Lori A Bastian

..The purpose of this study is to examine number of live births, other reproductive factors, and health behaviors in relation to obesity risk among older women...

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..These women should be counseled about alleviating climacteric symptoms, using contraception, and preventing diseases such as osteoporosis...

..This report describes the characteristics associated with successful enrollment of smokers in the social networks (i.e., family and close friends) of patients with lung cancer into a smoking cessation intervention...

..This paper presents the design, rationale, and baseline participant characteristics of a randomized controlled intervention trial to enhance weight loss in postpartum women who entered pregnancy overweight or obese...

..Thus interventions should target education and behavioral change in the parent, and positive, mutually reinforcing behaviors within the family...

..African-American veterans have significantly higher rates of HBV than do Caucasian veterans, which persist after controlling for prominent risk behaviors...

..To examine demographic, relationship, and smoking history factors related to expected positive and negative support for quitting smoking among chronically ill veterans...

..Pregnancy is associated with weight gain and obesity. The aim of this study was to identify the effect of parity and other factors on motivation to change diet to lose weight in a cohort of overweight and obese postpartum women...

..These findings highlight the importance of physicians discussing HT with their patients, particularly because of recent clinical trial developments...

..Although more research is needed to understand the mechanisms that relate nicotine intake to pain and disease progression, physicians can promote smoking cessation in patients with lung cancer to improve health and quality of life...

..The outcomes include change from baseline in the child's diet, physical activity and weight, and in the mother's parenting behaviors, diet, physical activity, and weight...

..This study explores how weight-related topics are discussed between physicians and their overweight and obese female patients...

..CONCLUSION: There was no evidence to suggest that women HT users differ from non-HT users in depressive symptom severity...

..Body image (BI) and body satisfaction may be important in understanding weight loss behaviors, particularly during the postpartum period. We assessed these constructs among African American and white overweight postpartum women...

..Pregnancy may contribute to overweight and obesity...

..The relationship between reproductive factors and metabolic syndrome in women is unknown...

..e., history positive vs. current depression), and differential effects by gender...

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..Most (79%) reported CRIS had "caused" their discussion. CRIS is an easily used, disseminable program that showed promising results in primary care settings...

..Obese women have higher rates of pregnancy complications, making the prevention of unintended pregnancies in this group of particular importance...

..Physicians are expected to discuss weight loss with overweight and obese patients. Physicians' beliefs, outcome expectancies, and strategies for addressing weight with patients have not been examined...

..An estimated two-thirds of North Carolina residents are overweight or obese. Mass media, such as newspapers and the Internet, can be used to broadly convey health messages for weight loss...

..To review systematically and analyze the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and the risk of dying from heart disease in women...

..To evaluate the factors associated with refusal to participate in acute cardiac clinical trials...

..Outpatient service use is higher for veterans with pain than for veterans without pain. Our study objective was to identify differences in outpatient utilization between men and women veterans with chronic pain...

..We examined the relationship of provider gender, age, medical specialty, and duration of relationship with the patient to report mammography recommendation...

..We performed a systematic review of studies examining whether a GnRHa administered during chemotherapy is protective of ovarian function and fertility...

..These results suggest a similar association among men. Public health interventions focused on obesity prevention should target both parents, especially those parents with several children...

..e. either those who slept in the lab or those who slept at home). The results suggest the nocturnal sleep setting (home vs. lab) may affect subsequent MSLT and performance test comparisons of insomnia sufferers and normal sleepers...

..Also discussed are potential problems in age-related research, ways to improve the knowledge base in behavioral medicine and aging, and thoughts about future challenges to enhance work in behavioral medicine and aging...

..Of women with up to three risk factors, fewer than half worried about CAD. Higher-risk women were unconcerned about CAD. This could undermine prevention efforts...

..In a few studies, this risk reduction was attenuated after prolonged use or prolonged duration of follow-up. Limited information on recency of use, dose, or use of combined hormone replacement therapy was available...

..Future studies should focus on specific causal pathways for each of these factors with regard to sex to determine if sex differences in the prevalence of vascular factors have an influence on sex differences in dementia risk...

..CONCLUSION:S: Gender differences in the lifetime rates of drug risks explain the higher rates of hepatitis C infection among men with severe mental illness...

..We conducted a randomized controlled trial of two theory-based interventions in a population-based, nationally representative sample of women veterans...

..Most health promotion trials in cancer screening offer limited evidence of external validity. We assessed internal and external validity in a nationwide, population-based trial of an intervention to promote regular mammography screening...

..To examine predictors of perceived susceptibility to breast cancer and assess differences across three dependent measures...

..This paper summarizes the process and outcomes of this effort, outlining VA's research priorities for biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation, and health services research...