Background. Defining dispersal of influenza virus via aerosol is essential for the development
of prevention measures. Methods. During the 2010–2011 influenza season, subjects with …

Importance Postmenopausal hormone therapy with conjugated equine estrogens (CEEs)
may adversely affect older women’s cognitive function. It is not known whether this extends to …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to document risk factors for depressive symptoms
during the postpartum period among working mothers and to determine longitudinal effects of …

Aims/hypothesis The Memory in Diabetes (MIND) substudy of the Action to Control Cardiovascular
Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study, a double 2x2 factorial parallel-group randomised …

Background: Obesity may accelerate age-related increases in aortic stiffness. Although aerobic
exercise training generally has favorable effects on aortic structure and function, exercise …

Methods This randomized controlled pilot study recruited African Americans in 2 North
Carolina neighborhoods who had high blood pressure and used fewer than 3 antihypertension …

Objective This study aimed to determine the impact of dietary weight loss (WL) plus aerobic
exercise (EX) and a “move more, more often” approach to activity promotion (SitLess; SL) on …

Regular exercise, particularly resistance training (RT), is the only therapy known to consistently
improve muscle strength and quality (force per unit of mass) in older persons, but there is …

Background Mitochondrial function declines with age; however, the relationship between
adiposity and mitochondrial function among older adults is unclear. This study examined …

Intraindividual variability among cognitive domains may predict dementia independently of
interindividual differences in cognition. A multidomain cognitive battery was administered to …