THOUSAND OAKS, California, Dec. 28 -- The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal that says it highlights the approach to hospice and palliative medicine as related to the care of the patient and family, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 41, Issue 2): Original Articles: * What Counts as a Surrogate Decision? * Evaluation of Surgical Clinic Nurses' Knowledge Levels About Palliative Surgery * Black Ameri  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 30 -- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, a journal that says it features biology, medicine and healthcare, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 33, Issue 1): Editorial: * Precision Medicine and Rough Justice: Wicked Problems Special Section: Open Forum: * Toward a Social Bioethics Through Interpretivism: A Framework for Healthcare Ethics * Social Support: From Exclusion Criteria to Medical Service Discrimina  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Cardiovascular Interventions, a peer-reviewed journal from the American College of Cardiology that encompass the entire field of interventional cardiovascular medicine, including cardiac (coronary and noncoronary), peripheral and cerebrovascular interventions, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 25, 2023, edition (Vol. 16, No. 24): ORIGINAL RESEARCH: * Bleeding in Patients Undergoing Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Incide  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 26 -- Exercise, Sport and Movement, a peer-reviewed journal from the American College of Sports Medicine that says it focuses on all aspects of exercise science and sports medicine, published research articles on the following topics in its Fall 2023 edition (Vol. 1, Issue 4): Original Investigation: * Measurement of Psoas Major Correlating with Functional Performance in Asymptomatic Adults--An MRI and Ultrasound Study * Plantar Flexor Weakness and Pain Sensitivit  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 28 -- Health Communication, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features health campaigns, health public relations and gerontological concerns, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 39, Issue 1 edition: Editorial: * Time to Treat the Climate and Nature Crisis as One Indivisible Global Health Emergency Research Article: * Social Media Health Promotion and Audience Engagement: The Roles of Information Dissemination, Organization-Aud  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 29 -- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America says that it publishes research on control and evaluation of the transmission of pathogens in healthcare institutions and on the use of epidemiological principles and methods, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 44, Issue 12): SHEA Position Paper: * Improving antimicrobial use through bet  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 29 -- The Journal for Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy, a peer-reviewed journal that says it strives to engage and serve professionals in pharmacy, medicine, nursing and related fields to optimize the value of pharmaceutical products and pharmacy services delivered to patients from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 30, Issue 1): Systematic Review: * Impact of medication ther  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 27 -- The Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, a journal that says it features development of interventional techniques and therapies for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 66, Issue 9): * Myocardial strain with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to identify ventricular tachycardia substrate in nonischemic cardiomyopathy: important tool in the toolbox or straining   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 27 -- The Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the rehabilitation, reintegration and prevention of disability in workers, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 33, Issue 4): * Management of Adults with Chronic Primary Low Back Pain: Introduction to the Special Series of Systematic Reviews to Inform a World Health Organization (WHO) Clinical Guideline * Systematic Review Pr  more

NEW MILFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 30 -- 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 on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 21, Issue 1): COMMENTARY: * "Post or Perish"? An Early Career Researcher's Guide to Using Social  more

THOUSAND OAKS, California, Dec. 30 -- Medical Care Research and Review, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features health services research, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 81 Issue 1): Review: * Factors Associated With Intent to Leave the Profession for the Allied Health Workforce: A Rapid Review Empirical Research: * Does Interdisciplinary Care Team Care Management Improve Health Quality and Demonstrate Cost-Effectiveness? * Associ  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 25 -- Pain, a peer-reviewed journal from the International Association for the Study of Pain that says it features nature, mechanisms and treatment of pain, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 165, Issue 1): Commentary: * Preventing a prescription opioid epidemic in Switzerland Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: * Psychological treatments for the management of pain after musculoskeletal injury: a systematic   more

LONDON, England, Dec. 30 -- Perspectives in Public Health, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society for Public Health, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 144, Issue 1): In Practice: * 'Project period': a workplace health promotion innovation in a higher education setting Feature: * Advancing food is medicine: lessons from medical anthropology for public health nutrition Current Topics & Opinions: * Short-term policy choices will w  more

ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, The Netherlands, Dec. 30 -- Quality Management in Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides a forum to explore the elements of health care quality management, published research articles on the following topics in its October/December 2023 edition (Vol. 32, Issue 4): Original Research: * Decreased Length of Stay and Opioid Usage After Liver Cancer Surgery With Enhanced Recovery Pathway Implementation * Modeling Family Medicine Provider Care Team Design to Imp  more