Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among young adult cancer patients in Japan
This study aimed (1) to examine the prevalence of psychological distress among AYA cancer patients within a year of diagnosis to long-term survivors and (2) to describe socio-demographic and cancer-related characteristics associated with psychological distress.METHODS: In a cross-sectional web-based survey, patients who scored 5 or more on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale were assessed for significant psychological distress. Logistic regression examined whether demographics, clinical variables, and social support were associated with psychological distress.RESULTS: A total of 206 young adult cancer patients partici...
Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - February 28, 2022 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Masako Okamura Maiko Fujimori Shinichi Goto Kyoko Obama Midori Kadowaki Ayako Sato Takatoshi Hirayama Yosuke Uchitomi Source Type: research
Precision Medicine-A Demand Signal for Genomics Education
The objectives of the initiative include more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases, creation of a voluntary national research cohort, adherence to privacy protections for maintaining data sharing and use, modernization of the regulatory framework, and forging public-private partnerships to facilitate these objectives. Specifically, the DoD Military Health System joined other agencies to execute a comprehensive effort for PMI. Of the many challenges to consider that may contribute to the implementation of genomics-lack of familiarity and understanding, poor access to genomic medicine expertise, needs for exten...
Source: Military Medicine - December 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bruce Doll Mauricio J De Castro Melissa H Fries Arnyce R Pock Diane Seibert Wendy Yang Source Type: research
James Sydney Jackson (1944-2020)
Am Psychol. 2021 Sep;76(6):1090-1091. doi: 10.1037/amp0000837.ABSTRACTJames Sydney Jackson (1944-2020). Jackson had a profound, wholly unique, and enduring impact on the discipline of psychology and a host of other affiliated fields of study. His insistence on seeing Black populations and other peoples of color in full- appreciating their complexities, variabilities, and contrasts- fundamentally altered our approach to the study of race/ethnicity within these scholarly frames. In the Fall of 1971, Jackson assumed his first (and only) academic post in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology. Jackson held a num...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: M Belinda Tucker Source Type: research
James Sydney Jackson (1944-2020)
Am Psychol. 2021 Sep;76(6):1090-1091. doi: 10.1037/amp0000837.ABSTRACTJames Sydney Jackson (1944-2020). Jackson had a profound, wholly unique, and enduring impact on the discipline of psychology and a host of other affiliated fields of study. His insistence on seeing Black populations and other peoples of color in full- appreciating their complexities, variabilities, and contrasts- fundamentally altered our approach to the study of race/ethnicity within these scholarly frames. In the Fall of 1971, Jackson assumed his first (and only) academic post in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology. Jackson held a num...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: M Belinda Tucker Source Type: research
James Sydney Jackson (1944-2020)
Am Psychol. 2021 Sep;76(6):1090-1091. doi: 10.1037/amp0000837.ABSTRACTJames Sydney Jackson (1944-2020). Jackson had a profound, wholly unique, and enduring impact on the discipline of psychology and a host of other affiliated fields of study. His insistence on seeing Black populations and other peoples of color in full- appreciating their complexities, variabilities, and contrasts- fundamentally altered our approach to the study of race/ethnicity within these scholarly frames. In the Fall of 1971, Jackson assumed his first (and only) academic post in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology. Jackson held a num...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: M Belinda Tucker Source Type: research
James Sydney Jackson (1944-2020)
Am Psychol. 2021 Sep;76(6):1090-1091. doi: 10.1037/amp0000837.ABSTRACTJames Sydney Jackson (1944-2020). Jackson had a profound, wholly unique, and enduring impact on the discipline of psychology and a host of other affiliated fields of study. His insistence on seeing Black populations and other peoples of color in full- appreciating their complexities, variabilities, and contrasts- fundamentally altered our approach to the study of race/ethnicity within these scholarly frames. In the Fall of 1971, Jackson assumed his first (and only) academic post in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology. Jackson held a num...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: M Belinda Tucker Source Type: research
James Sydney Jackson (1944-2020)
Am Psychol. 2021 Sep;76(6):1090-1091. doi: 10.1037/amp0000837.ABSTRACTJames Sydney Jackson (1944-2020). Jackson had a profound, wholly unique, and enduring impact on the discipline of psychology and a host of other affiliated fields of study. His insistence on seeing Black populations and other peoples of color in full- appreciating their complexities, variabilities, and contrasts- fundamentally altered our approach to the study of race/ethnicity within these scholarly frames. In the Fall of 1971, Jackson assumed his first (and only) academic post in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology. Jackson held a num...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: M Belinda Tucker Source Type: research
James Sydney Jackson (1944-2020)
Am Psychol. 2021 Sep;76(6):1090-1091. doi: 10.1037/amp0000837.ABSTRACTJames Sydney Jackson (1944-2020). Jackson had a profound, wholly unique, and enduring impact on the discipline of psychology and a host of other affiliated fields of study. His insistence on seeing Black populations and other peoples of color in full- appreciating their complexities, variabilities, and contrasts- fundamentally altered our approach to the study of race/ethnicity within these scholarly frames. In the Fall of 1971, Jackson assumed his first (and only) academic post in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology. Jackson held a num...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: M Belinda Tucker Source Type: research
James Sydney Jackson (1944–2020).
Jackson had a profound, wholly unique, and enduring impact on the discipline of psychology and a host of other affiliated fields of study. His insistence on seeing Black populations and other peoples of color in full— appreciating their complexities, variabilities, and contrasts— fundamentally altered our approach to the study of race/ethnicity within these scholarly frames. In the Fall of 1971, Jackson assumed his first (and only) academic post in the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychology. Jackson held a number of key positions over the years, and served as the 7th director of Michigan’s famed Institu...
Source: American Psychologist - December 16, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Analytical ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02368 (Source: Analytical Chemistry)
Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 1, 2021 Category: Chemistry Authors: Philippe Bechtold, Philipp Wagner, Salome Hosch, Denise Siegrist, Amalia Ruiz-Serrano, Michele Gregorini, Maxmillian Mpina, Florentino Abaga Ondo ́, Justino Obama, Mitoha Ondo’o Ayekaba, Olivier Engler, Wendelin J. Stark, Claudia A. Daubenberger, and T Source Type: research
Biden picks Robert Califf for US FDA chief
Cardiologist served as agency's commissioner under Obama (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - November 21, 2021 Category: Chemistry Authors: Asher Mullard, special to C&EN Source Type: research
