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Steven M. Paul

Researcher at University of California, San Francisco

Publications -  420
Citations -  22958

Steven M. Paul is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 363 publications receiving 20144 citations. Previous affiliations of Steven M. Paul include Washington University in St. Louis & University of California, Berkeley.

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Symptom clusters and their effect on the functional status of patients with cancer.

TL;DR: This study provides beginning insights into the effect of a symptom cluster on patients' functional status and healthcare professionals need to be aware of the presence of symptom clusters and their possible synergistic adverse effect on Patients' future morbidity.
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The revised Piper Fatigue Scale: psychometric evaluation in women with breast cancer.

TL;DR: The revised version of the Piper Fatigue Scale consists of 22 items and four subscales: behavioral/severity (6 items), affective meaning (5 items), sensory(5 items) and cognitive/mood (6Items) and standardized alpha for the entire scale is 0.97, indicating that some redundancy may exist among the items.
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Effects of xanomeline, a selective muscarinic receptor agonist, on cognitive function and behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer disease.

TL;DR: The observed improvements in ADAS-Cog and CIBIC+ following treatment with xanomeline provide the first evidence, from a large-scale, placebo-controlled clinical trial, that a direct-acting muscarinic receptor agonist can improve cognitive function in patients with AD.
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Flavonoid-rich dark chocolate improves endothelial function and increases plasma epicatechin concentrations in healthy adults.

TL;DR: Flavonoid-rich dark chocolate improves endothelium-dependent flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery and is associated with an increase in plasma epicatechin concentrations in healthy adults.
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Kappa–opioids produce significantly greater analgesia in women than in men

TL;DR: The hypothesis that women report higher pain levels or exhibit less tolerance than men for given stimulus intensities is evaluated and it is concluded that κ–opioid analgesia is greater in females than in males, probably reflecting a difference in κ-opioids–activated endogenous pain modulating circuits.