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Skip to Search Results- 1Johnson, Jeff A. (School of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta)
- 1Johnson, Jeffrey A. (School of Public Health Sciences)
- 1Majumdar, Sumit R. (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
- 1Menon, Devidas (Department of Public Health Sciences)
- 1Tonelli, Marcello (Medicine)
- 1Williams, Beverly (Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta)
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Fall 2013
There is a general agreement that a relationship exists between health literacy (HL) and health outcomes. Nonetheless, there are critical gaps in the measurement of HL and in the evidence on the impact of inadequate HL on health outcomes, especially in the diabetes population. These gaps need to...
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Fall 2013
Telemedicine is a promising but unproven tool for improving the quality of chronic disease care. The aim of this research is to investigate the potential of telemedicine for the care of patients with chronic diseases in Canada. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of telemedicine for...
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The pharmaceutical industry’s willingness-to-sell targeted chemotherapy for incurable solid cancers
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How the costs of research and its associated risks contribute to a minimum price that would support continued private pharmaceutical investment is unclear. We employed a linear cost-volume-revenue breakeven analysis to equate initial capital investment and risk, and its associated...
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Fall 2012
Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) have an increased risk of bladder cancer, relative to non-diabetic individuals. We aimed to investigate factors that may influence this association. Some reports suggest an association between the glucose-lowering drug pioglitazone and bladder cancer. Our...