OBJECTIVE To assess adolescent PA awareness and investigate associations with biological and psychosocial factors. DESIGN Cross-sectional from November 2005 to July 2007 (ROOTS study). SETTING Population-based sample recruited via Cambridgeshire and Suffolk schools (UK). PARTICIPANTS N=799 (44% male, 14.5±0.5 years). MAIN EXPOSURES Self-rated PA perception, self-reported psychosocial fa...

dministration of pharmaceutical agents to pregnant women is a concern, because of safety issues to both mother and fetus. However, all medication formulations contain many other inactive ingredients in addition to the active drug. In contrast to the extensive research on the safety of active pharmaceutical ingredients in pregnant patients, the fetal safety of the inactive ingredients has been l...

This study estimates the percentage of health care expenditures in the non-institutionalized United States (U.S.) adult population associated with levels of physical activity inadequate to meet current guidelines. Leisure-time physical activity data from the National Health Interview Survey (2004-2010) were merged with health care expenditure data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2006...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence of Australian prostate cancer survivors meeting contemporary exercise-oncology guidelines and identify associations with distress, unmet supportive care needs, and quality of life. METHODS A population-based cohort of 463 prostate cancer survivors who were on 10.8 months post-curative therapy was assessed for compliance with curr...

introduction and aims: although a few studies have done in our country in the field of hepatitis d, its risk factors are not clearly known. this study was conducted with the aim of assessing the relative frequency and risk factors of hdv and the correlation between hdv and severity of liver damage. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study. 280 hbsag positive subjects (including 1...