Publications

Effect of women's groups and volunteer peer counselling on rates of mortality, morbidity, and health behaviours in mothers and children in rural Malawi (MaiMwana): a factorial, cluster-randomised controlled trial

Hemoglobin A1c Predicts Diabetes but Not Cardiovascular Disease in Nondiabetic Women

BMI, fat and muscle differences in urban women of five ethnicities from two countries

Twenty-Four-Hour ACTH and Cortisol Pulsatility in Depressed Women

Weight, weight change, and coronary heart disease in women. Risk within the 'normal' weight range

<h3>Objective.</h3> —To assess the validity of the 1990 US weight guidelines for women that support a substantial gain in weight at approximately 35 years of age and recommend a...

Reasons Why Women Who Have Mastectomy Decide to Have or Not to Have Breast Reconstruction

Breast reconstruction after mastectomy is chosen by approximately 10 percent of Australian women. Younger women are more likely to have this surgical procedure. This suggests th...

10-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF A SUCCESSFUL RANDOMIZED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRIAL IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN 1075

From 1982 to 1985, a randomized clinical trial examining the effect of a walking intervention on bone measures in postmenopausal women demonstrated excellent compliance, with 80...

Maternal Care Modulates the Relationship between Prenatal Risk and Hippocampal Volume in Women But Not in Men

Smaller hippocampal volume is associated with psychiatric disorders. Variations in hippocampal volume are discussed as both a consequence of the neurotoxic effects of stress and...

Responses to Laboratory Psychosocial Stress in Postpartum Women

These results indicate that physiological and subjective responses to social stress are not attenuated in lactating women tested at least one hour after feeding their infant. Ho...

Worldwide mortality in men and women aged 15–59 years from 1970 to 2010: a systematic analysis

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Independent Predictor of Hypertension Incidence among Initially Normotensive Healthy Women

The authors examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and incident hypertension in women who were normotensive and free of cardiovascular disease at baseline in...

Physical activity and mortality: a prospective study among women

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the association between recreational physical activity and mortality in middle-aged and older women and the possibility that physical activity se...