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October 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This paper is aimed at junior clinical researchers and addresses time management issues associated with balancing the competing demands of academic medicine. The authors identify a number of strategies, including: figuring out which goals are the mo ...
November 12, 2007 | Journal Article
Kidney functioning for HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals as measured by levels of cystatin C and creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rates were compared in this article. Participants were 1,008 HIV-positive individuals from the Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Change in HIV Infection study along with a control sample of 290 individuals from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study.
November 7, 2007 | Journal Article
Researchers investigated how the relationship between obesity and disability might have changed over time. Data analyzed were from 9,928 adults at least 60 years of age who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys during 1988-1994 and 1999-2004.
November 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The National Osteoporosis Foundation and American College of Obstetrics-Gynecology have expanded osteoporosis therapy recommendations by changing the treatment threshold. We determined the impact of this recommendation using nationally representativ ...
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Smoking cessation efforts were the focus of this article.
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Previous studies have shown that self-assessment of future health is a robust predictor of mortality in older adults. This study examines the relationship between 10-year mortality and three self-rated health measures in an aging cohort—current health, health one year in the future and a combined measure of current and future health.
January 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Socioeconomic position (SEP), frequently used in health related research, represents a complex and often undefined set of factors. This article presents the second half of a comprehensive glossary of indicators of SEP. The authors describe what each ...
January 1, 2006 | Journal Article
A collection of recent public health research has turned to the relationship of social capital and its impact on health and well being. Criticism of this work focuses on lack of theoretical support and use of flawed methodology. This paper addresses ...
October 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
A special supplement to JADA presented findings from the third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III) to an audience working to establish school-based strategies and policies for obesity prevention.
October 29, 2009 | Story
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