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“…The purpose of this Special Issue, “Natural Products and Disease Prevention, Relief and Treatment", was to collect manuscripts concerning natural products for treating human diseases. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Front Matter""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACRONYMS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS FOR REVIEWING EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION IN PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH""; ""3 UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH IN THE MILITARY""; ""4 EVIDENCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTERVENTIONS FOR PREVENTING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS""; ""5 MEASUREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS RELATED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH""; ""6 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""…”

“…Thus, approaches to the analysis of data with an appreciable amount of missing values tend to be ad hoc and variable. The Prevention and Treatment of Missing Data in Clinical Trials concludes that a more principled approach to design and analysis in the presence of missing data is both needed and possible. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…APPENDIX A Panel Visits to Three African Countries: January 20-February 12, 1995 -- INTRODUCTION -- ZAMBIA JANUARY 23-27, 1995 -- Overview of Current HIV/AIDS Situation -- History of AIDS-Prevention Efforts -- Ongoing Prevention and Mitigation Initiatives -- Workplace Peer Education and Counseling -- Traditional Healer Component -- Programs for Orphans -- The State of Social and Behavioral Research -- TANZANIA JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 3, 1995 -- Overview of Current HIV/AIDS Situation -- History of AIDS-Prevention Efforts -- Ongoing Prevention and Mitigation Initiatives -- Components of the Tanzania AIDS Project -- The Nongovernmental Organization Strategy -- Social and Economic Mitigation of AIDS -- The State of Social and Behavioral Research -- CAMEROON -- Overview of Current HIV/AIDS Situation -- History of AIDS-Prevention Efforts -- Ongoing Prevention and Mitigation Efforts -- Overview -- AIDSCAP -- The State of Social and Behavioral Research -- IRESCO -- FOCAP -- OVERALL THEMES -- REFERENCES -- PEOPLE CONTACTED -- Zambia -- Tanzania -- Cameroon -- APPENDIX B Biographical Sketches -- Index…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Box""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Threat and Risk Assessment""; ""3 Philosophy, Doctrine, and Training for Chemical and Biological Warfare""; ""4 Physical Protection""; ""5 Decontamination""; ""6 Testing and Evaluation""; ""7 Assessment of Military Capabilities to Provide Emergency Response""; ""8 Summary and General Recommendations""; ""References""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Global Surveillance for Infectious Disease Threats to Military Operations - Role of Overseas Medical Laboratories -- Deployment -- Pre-and Postdeployment Questionnaires -- Capture of Ambulatory Care and Inpatient Data During Deployments -- Theater Medical Information Program -- Identifying Deployed Populations -- Deployment Exposure Data -- Postdeployment Medical Surveillance -- Immediate Postdeployment Surveillance -- Routine Postdeployment Surveillance -- Deployment-Related Registries -- Long-Term Surveillance -- Reproductive Outcomes -- Confidentiality of Health Information -- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 5 Medical Record Keeping -- INFORMATION NEEDS OF THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM -- Individual Care -- Preventive Care -- Medical Surveillance -- Databases for Epidemiologic Studies -- Longitudinal Record Keeping -- MAJOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACTIVITIES -- Composite Health Care System -- Government Computer-Based Patient Record Project -- Health Assessment Instruments -- Preventive Health Care Application -- Pre-and Postdeployment Questionnaires -- Recruit Assessment Program -- Deployment Medical Surveillance System -- Personal Information Carrier -- INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -- CONFIDENTIALITY OF HEALTH INFORMATION -- SUMMARY -- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6 Prevention Measures for Deployed Forces -- RISK COMMUNICATION -- PREVENTIVE MEASURES BEFORE DEPLOYMENT -- Preventive Measures on Entrance into the Service -- Risk Communication -- Accession Standards -- Retention Standards -- Recruit Assessment Plan -- Preventive Measures During Training and Routine Garrison Life -- Doctrine -- Training -- Vaccines -- Policy -- Vaccine Acquisition and Supply -- Identification of Biological Warfare Threats -- Vaccine Coverage -- Immunization Record Keeping -- Anthrax Vaccine -- Preventive Measures Immediately Before Deployment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- Current regulatory arena -- Common rule and HIPAA -- Shortcomings of current regulations and guidances -- Context -- Data deindentification -- Impediment to quality improvement and learning -- Varied interpretation -- Misaligned incentives -- Lack of harmonization with international standards -- Informed consent forms -- Informed consent process -- Consent tools -- Beyond consent -- HITECH -- Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking -- Patient perspectives on research protections -- Ethical challenges of genetic advances -- Patient consent for use of archived biospecimens -- Return of research results -- Clinically actionable findings -- Context matters -- Who pays -- Biospecimens from deceased participants -- The changing context of research and care -- Oversight in a learning health care system -- Oversight of pragmatic trials -- Multisite studies and IRB review -- Central IRBs -- New England Reliance Agreement -- Value of local IRBs -- Educational needs -- Research needs -- Wrap-up…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Potential to Reduce the Cancer Burden Through Cancer Prevention and Early Detection1 -- 3 Lifestyle Behaviors Contributing to the Burden of Cancer1 -- 4 Modifying Health Risk Behaviors1 -- 5 Potential of Screening to Reduce the Burden of Cancer1 -- 6 Improving Participation in Cancer Screening Programs1 -- 7 Adopting New Technology in the Face of Uncertain Science: The Case of Screening for Lung Cancer1 -- 8 Professional Education and Training -- 9 Federal Programs That Support Cancer Prevention and Early Detection -- 10 Research Trends and Opportunities -- 11 Findings, Policy Implications, and Recommendations -- References -- Glossary -- Index*…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- REVIEWERS -- Preface -- Contents -- Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services -- Summary -- EVIDENCE AND COST ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED SERVICES -- Skin Cancer Screening -- Current Coverage -- Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates -- Medically Necessary Dental Services -- Current Coverage -- Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates -- Eliminating the Time Limit on Coverage of Immunosuppressive Drugs for Transplant Recipients -- Current Coverage -- Evidence Review, Conclusions, and Cost Estimates -- DECIDING COVERAGE FOR PREVENTIVE AND OTHER SERVICES -- Linking Evidence to Medicare Coverage: The Case of Preventive Services -- The Infrastructure for Making Coverage Decisions -- BEYOND COVERAGE -- BEYOND EVIDENCE -- 1 Introduction -- THE MEDICARE PROGRAM -- Historical Background -- Enrollment and Expenditure Trends -- MEDICARE COVERAGE DECISIONS -- Congress -- Health Care Financing Administration -- Administrative Contractors -- COVERAGE, ACCESS TO CARE, AND OUTCOMES -- Rationales for Extending Medicare Coverage -- Insurance and the Use of Health Care Services -- OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT -- 2 Objectives, Principles, and Methods -- OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES -- Criteria and Trade-Offs -- ANALYTIC STRATEGY -- Defining the Intervention, Population, and Outcomes -- Identifying and Assessing the Scientific Literature -- Linking Evidence to Conclusions -- ESTIMATING COSTS TO MEDICARE OF EXTENDING COVERAGE -- Considering Health Outcomes and Costs Together -- 3 Screening for Skin Cancer -- ASSESSMENT APPROACH: INTERVENTION, POPULATION, AND OUTCOMES -- POPULATION BURDEN OF DISEASE -- Melanoma -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers -- AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENT -- Melanoma -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers…”

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“…Preventing Substance Abuse Among Children and Adolescents…”

“…Pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection…”