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Public Health Surveillance of Dental Pain via Twitter by Heaivilin, N., Gerbert, B., Page, J.E., Gibbs, J.L.

“…On Twitter, people answer the question, “What are you doing right now?” in no more than 140 characters. We investigated the content of Twitter posts meeting…”
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Age and sex as predictors of biochemical activity in acromegaly: analysis of 1485 patients from the German Acromegaly Register by Petersenn, S., Buchfelder, M., Gerbert, B., Franz, H., Quabbe, H. J., Schulte, H. M., Grussendorf, M., Reincke, M.

“…Summary Objective  We evaluated the German Acromegaly Register for clinical variables associated with the initial biochemical activity of patients with…”
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Prevalence of anterior pituitary dysfunction in patients following traumatic brain injury in a German multi-centre screening program by Berg, C, Oeffner, A, Schumm-Draeger, P-M, Badorrek, F, Brabant, G, Gerbert, B, Bornstein, S, Zimmermann, A, Weber, M, Broecker-Preuss, M, Mann, K, Herrmann, B L

“…We determined the prevalence of anterior pituitary dysfunction in a multi-centre screening program across five German endocrine centres in patients…”
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The German Acromegaly Registry: description of the database and initial results by Reincke, M, Petersenn, S, Buchfelder, M, Gerbert, B, Skrobek-Engel, G, Franz, H, Lohmann, R, Quabbe, H-J

“…Patient registries are valuable tools to study long-term morbidity and mortality of rare diseases. Acromegaly is rare (incidence 3-4/mill/year, prevalence…”
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The mysteries and demands of HIV care: qualitative analyses of HIV specialists' views on their expertise by Gerbert, B., Caspers, N., Moe, J., Clanon, K., Abercrombie, P., Herzig, K.

“…To deepen our understanding of the mysteries and demands associated with HIV care and to inform the debate about HIV specialization, we conducted in-depth…”
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Interventions that help victims of domestic violence. A qualitative analysis of physicians' experiences by Gerbert, B, Caspers, N, Milliken, N, Berlin, M, Bronstone, A, Moe, J

“…The barriers physicians face when providing care to victims of domestic violence are well detailed in the literature, but few studies provide insight into how…”
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Combination antiretroviral therapy: Health care providers confront emerging dilemmas by Gerbert, B., Bronstone, A., Clanon, K., Abercrombie, P., Bangsberg, D.

“…Recent editorials, conferences and clinical practice articles have discussed providers' concerns and practices regarding prescribing antiretroviral combination…”
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AIDS and infection control in dental practice: dentists' attitudes, knowledge, and behavior by Gerbert, B

“…A random sample of 541 dentists in California was surveyed to determine the dentists' attitudes toward AIDS and their role in relation to AIDS, their knowledge…”
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Improving diet and exercise in pregnancy with Video Doctor counseling: A randomized trial by Jackson, Rebecca A, Stotland, Naomi E, Caughey, Aaron B, Gerbert, Barbara

“…Abstract Objective To determine if an interactive, computerized Video Doctor counseling tool improves self-reported diet and exercise in pregnant women…”
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Training physicians in counseling about smoking cessation. A randomized trial of the "Quit for Life" program by Cummings, S R, Coates, T J, Richard, R J, Hansen, B, Zahnd, E G, VanderMartin, R, Duncan, C, Gerbert, B, Martin, A, Stein, M J

“…To test whether physicians who receive a continuing education program ("Quit for Life") about how to counsel smokers to quit would counsel smokers more…”
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The impact of AIDS on dental practice: update 1989 by Gerbert, B

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Toward a definition of HIV expertise: a survey of experienced HIV physicians by Gerbert, B, Moe, J C, Saag, M S, Benson, C A, Jacobsen, D M, Feraios, A, Hill, M E, Bronstone, A, Caspers, N, Volberding, P A

“…Medical care for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons has grown increasingly complex, yet few studies have examined experienced HIV physicians'…”
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Residency training in internal medicine: time for a change? by Schroeder, S A, Showstack, J A, Gerbert, B

“…Internal medicine residencies risk becoming obsolete if they are not adjusted to changing patterns of medical practice. Declining length of hospital stay,…”
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Dentists and the patients who love them: professional and patient views of dentistry by Gerbert, B, Bleecker, T, Saub, E

“…Dentistry has long been identified with the bizarre or sadistic in books, movies and sitcoms. But how do dentists see themselves? How do patients view their…”
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Planned change and the future of the dental education system by Gerbert, B

“…Dentistry today faces an environment that clearly requires changes in dental education. Future dentists must be prepared to deal with new patterns of dental…”
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Simplifying physicians' response to domestic violence by Gerbert, Barbara, Moe, James, Caspers, Nona, Salber, Patricia, Feldman, Mitchell, Herzig, Karen, Bronstone, Amy

“…* Defining and limiting physicians' role in intervening with victims of domestic violence increases their effectiveness * Physicians should ask patients about…”
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Are patients talking to their physicians about AIDS? by Gerbert, B, Maguire, B T, Coates, T J

“…We conducted a nationwide telephone survey of a random sample of United States adults in summer 1988 (n = 2000, response rate = 75 percent) to find out if…”
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Activating Patients to Practice Skin Cancer Prevention: Response to Mailed Materials From Physicians Versus HMOs by Gerbert, Barbara, Wolff, Mimi, Tschann, Jeanne M., McPhee, Stephen J., Caspers, Nona M., Martin, Michael J., Saulovich, Anne

“…We investigated whether the source and emphasis of mailed messages about skin cancer would differentially activate patients to initiate skin cancer prevention…”
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Risk perception and risk communication: benefits of dentist-patient discussions by Gerbert, B, Bleecker, T, Saub, E

“…Experts in risk communication have encouraged dentists to initiate discussions about dental office-related risks with their patients. However, little is known…”
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The provider-patient relationship in academic health centers: the movement toward patient-centered care by Gerbert, B, Love, C V, Caspers, N M

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