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CONTEXT: Recent studies have shown an association between cigarettes per day (CPD) and a nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism in CHRNA5, rs16969968. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the association between rs16969968 and smoking...
Progesterone, a neurosteroid, reduces inflammation, cell death and oxidative stress while improving cognitive recovery following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, studies regarding the effects of Prog after mild traumatic...
Objective: Message framing is a theoretically grounded health communication strategy designed to motivate action by emphasizing the benefits of engaging in a particular behavior (gains) or the costs of failing to engage in the behavior ...
Past research suggests that focusing on what has not yet been accomplished (goal focus) signals a lack of progress towards one's high commitment goals and inspires greater motivation than does focusing on what has already been...
Personality traits and cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults are reliable predictors of health and longevity. We examined the association between personality traits and energy expenditure at rest (basal metabolic rate) and during...
Background: Lower-back stress fractures are a common injury in thirteen to eighteen year old competitive female gymnasts, but the causes of this injury, outside of the mechanical stress of the sport, have not been thoroughly explored....
In the present research, we examined the effects of age, cohort, and time of measurement on well-being across adulthood. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of two independent samples-one with more than 10, 000 repeated assessments...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between socioeconomic status, perinatal depression, and birth outcomes. A total of 611 prenatal care-seeking women were recruited from two different university-affiliated obstetric...
Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The...
The authors investigated built environment (BE) factors in urban neighborhoods in DeKalb County, Georgia. Each volunteering, consenting senior was placed into one of two groups: walking tours outside, then discussions (n=37); and focus...
Kurt Bergheimer writes to Giulia Kortischoner lamenting her lack of writing and his own weak condition. He talks about returning to Germany once he is well in order to help rebuild the country. He asks Giulia to send a letter he has...
BACKGROUND: This study explores relationships between chronic inflammation and quality of life, making a case for biopsychosocial modeling of these associations. It builds on research from social and clinical disciplines connecting...
College students (N=3, 435) in 26 cultures reported their perceptions of age-related changes in physical, cognitive, and socioemotional areas of functioning and rated societal views of aging within their culture. There was widespread...
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