The Health, Risk Factors, Exercise, Training, and Genetics (HERITAGE) Family Study is a landmark multicenter trial designed to examine the physiological changes produced by exercise training and how genetics contributes to the variation in the response to exercise.1 Families underwent physiological and biochemical assessment before and after 5 months of supervised aerobic exercise training. Thi...

One of the first authors who wrote about coping in dementia, now thirty years ago, was Verwoerdt (1976, 1981). From a psychodynamic perspective he interpreted specific psychological and behaviour changes in people with dementia as expressions of coping with stress. He described three types of coping strategies: Strategies aimed at mastering and controlling situations that provoke anxiety (e.g. ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a notable cause of death and an extremely important tumor in cancer control efforts. There have been tremendous declines in CRC incidence and mortality because of the effectiveness of screening and treatment. Indeed at a time when there is tremendous debate about screening for many cancers, there is no debate that CRC screening and treatment are preventing many deaths...

This study aimed to understand the implications and feelings associated with the experience of amputation. The literature review allowed the knowledge of this phenomenon under several perspectives, besides the appropriation of some ideas of the philosopher Merleau-Ponty about body and perception. After this initial knowledge, interviews were performed with people who underwent amputation, by li...