This community contains the scholarly works of faculty and students of the schools, institutes and departments within the College of Health Sciences at the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Background: Individual genetic differences affecting thyroid hormone production may lead to treatment resistance in hypothyroid patients. Identification of these differences may lead to better treatments. Objective: To ...
Background: Dental professionals are in a prime position to recognize the signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and make the appropriate referrals for a medical consultation. Due to the frequency of prophylaxis ...
Objective: To illustrate the exploratory trial of therapy administered to a complaint of severe hard palate pain presenting to an outpatient chiropractic clinic, and the clinical agenda associated with the exhibited case. ...
Objectives: To explore the in consistencies of Spurling’s test in chiropractic education. To identify areas of discrepancy in methodology, interpretation and utility of Spurling’s test in the chiropractic profession. To ...
Between 1998 and 2018, 450,000 Americans have died of overdose from opioid use disorder (OUD). In wake of the pandemic, there was a 42% increase in opioid overdoses in May 2020, compared with May 2019. The annual cost ...
Background: Respiratory illness has been concomitant with poor oral health and is particularly prevalent in institutionalized geriatric patients. Historically, there has been a decisive gap in preventive dental health in ...
Background: Temporal derangements in oxygenation and ventilation have been associated with surgical ligation and device closure of the ductus arteriosus. We sought to evaluate respiratory decompensation, defined as an ...
Wagner, Linda D.; Armstrong, Elizabeth(SAGE Publications, 2020-08-01)
Research exploring the parents’ experience of their child undergoing gender transition is almost nonexistent. However, as the number of individuals who identify as transgender increases, gender identity will continue to ...
Axén, Iben; Bergström, Cecilia; Bronson, Marc; Côté, Pierre; Nim, Casper G.; Goncalves, Guillaume; Hébert, Jeffrey J.; Hertel, Joakim A.; Innes, Stanley; Larsen, Ole K.; Meyer, Anne-Laure; O’Neill, Søren; Perle, Stephen M.; Weber, Kenneth A. II; Young, Kenneth J.; Leboeuf-Yde, Charlotte(BioMed Central Ltd, 2020-11-18)
Background: In March 2020, the World Health Organization elevated the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic to a pandemic and called for urgent and aggressive action worldwide. Public health experts have communicated ...
Garay, Paula A.(University of Bridgeport, 2020-12-08)
Food allergy is an adverse reaction to the ingestion of certain food items such as nuts, eggs, and cow’s milk. It affects all age groups but is particularly worrisome in children who may have severe or even fatal reactions. ...