11 results on '"Jeff Davis"'
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2. The impact of a worksite weight management program on obesity: a retrospective analysis
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Bobby Clark, Geraint Lewis, Ian Duncan, and Jeff Davis
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Program evaluation ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Leadership and Management ,Diastole ,Occupational Health Services ,Blood Pressure ,Body Mass Index ,Weight management ,medicine ,Humans ,Obesity ,Triglycerides ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Retrospective cohort study ,Guideline ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Weight Reduction Programs ,Blood pressure ,Cholesterol ,Physical therapy ,Female ,business ,Body mass index ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of a worksite weight management program on the reduction of weight and lipid levels in employees and their dependents. This retrospective study examined the impact of a one-on-one worksite weight management program. Patients with a body mass index (BMI)30, or a BMI25 and 2 or more risk factors were eligible for inclusion. Laboratory and biometric readings at study end were compared to those at baseline. In addition, the percentage change of patients reaching recommended guideline levels was reported. Of the 310 employees enrolled, 157 completed the program (50.6%) with an average weight loss of 5.6%. Improvement was realized for pre-post weight (-6.0 lbs.; P≤.0001), BMI (-0.9; P≤.0001), blood pressure (systolic: -2.6; P≤.0001; diastolic: -1.9; P≤.0001), total cholesterol (-5.9; P=.0485), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL; -4.7; P=.0004), and triglycerides (-7.6; P=.0060). The proportion moving to within guideline levels increased for the following metrics: normal BMI category (2.6%; P=.0060),30 BMI (10%; P≤.0001), systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings (7.7%; P=.0011 and 6.1; P=.0056, respectively), total cholesterol (6.5%; P=.0020), LDL (3.9%; P=.0396), and triglycerides (4.8; P=.0137). Retention in the worksite program was almost twice that seen in some commercial weight loss programs and significant improvements in laboratory and biometric readings were achieved. This study suggests that employer worksite-based programs may have an important role in improving the health of an employee population, which is of particular interest given the high prevalence of obesity and its attendant costs. more...
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- 2014
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3. Symptoms of lung cancer
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Elizabeth B. Curtis, Jeff Davis, Ruth L. Krech, and Declan Walsh
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,Performance status ,business.industry ,Respiratory disease ,Cancer ,General Medicine ,Anorexia ,medicine.disease ,Malignancy ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,030502 gerontology ,Weight loss ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Physical therapy ,medicine.symptom ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Lung cancer - Abstract
Lung cancer is the most common cancer and kills more people than any other malignancy. We describe the symptoms experienced in persons with lung cancer. Data on 100 consecutive patients were collected prospectively using a standard assessment tool. The median number of symptoms was nine. The most common and severe symptoms were pain (86), dyspnoea (70) and anorexia (68). There were no differences between males and females. Males aged 64 and under had higher incidences of easy fatigue, taste changes and sleep problems. Men over 64 had higher incidences of cough and >10% weight loss. Although there was a general increase in the number of symptoms as the performance status worsened, those with the poorest performance status reported the fewest symptoms. Since there is little effective treatment for most lung cancers, clinical management, research and resources should be directed by, and targeted to, palliative care. more...
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- 1992
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4. Anesthetic Implications of Relapsing Polychondritis
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Paul S. Patane, Warren Whitlock, M. Jeff Davis, and Frederick W. Burgess
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Systemic disease ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,business.industry ,Anesthetic ,MEDLINE ,medicine ,business ,medicine.disease ,Connective tissue disease ,Relapsing polychondritis ,Surgery ,medicine.drug - Published
- 1990
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5. Diagnosis and Management of Pigmented Nevi
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Jeff Davis
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Nevus, Pigmented ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Pigmented Nevus ,Humans ,Medicine ,Nevus ,General Medicine ,business ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology - Published
- 1955
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6. The pigmented mole
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Jeff Davis and George T. Pack
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Nevus, Pigmented ,Skin Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Mole ,Medicine ,Nevus ,Humans ,General Medicine ,business ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology - Published
- 1960
7. Melanotic freckle of Hutchinson
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George T. Pack, George K. Higgins, and Jeff Davis
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Lentigo ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Freckle ,Keratosis ,business.industry ,Melanoma ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,Lesion ,medicine ,Humans ,Surgery ,medicine.symptom ,Differential diagnosis ,Stage (cooking) ,business ,Leukoplakia ,Aged - Abstract
“Melanotic freckle of Hutchinson” is defined as an obligatory cutaneous precancerosis, analogous to keratosis, leukoplakia, and the premelanomatous stage of juvenile melanoma. Its clinical course, differential diagnosis, pathlogy, treatment, and prognosis are described. The evolution of this lesion to true malignant melanoma is slow and almost imperceptible. Clinical lesions, photomicrographs, and the cosmetic end results of surgical excision and plastic repair are illustrated. more...
