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Diane Berneath Lang, BS, and Gilbert E. D’Alonzo, DO
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Predictors of Responsible Drinking or Abstinence Among College Students Who Binge Drink: A Multitheory Model Approach

Manoj Sharma, PhD; Chizoba Anyimukwu, BSN, MPH; Richard W. Kim, MS, OMS I; Vinayak K. Nahar, MD, PhD, MS, FRSPH; and M. Allison Ford, PhD
The authors use the multitheory model of health behavior change to predict initiation and sustenance of responsible drinking or abstinence among binge-drinking college students in a sample drawn from a large southern public university.
J Osteopath Med; 118(8): 519-530

Using a Multitheory Model to Predict Initiation and Sustenance of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among College Students

Manoj Sharma, PhD; Philip M. Stephens, MS, OMS I; Vinayak K. Nahar, MD, PhD, MS, FRSPH; Hannah Priest Catalano, PhD, CHES; Vimala C. Lingam, MPharm, MPH; and M. Allison Ford, PhD
The authors predict change in fruit and vegetable consumption behavior among college students who were not eating the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables using the multitheory model of behavior change
J Osteopath Med; 118(8): 507-517

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band Erosion Into the Stomach and Colon

Michael Corvini, MD; Elina Kang, OMS IV; Gregory Weidner, OMS IV; and Juan Lombert
The authors present a case of laparoscopic adjustable gastric band erosion, where both the band and the tubing eroded into the stomach and colon, and the tubing further eroded out of and back into the colon several times.
J Osteopath Med; 118(7): 479-481

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Kathleen Ackert, OMS III
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Reducing Health Disparities: Understanding the Unintended Effects of Health Care Professional and Patient Characteristics on Treatment

Samantha Nazione, MA, PhD, and Anthony Nazione, DO
The authors examine the effect of medical students’ degree (DO or MD) and gender on attitudes towards patients and how these factors could act as moderators in the responsibility-affect-helping model.
J Osteopath Med; 118(6): 376-383

Laboratory Tests and X-ray Imaging in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Checking the Checklist

Brian K. Yorkgitis, DO; Jesse W. Loughlin, BS; Zachary Gandee, BS; Halla H. Bates, BA; and Gerald Weinhouse, MD
The authors examine whether adding a “diagnostic testing” section to a daily checklist used for patient rounds in a surgical ICU would decrease the amount of laboratory tests and chest x-ray imaging ordered.
J Osteopath Med; 118(5): 305-309