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A sedentary lifestyle is prevalent in most industrialised societies. Persuasive evidence allows us to demonstrate that a physically active lifestyle protects against the development and progression of many chronic diseases. The assessment of sedentary individuals for the purpose of exercise testi...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of aerobic exercise on ambulatory systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP). The results of seven human exercise training studies published in English‐language journals from 1989 to 1993 and representing 12 exercise groups, nine control groups,...

The literature on domestic violence and couple's therapy currently offers few clear guidelines about assessment and treatment with couples with abusive male partners. This article addresses these gaps in the literature, attempts to integrate the divergent feminist, systems, psychodynamic, and beh...

Background: To compare the effectiveness of defined-formula diets versus steroids for the treatment of active Crohn's disease, we conducted a meta-analysis of the published clinical trials. Methods: Standard techniques for literature search were used to identify the pertinent trials. All studi...

OBJECTIVE: - To ascertain whether restriction of dietary sodium lowers blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive individuals. DATA SOURCES: - An English-language computerized literature search, restricted to human studies with Medical Subject Heading terms, "hypertension," "blood pressure,"...

BACKGROUND: Laboratory studies suggest that antioxidants, such as Vitamin C, are important inhibitors of atherosclerotic lesions. Most epidemiological reviews have considered all antioxidants together. This review seeks to clarify the current state of knowledge specifically concerned with vitamin...

Studies examining the effects of diet (D) and diet-plus-exercise (DE) programs on resting metabolic rate (RMR) report equivocal results. The purpose of this study was to use meta-analysis to determine if exercise prevents the decrease in RMR observed with dieting. Results from the 22 studies incl...

A meta-analysis was conducted using 42 treatment-outcome trials for social phobia. Six conditions were compared: Waiting-list control, placebo, EXP (within-session exposure and homework exposure), CT (cognitive restructuring without exposure exercises), CT + EXP, and SST (social skills training)....

Meta-analysis was conducted with 31 studies published between 1972 to 1993 on the effect of psychoeducational care (education, behavioral skill development, cognitive therapy, and/or nonbehavioral support/counseling) in adults with asthma. Fifty-eight percent of studies had subjects that were ran...