Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510031

Sunlight Therapy as a Strategy to Improve Vitamin D Status in Skilled Nursing Facility Older Adult Patients: A Pilot Study

Ashwini Wagle, Clarie Hollenbeck and Jesus Dimas

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 15, 2017

Limited research has been conducted in the United States in which exposure to solar UVB light is studied in a natural setting as a strategy to improve vitamin D status in institutionalized older adults....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/ijfa-2017/1710002

Treatment of Resistant Planter Fasciitis: Comparsion of Three Techniques

Medhat Maaty and Ayman M Ali

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 13, 2017

Planter fasciitis is the most common cause of inferior heel pain that may cause significant discomfort and disability. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the results of combining the percutaneous partial planter fasciotomy and drilling the body of the calcaneus to either driiling or partial planter fasciotomy alone in resistant planter fasciitis....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/ijfa-2017/1710001

"Fleck Sign": Traumatic Avulsion Fracture of the Medial Cuneiform by Anterior Tibialis Tendon

David H Kim, Mark J Berkowitz and Jeff M Hrutkay

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 12, 2017

We describe a case of avulsion of the tibialis anterior tendon in association with a complex midfoot fracture. Although cases of attritional tibialis anterior tendon ruptures exist in the literature, avulsion/rupture of the anterior tibialis in the setting of an isolated midfoot injury has not been previously reported in the English literature....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510075

Delivering an Interprofessional and Intercollegiate Program between Nursing and Pharmacy Students

Michele S Bednarzyk, Carol Motycka and Kathaleen C Bloom

Article Type: Short Commentary | First Published: July 20, 2017

It is clear to many leading national organizations, such as the Institute of Medicine and other professional groups and accrediting bodies that learning in teams with other health professionals is an important way to improve the health and safety of the population....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510074

Academic Dishonesty among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Cavelle Allen, Shaulene Stanley, Karozan Cascoe and Rosain Stennett

Article Type: Short Commentary | First Published: July 15, 2017

Academic dishonesty is defined as a student’s intentional attempt to falsify, fabricate or tamper with data, information, records, or any other material that is relevant to any course, laboratory, or other academic exercise or function....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510073

'When Can I be Free from My Miserable Leg?' A Qualitative Study of Patients' Experiences of Chronic Leg Ulceration in Primary Healthcare

Xiaoli Zhu and Kath Ryan

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 14, 2017

Chronic leg ulceration significantly reduces quality of life because of its chronicity and recurrence. This study aimed to gain deep insight into the experiences of patients living with chronic leg ulcer from their perspective....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410056

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy - An Unexpected Finding: MALT Lymphoma in a H.Pylori-Negative Patient

Ramesh Piyumal De Silva, Sukaina Jaffar and Michael Devadas

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 23, 2017

Overweight and Obesity have been associated with an increased risk of developing a variety of gastrointestinal cancers. The increasing implementation of bariatric surgery to manage overweight and obesity would likely increase the incidental diagnosis of malignancies in patients who were previously asymptomatic or had nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410073

Compressive Optic Neuropathy Due to Pituitary Adenoma: Case Series

Vonor Kokou, Ayena Koffi Didier, Maneh Nidain, Nononsaa Batomguela Kassoula, Santos Mak, Amedome Kokou Messan, Dzidzinyo Kossi, Kuaovi Ra, Banla Meba and Balo Komi Patrice

Article Type: Case Series | First Published: June 30, 2017

A 32-years-old patient with a previous history of surgically operated anal fistula has consulted for a worsening progressive decrease of visual acuity associated with eye pain which lasted 5 years. The corrected visual acuity was 1/50 Parinaud 20 right and 1/20 Parinaud 4 left....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-570X/1410047

Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells and Chitosan Hydrogels Produce Similar Beneficial Effects in Acute Myocardial Infarctions and Ischemic Cardiomyopathies

Robert J Henning, Abraham Khan, David Whitaker and Narendra Sastry

Article Type: Original Research | First Published: June 26, 2017

We utilized two separate techniques, human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells (hUCBC) and chitosan hydrogels, to limit acute myocardial infarction size and LV remodeling. Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells (hUCBC), contain hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells. Chitosan is a polysaccharide....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-570X/1410046

Effects of Overexpression of C-Myc and Bcl-2 on Viability, Apoptosis and Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells

Waruna Lakmal Dissanayaka, Xiaofei Zhu and Chengfei Zhang

Article Type: Original Research | First Published: May 29, 2017

The development of cell lines with high cell density, controlled proliferation, apoptosisresistance, and easy adaptation into cultures of serum free media is essential for the success of tissue engineering strategies....