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P Faucher

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PubMed1990

Lifetime history of relapse from exercise.

Most research on relapse from exercise has investigated one relapse episode following a structured program. The present study examined the patterns and determinants of the lifetime history of relapse from exercise in a community population. Subjects were 1.811 randomly selected residents of San Diego, California who completed an extensive mailed survey. Subjects reported the number of times over their lifetime that they had exercised vigorously for at least six months and then stopped exercising for at least three months. Approximately 60% of subjects reported zero relapses, 20% reported one or two relapses, and 20% reported three or more relapses. Relapse histories of current exercisers and current nonexercisers were virtually identical. The most commonly reported reason for the last relapse was injuries for both nonexecisers and exercisers. Multiple regression analyses were used to identify correlates of exercise relapse history. These data indicate that cross-sectional surveys of exercise behavior are inadequate to characterize exercise behavior in a population, and injuries are probably a major cause of relapse.

California↗
PubMed1990

Breast Cancer Screening Project in Northeast Florida.

The American Cancer Society--Duval Unit, in June, 1987, helped organize a community demonstration screening project involving all hospitals and institutions with mammography units in the area. A Northeast Florida Cooperative Breast Cancer Screening Group was formed comprised of physicians and administrators from each institution. A total of 1,200 women agreed to participate in the project and each underwent complete screening including education, instruction in self-examination, physical examination by a physician and mammography as indicated according to ACS guidelines. Of the study group, 1,032 women were eligible for mammography at a participating center, and 628 (61%) underwent a mammogram at no cost to them as instructed. Twenty four (4%) had definite abnormalities which led to biopsy and seven (1%) of them had malignant lesions. The medical community organized to provide breast cancer screening and follow-up with low-cost mammography.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

[Clinical and ultrastructural study of a case of human rabies].

A patient of Morracan origin, aged 26 years, who died as a result of rabies after a 15 day illness in August 1976 in Bordeaux. No evidence of contamination was found by history from the patient and his family and friends nor by examination. A cerebral biopsy carried out a few hours before death confirmed the diagnosis by immunofluorescence, whilst examination under the optical microscope demonstrated Negri bodies and ultrastructural studies revealed rabies virus. These findings are discussed and compared with a few other cases reported in the literature with electron microscope studies.

Adult↗
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2.5 years follow-up of weight and Body Mass Index values in the Weight Control for Life! program: a descriptive analysis.

This descriptive study monitored weight, Body Mass Index, and percent excess weight changes in 60 clients, (44 women, 16 men) at about 1 year and 2.5 years following participation in the Weight Control for Life! program. The program integrates the habit reversal treatment model with contingency management and operant reinforcement principles; nutrition education; physical activity; stress management; cognitive-restructuring; relapse prevention; social support; intensive, on-going maintenance; self-monitoring; and the use of a medically supervised very-low-calorie diet or low-calorie-diet. Clients' pretreatment and posttreatment weights averaged 104.28 kg (229.42 lb) and 79.89 kg (175.76 lb), respectively, representing a 68% reduction in excess body weight at the end of the weight loss phase of the program. Mean weight loss at about 1 year and 2.5 years post weight loss was 19.28 kg (42.42 lb) and 13.09 kg (28.80 lb), indicating subjects maintained 75% and 52% of their weight losses at these two time periods. Men lost more weight and maintained better losses than women. Overall, there was a 41% reduction in excess body weight at the end of 2.5 years.

Adolescent↗