The August 2017 edition of the Hawai’i Journal of Medicine and Public Health features a paper reviewing the association between alcohol consumption and risk of diverticulosis and diverticular bleeding; a case report of pelvic tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer; and a study assessing the food environment and fruit and vegetable intake among children in Guam. In the Medical School Hotline, read the annual report for the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Finally, in the Insights in Public Health column, learn about SBIRT, or Screening Brief, Intervention, Referral to Treatment, for preventing and addressing chronic substance use, misuse, and addiction.
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