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Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) and the complications associated with opioid use is a growing concern across the globe. Increased deaths, morbidity, and crimes associated with opioid misuse are increasing in the United States. Groups such as N…

Background: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a common condition that affects much of the world’s population. This disorder is characterized as an ongoing pattern of hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention that can interfere with daily …

Introduction/Background: Subtle acts of verbal and nonverbal offensive behaviors, expressions, and interactions are common in the clinical environment and are disproportionately encountered by individuals belonging to marginalized or underrepresente…

The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to correlate the independent variable mentorship dosage to the dependent variable of teacher retention rates by analyzing the effect of low, moderate, and high levels of mentorship on newly hi…

Cachexia is a common illness found in chronically ill patients, especially those with cancer. The lack of strength and functional reserve found in cachexic patients leads to greatly increased morbidity and mortality. Currently, there are no establis…

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US. It includes coronary heart disease, peripheral artery disease, and stroke, which are largely attributable to modifiable risk factors. Several of these modifiable risks…

Background. As Americans become more active and live longer we subject ourselves to an increased risk of overuse and traumatic injuries. High prevalence of injuries occur to the most mobile joint in the human body, the shoulder girdle. One of the mo…

Large portions of the population face unrelenting chronic pain. Current standard of care in the treatment of chronic pain includes prescription opioids. Due to increasing backlash for overprescribing in the opioid drug class, a contributing factor t…

Background: In 2020, there were a total of 131.3 million emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. The arising issue is that patients who are triaged as non-urgent often experience long wait times in the ED. Prolonged wait times at the …

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are common and can be debilitating for the patient experiencing the injury. There are different graft choices when repairing an ACL such as allograft and autograft. It is important to repair the inj…

Background: The population of dementia patients is ever-growing. Caregivers often experience burden that negatively impacts their lives as well as the care they can provide for the dementia patients. There has been research conducted to discover eff…