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- 1967
8. CONCOMITANT OCCURRENCE OF KAPOSI'S SARCOMA AND LYMPHOBLASTOMA
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Jeff Davis and George T. Pack
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mycosis fungoides ,Lymphoma ,business.industry ,Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ,Cancer ,Sarcoma ,Dermatology ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Leukemia ,Myelogenous ,Neoplasms ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Concomitant ,medicine ,Humans ,Angiosarcoma ,business ,Sarcoma, Kaposi ,Kaposi's sarcoma - Abstract
IN AN EARLIER report of 56 cases of angiosarcoma and Kaposi's sarcoma from the Memorial Cancer Center, one of us (G. P.) commented on the histopathologic significance of the coexistence of Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoblastoma in the same patient. 1 A total of seven such cases of Kaposi's sarcoma collaterally existing with Hodgkin's disease, * leukemia,† myelogenous leukemia, 7 and mycosis fungoides 8 have been described in medical literature. We are presenting three additional cases from the Memorial Cancer Center in which we have observed the concomitant occurrence of Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoblastoma. In two patients, Kaposi's sarcoma and giant follicular lymphoma (Brill-Symmers disease) occurred concurrently, a combination to our knowledge not previously described. The third patient had a combined diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma and malignant lymphoma. The fourth patient, who at the onset of her disease had the microscopic picture and clinical findings simulating Hodgkin's disease more...
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- 1954
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9. POROKERATOSIS (MIBELLI)
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Andrew G. Franks and M. I. Jeff Davis
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Onychauxis ,business.industry ,Dystrophy ,Dermatology ,Wrist ,medicine.disease ,POROKERATOSIS MIBELLI ,Surgery ,Atrophy ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cutaneous horn ,Medicine ,Rifle ,business ,Porokeratosis - Abstract
Cases of porokeratosis are infrequent in dermatologic practice. In reviewing the literature, we noted that association of this type of dermatosis with cutaneous horn, onychauxis and atrophy of the interosseous muscles is unusual. Recently we observed a soldier with such a condition. REPORT OF A CASE History.—R. M., an American soldier aged 21, unmarried, was first seen in August 1942. He was admitted to the hospital for treatment of an eruption of the right hand and wrist, which he had first noticed in childhood. Since its first appearance he had not been free from it for any length of time. The only subjective symptoms were pruritus and burning of the skin, which became more severe under conditions of heat and cold. The patient stated that he had been well until he was ordered to rifle practice. After three days of rifle drilling, a burning and drawing sensation started in more...
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- 1943
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10. MEASUREMENT OF SENSITIVITY OF CUTANEOUS NEVI
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George T. Pack and Jeff Davis
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Nevus, Pigmented ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Pain ,Dermatology ,General Medicine ,Histogenesis ,Stimulus (physiology) ,medicine.disease ,Peripheral nerve ,medicine ,Humans ,Nevus ,business - Abstract
THE HISTOGENESIS of nevi still remains controversial. The epidermal theory of their origin is favored by Block, Miescher, Ormsby, and Montgomery, * who believe that certain basal cells of the epidermis under suitable stimulus assume the ability to produce melanin. This opinion is opposed to the concept of the neurogenic origin of neval cells as conceived by Masson 4 and proposed by Soldan. 5 Some protagonists of the epidermal origin of nevi have offered in support of their beliefs the clinical opinion that moles are no more sensitive than the rest of the skin, and that they should be, if the neural theory of their origin be valid. If these pigmented growths have their origin in cells of the peripheral nerve apparatus in the skin, it was considered to be of some interest to see if any variations in sensitivity could be elicited and recorded. Clinical impressions of the more...
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- 1954
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11. DISTRIBUTION OF PITYRIASIS ROSEA
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Jeff Davis and George A. Waldriff
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Upper Arms ,Pityriasis Rosea ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pityriasis ,business.industry ,Dermatology ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Trunk ,Surgery ,Pityriasis rosea ,medicine ,Humans ,business - Abstract
Thirty-six years ago, Fox1stated that "our textbook descriptions of pityriasis rosea need many additions and corrections." According to our present findings concerning the distribution of this eruption, his remark is still valid. Modern dermatologic texts follow the original concept of the distribution of the lesions in pityriasis rosea as given by Gibert2in 1860. We quote from four: Becker and Obermayer3stated that "the location of a typical eruption is the trunk and the extremities above the elbows and knees." According to Sutton and Sutton,4"the eruption may be limited to the trunk, but the upper arms and the thighs are frequently attacked. Rarely the face is involved." MacKee and Cipollaro5expressed the opinion that "the eruption is usually limited to the chest, abdomen and back, although lesions may occur on the arms and thighs. It rarely attacks the face." Andrews6considered the more...
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- 1950
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