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    • Analysis of awareness months using Google Trends 

      Oraee, David; Reeves, Brooke; Torgerson, Trevor; Ottwell, Ryan; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Objective: Health awareness months are growing in popularity with over 200 awareness days, weeks and months recognized in the United States. Awareness months cover a wide array of topics including Breast Cancer Awareness ...
    • END(S) of vaping: A search query review of e-cigarettes 

      Lester, Drew; Eyabi, Jorgen; Torgerson, Trevor; Wayant, Cole; Vassar, Matthew (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: As of December 2019, 52 electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) related deaths and over 2,400 related cases of lung damage have been confirmed in the US; the CDC refers to this pathology as EVALI—e-cigarette, ...
    • Interest in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery residency: Can Google Trends be a predictive tool? 

      Johnson, Austin L.; Torgerson, Trevor; Cooper, Craig; Corcoran, Adam; Hamilton, Tom; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Google Trends, an online internet search tool, was used to evaluate the association between the U.S. senior applicant pool for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Oto-HNS) residency programs and internet search queries ...
    • "Michael Douglas" effect 

      Torgerson, Trevor; Johnson, Austin L.; Cooper, Craig; Khojasteh, Jam; Hamilton, Tom; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: In June 2013, celebrity actor Michael Douglas announced that he had received a diagnosis of throat cancer, which he attributed to the human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted ...
    • Public awareness of health issues after the Surgeon General tweets 

      Young, Ryan; Roddy, Kevin; Torgerson, Trevor; Keener, Ashley; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Health information distributed on social media may benefit public health by aiding in disease management and increasing awareness, however, not all information disseminated on social media is reliable. Therefore, a need ...