Risk Reduction Behavior
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Early statin therapy in acute coronary syndromes: the successful cycle of evidence, guidelines, and implementation.

4 Oct 2009 That statins should be prescribed for patients before hospital discharge after an episode of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a Level of Evidence: 1A recommendation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Task Force. ... Read more...

Preventing weight gain: one-year results of a randomized lifestyle intervention.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Lifestyle interventions targeting prevention of weight gain may have better long-term success than when aimed at weight loss. Limited evidence exists about such an approach in the primary care setting. DESIGN: An RTC was conducted. ... Read more...

Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia.

29 Sep 2009 The incidence and prevalence of dementia are expected to increase several-fold in the coming decades. Given that the current pharmaceutical treatment of dementia can only modestly improve symptoms, risk factor modification remains the cornerstone ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Risk Reduction Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Male circumcision and risk of HIV in women. 29 Oct 2009
• Strategies for Preventing HIV Transmission. 12 Oct 2009
• Early statin therapy in acute coronary syndromes: the successful cycle of evidence, guidelines, and implementation. 4 Oct 2009
• CLOTS: an opportunity missed. Oct 2009
• Preventing weight gain: one-year results of a randomized lifestyle intervention. 29 Sep 2009
• Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia. 29 Sep 2009
• Family-based treatment of severe pediatric obesity: randomized, controlled trial. 26 Sep 2009
• The efficacy of HIV/STI behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States: a meta-analysis. 15 Sep 2009
• Enhancing cultural and contextual intervention strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS among African Americans. 15 Sep 2009
• The benefits of risk factor prevention in Americans aged 51 years and older. 15 Sep 2009
• Aspirin in the primary prevention of vascular disease. 10 Sep 2009
• World Stroke Day 2009: what can I do? 8 Sep 2009
• The Indian Polycap Study (TIPS). 3 Sep 2009
• The Indian Polycap Study (TIPS). 3 Sep 2009
• Pacifiers and breastfeeding. 30 Aug 2009
• Exercise during pregnancy and cesarean delivery: North Carolina PRAMS, 2004-2005. 30 Aug 2009
• Optimizing management of hypertension with combination therapy: considerations for the nurse practitioner. 30 Aug 2009
• Pilot testing of the PRAISEDD intervention among African American and low-income older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Achievement of secondary preventive goals after acute myocardial infarction: a comparison between participants and nonparticipants in a routine patient education program in Sweden. 30 Aug 2009
• Empty handed: a call for an international registry of risk stratification to reduce the 'sudden-ness' of death in patients with non-compaction cardiomyopathy. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Risk Reduction Behavior'

Definition: Reduction of high-risk choices and adoption of low-risk quantity and frequency alternatives.

Descriptor UI: D040242

Alternative terms: Risk Reduction Behavior; Behavior, Risk Reduction; Behaviors, Risk Reduction; Risk Reduction Behaviors; Lifestyle Risk Reduction; Lifestyle Risk Reductions; Risk Reduction;

Related Mesh Headings: Risk;

Tree Number: F01.145.699;

History Note: 2003; use Health Behavior 1995-2002