Risk factors for Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection were investigated in a case-control study
at 10 medical centers throughout the United States. Among 73 case-patients and 142 …

Background: Modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), specifically those
containing the β 2 subunit, may be effective in treating patients with major depressive disorder. …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mood disorder that is not traditionally considered to
affect the visual system. However, recent findings have reported decreased cortical levels of …

Background Many patients with malaria-like symptoms seek treatment in private medicine
retail outlets (PMR) that distribute malaria medicines but do not traditionally provide diagnostic …

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is widely regarded as the treatment of choice for bulimia
nervosa (BN), with previous reviews of the CBT outcome literature claiming an approximate …

Background Despite the benefits of malaria diagnosis, most presumed malaria episodes
are never tested. A primary reason is the absence of diagnostic tests in retail establishments, …

Background Lithium is considered by many as the gold standard medication in the management
of bipolar disorder (BD). However, the clinical response to lithium is heterogeneous, …

Background Tanzania has seen a reduction in the fraction of fevers caused by malaria,
likely due in part to scale-up of control measures. While national guidelines require parasite-…

Beech RD, Lowthert L, Leffert JJ, Mason PN, Taylor MM, Umlauf S, Lin A, Lee JY, Maloney K,
Muralidharan A, Lorberg B, Zhao H, Newton SS, Mane S, Epperson CN, Sinha R, …

Abnormalities in the response of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and dorsolateral prefrontal
cortex (DLPFC) to negative emotional stimuli have been reported in acutely depressed patients…