled appointments". Studies conducted previously in primary care settings found that the rates of missed appointments in the United States vary from 5% to 55%. We conducted a pilot study amongst the healthcare providers at Griffin Faculty Physicians (GFP) and Griffin Hospital Wellness Clinic (GHWC)....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510089
Social Networking Sites (SNSs) Addiction
Basem Abbas Al Ubaidi
Article Type: REVIEW ARTICLE | First Published: September 10, 2018
Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in our lives are an essential computer-generated combination regarded as a 'global customer phenomenon'. In recent times, as statistics have shown, this phenomenon daily records a dramatic increase in its users. It is a state of mental addiction, an illness if you may so call it for some users. It has been noted that some extroverts use social networks for social augmentation, whereas introverts use it for social compensation. Addicted customers mostly deal with lo...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510088
Control Excessive Anger before it Controls Your Life
Basem Abbas Al Ubaidi
Article Type: REVIEW ARTICLE | First Published: September 10, 2018
There is usually a public misconception between anger, aggression, and hostility. Anger is a sense of emotion that ranges from the standard reaction of mild irritation to the intense response of fury and rage. Anger becomes a dilemma if it felt too intensely, frequently, expressed inappropriately and associated with extreme physical/mental strain on the individual. On the other hand, aggression is an often-violent behavior that causes harm or injury to another person or property. While, hostilit...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510085
A Hidden Epidemic and What You Can Do About It
Robert M Post
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 28, 2018
In the United States ¾ of the children of a parent with a mood disorder will develop a major psychiatric diagnosis upon a 7 year follow up. Moreover, the earlier the onset of symptoms, the longer the delay to first treatment, and this is posing major short and long-term health threats for a sizable portion of the population....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510084
Cytomegalovirus-Associated Pseudotumor of the Rectum in an Immunocompromised Patient
Lisa Marie Cannon and Steven Lee-Kong
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 28, 2018
A 46-year-old man with a history of anal condyloma and HIV infection presented with four years of bloody anal leakage with incontinence. Digital rectal examination revealed a palpable mass in the distal rectum. Index colonoscopy revealed a fungating, ulcerated mass in the distal rectum. Biopsies demonstrated inflammation with superficial erosion. He was lost to surgical follow-up over the ensuing months. In the interim, the patient was initiated on antiretroviral therapy and PCP prophylaxis for ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510083
Connecting Physician Preceptors with Medical Students in the Ambulatory Setting
Kristen Rundell, Diana Bahner, Deborah Lan, Victoria Cannon and Ann Scheck McAlearney
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 23, 2018
In 2012, the Ohio State University College of MEDICINE began implementing a new, competency based medical school curriculum. Early clinical service-learning experiences were one of the hallmarks of this new curriculum, giving first year students opportunities to work with real patients in clinical settings while meeting patient care learning objectives. Integration of the bioscience, clinical skills and social curriculum within a safe teaching environment helps to promote the professional identi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510082
How do the Psychosocial Factors Affect Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension? A Cross-Sectional Study
Emrah ERSOY and Esra SAATCI
Article Type: Original Research Article | First Published: July 16, 2018
Our sample was 305 hypertensives visiting a family physician in Rize, a city in the Black Sea (Northern part) Region of Turkey. The study was completed between December 2017 to April 2018. Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire including questions for sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle behaviors, psychiatric complaints traumatic life events, and blood pressure control. Depression status was assessed using The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD). Data as analyzed...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510081
Social and Demographics Factors Associated with the Breast Self-Examination (BSE) in Women in Primary Care
Ada Leticia Valderrama-Urreta, Maria Valeria Jimenez-Baez, Juan Carlos EspinozaRodriguez, Luis Sandoval-Jurado, Patricia Teresa Reyes-Gabino, Sergio Guerra-Renteria and Maria Margarita Chavez-Hernandez
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 14, 2018
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), its incidence is expected to increase by 50% by 2020. In Latin America and the Caribbean, breast cancer is the most prevalent among women according to the Pan American Health Organization (OPS). In 2012, this neoplasm was detected in more than 408,000 women, and by the year 2030, it is estimated that there is a 46% increase. In particular, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Venezuela, which previously had relatively low rates, An increase...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510080
Liver Metastases from Gists
Gargantilla Pedro, Martin Berta and Pintor Emilio
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 12, 2018
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) are rare tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, with an estimated incidence of 1.5/100000/year. GISTs are nonepithelial tumors originating in the interstitial Cajal's cells (cells of the autonomic nervous system). These cells express antigens for CD 177 and/or CD 34....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510079
Rapidly Enlarging Thyroid Mass
Gargantilla Pedro, Martin Berta and Pintor Emilio
Article Type: Short Communication | First Published: July 11, 2018
An 83-year-old man come to our observation because of a rapidly enlarging anterior neck mass at the last two weeks, dysphagia, dysphonia and neck pain. Patient didn't mention about previous irradiations on the neck either familiarity with thyroid and neoplastic diseases. He had a past medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2. Physical examination revealed one palpable formation (7 × 5 cm) over the right lower neck....
