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Background: The ACL is the most torn ligament in the knee and serves to stabilize the knee joint. The gold standard for diagnosing an ACL tear is an MRI or arthroscopy;however, these can be expensive and unnecessary if the diagnosis could be ruled o…

Background: Mental health disorders plague much of the inmate population within the United States criminal justice system. Not only are incarcerated inmates with mental health disorders more likely to serve longer sentences, have served prior senten…

The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental, correlational study is to compare teachers’ plans to leave the teaching profession for the school year 2021-22 in rural and urban area schools, and teachers’ plans to leave the teaching profession …

In the United States, over half of the female population uses a form of contraception. To make an educated decision on which form of birth control to use, the associated benefits and risks of each form are considered. Taking exogenous hormones in th…

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…

Pharmaceutical grade cannabidiol (CBD) oil has been considered for treatment of seizure disorders in numerous anecdotes. The objective of this study was to determine the role CBD oil has as an adjuvant therapy alongside one the mainstay anti-epilept…

Background: With the rising global prevalence of obesity and risks that are associated with excess body fat, the pursuit of a solution has become the topic of many randomized control trials and systematic reviews. Obesity treatment begins with provi…

Background: Tryptamines act on the same neurotransmitter as traditional unipolar mood disorder medications, however, they have a different mechanism of action. With refractory cases, traditional medications are not enough to treat these disorders an…

Background: Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune degenerative neurological consequence of many established viral and bacterial infections. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a variation of the corona RNA virus strains discovered in 2019, and is k…

Objective: To assess the effect that maternal Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30 kg/m2 has on the risk of her offspring developing childhood obesity. Design: Systematic Literature Review. Methods: A search was performed using the databases PubMed, EBSCOh…

Background: The health impact of tobacco cigarette (TC) smoking has long been studied, with substantial evidence linking TC smoking as the cause or contributing factor of numerous diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Limited evidence is prese…

Diabetes is approaching epidemic proportions worldwide, impacting patients of all ages and clinicians in every healthcare setting. Mobile applications (apps) are increasingly popular within all aspects of health, from daily goals to dieting. Patient…