Search Results - "Shumaker, S. A."

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and subclinical cerebrovascular disease : The WHIMS-MRI Study by COKER, L. H, HOGAN, P. E, SHUMAKER, S. A, BRYAN, N. R, KULLER, L. H, MARGOLIS, K. L, BETTERMANN, K, WALLACE, R. B, LAO, Z, FREEMAN, R, STEFANICK, M. L

“…The Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) hormone therapy (HT) trials reported that conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) with or without…”
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Cognitive function and retinal and ischemic brain changes: The Women's Health Initiative by HAAN, M, ESPELAND, M. A, WALLACE, R, YAFFE, K, KLEIN, B. E, CASANOVA, R, GAUSSOIN, S. A, JACKSON, R. D, MILLEN, A. E, RESNICK, S. M, ROSSOUW, J. E, SHUMAKER, S. A

“…To examine the association between retinopathy and cognitive decline or brain lesions and volumes in older women. This study included 511 women aged 65 and…”
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Effects of Estrogen Replacement on the Progression of Coronary-Artery Atherosclerosis by Herrington, David M, Reboussin, David M, Brosnihan, K. Bridget, Sharp, Penny C, Shumaker, Sally A, Snyder, Thomas E, Furberg, Curt D, Kowalchuk, Glen J, Stuckey, Thomas D, Rogers, William J, Givens, David H, Waters, David

“…Postmenopausal estrogen replacement has been recommended for the secondary prevention of heart disease in women 1 – 3 on the basis of abundant observational…”
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Health-Related Quality of Life Measures for Women with Urinary Incontinence: The Incontinence Impact Questionnaire and the Urogenital Distress Inventory by Shumaker, S. A., Wyman, J. F., Uebersax, J. S., McClish, D., Fantl, J. A.

“…Urinary incontinence (UI) is a relatively common condition in middle-aged and older women. Traditional measures of symptoms do not adequately capture the…”
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Particulate air pollutants, APOE alleles and their contributions to cognitive impairment in older women and to amyloidogenesis in experimental models by Cacciottolo, M, Wang, X, Driscoll, I, Woodward, N, Saffari, A, Reyes, J, Serre, M L, Vizuete, W, Sioutas, C, Morgan, T E, Gatz, M, Chui, H C, Shumaker, S A, Resnick, S M, Espeland, M A, Finch, C E, Chen, J C

“…Exposure to particulate matter (PM) in the ambient air and its interactions with APOE alleles may contribute to the acceleration of brain aging and the…”
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Predictors of Adherence in the Women's Health Initiative Calcium and Vitamin D Trial by Brunner, R., Dunbar-Jacob, J., LeBoff, M. S., Granek, I., Bowen, D., Snetselaar, L. G., Shumaker, S. A., Ockene, J., Rosal, M., Wactawski-Wende, J., Cauley, J., Cochrane, B., Tinker, L., Jackson, R., Wang, C. Y., Wu, L.

“…The authors analyzed data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation Trial (CaD) to learn more about factors affecting…”
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The Health-Related Quality of Life and Survival of Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Results of a Companion Study to CALGB 9033 by M. J. Naughton, J. E. Herndon, II, S. A. Shumaker, Miller, A. A., Kornblith, A. B., D. Chao, Holland, J.

“…The purposes of this study were 2-fold: to evaluate the impact of the schedule dependency of etoposide (3-day IV short course vs. a 21-day oral prolonged…”
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International use, application and performance of health-related quality of life instruments by Berzon, R, Hays, R D, Shumaker, S A

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Gender differences in social support and physical health by Shumaker, S A, Hill, D R

“…A large body of prospective data has accumulated linking social support to health, and most social scientists agree that low levels of support are associated…”
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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in HIV Disease: Key Measurement Issues by S. A. Shumaker, Ellis, S., M. Naughton

“…The reliable and valid assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinical research presents both familiar and…”
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The Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS): A Trial of the Effect of Estrogen Therapy in Preventing and Slowing the Progression of Dementia by Shumaker, Sally A., Reboussin, Beth A., Espeland, Mark A., Rapp, Stephen R., McBee, Wendy L., Dailey, Maggie, Bowen, Deborah, Terrell, Tim, Jones, Beverly N.

“…Evidence from animal, human cross-sectional, case-control, and prospective studies indicate that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a promising treatment to…”
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Comparison of Preoperative Characteristics of Men and Women Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (The Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft [CABG] Biobehavioral Study) by Czajkowski, Susan M, Terrin, Michael, Lindquist, Ruth, Hoogwerf, Byron, Dupuis, Gilles, Shumaker, Sally A, Gray, J.Richard, Herd, J.Alan, Treat-Jacobson, Diane, Zyzanski, Steven, Knatterud, Genell L

“…A cohort of 759 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients (269 women and 490 men) was enrolled in the prospective POST CABG Biobehavioral Study at 5…”
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Longitudinal Analysis of Sexual Function Reported by Men in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial by Moinpour, Carol M., Darke, Amy K., Donaldson, Gary W., Thompson, Ian M., Langley, Connie, Ankerst, Donna Pauler, Patrick, Donald L., Ware, John E., Ganz, Patricia A., Shumaker, Sally A., Lippman, Scott M., Coltman, Charles A.

“…Background The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of finasteride in preventing…”
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Profile of Men Randomized to the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial: Baseline Health-Related Quality of Life, Urinary and Sexual Functioning, and Health Behaviors by MOINPOUR, C. M, LOVATO, L. C, THOMPSON, L. M, WARE, J. E, GANZ, P. A, PATRICK, D. L, SHUMAKER, S. A, DONALDSON, G. W, RYAN, A, COLTMAN, C. A

“…To describe men who agreed to be randomized to the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), a 7-year, double-blind placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of…”
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Baseline Correlates with Quality of Life Among Men and Women with Medication-Controlled Hypertension. The Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly (TONE) by Anderson, Roger T., Hogan, Patricia, Appel, Lawrence, Rosen, Raymond, Shumaker, Sally A.

“…OBJECTIVES: To examine Quality of Life (QOL) and its correlates among older adults with medication‐controlled hypertension. DESIGN: Baseline data from the TONE…”
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Integrating Health-Related Quality of Life into Cross-National Clinical Trials by Cella, D F, Wiklund, I, Shumaker, S A, Aaronson, N K

“…When planning to implement health-related quality of life (HRQL) assessment in a multinational clinical trial, there are at least four general considerations:…”
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Factors Related to Sleep Disturbance in Older Adults Experiencing Knee Pain or Knee Pain with Radiographic Evidence of Knee Osteoarthritis by Wilcox, Sara, Brenes, Gretchen A., Levine, Doug, Sevick, Mary Ann, Shumaker, Sally A., Craven, Timothy

“…OBJECTIVES: To describe the types and frequencies of sleep complaints and the biopsychosocial factors associated with sleep disturbance in a large community…”
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Assessment of health-related quality of life in orthopaedic outcomes' studies by Naughton, M J, Shumaker, S A

“…The assessment of health-related quality of life is becoming increasingly important in evaluating the effectiveness of orthopaedic interventions. This report…”
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Hormone replacement therapy and other potential treatments for dementias by McBee, W L, Dailey, M E, Dugan, E, Shumaker, S A

“…The past decade has seen a substantial increase in the number of individuals affected by dementia. Dementia places a tremendous personal and economic burden on…”
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cognition: An understudied issue in women's health by Coker, Laura H, Shumaker, Sally A

“…Introduction: Diabetes is a common chronic illness, affecting approximately 16 million Americans, and is slightly more common in women than men. Data from…”
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