When Cigarette Smoking Meets COVID-19: How the Two Types of Threat and Efficacy Perceptions Interactively Predict Danger Control and Fear Control Processes
Growing evidence shows messaging about the combined risks of smoking and COVID-19 promotes smoking cessation. Guided by the Extended Parallel...
Adherence and Attrition in a Web-Based Lifestyle Intervention for People with Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a key public health issue and cardiovascular disease risk factor. Web-based lifestyle interventions can scale healthy...
Occupational Health Check-ups, Health Promotion Programs, and Obesity in Asthmatic and Non‑asthmatic Workers: A 5-Year Prospective Study
This 5-year prospective study (1998–2003) of 23,220 Finnish workers aged 20–54 examined whether occupational health check-ups, physician advice on health...
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Periodic Medical Examinations Among Healthcare Professionals in a Tertiary Hospital, Malaysia
Periodic medical examination (PME) is a cornerstone of preventive medicine for early detection and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This...
Do adults who believe in periodic health examinations receive more clinical preventive services?
This 2007 Preventive Medicine study analyzed 4,879 adults in the rural U.S. Southeast to explore the link between beliefs in...
Beyond Beauty: Neurocosmetics, the Skin-Brain Axis, and Emotionally Intelligent Skincare
This paper focuses on neurocosmetics, an emerging frontier at the intersection of dermatology and cosmetic science, elucidating the bidirectional regulatory...
The Environmental Injustice of Beauty: Framing Chemical Exposures from Beauty Products as a Health Disparities Concern
This commentary uncovers the environmental injustice of toxic chemical exposures from beauty products, which disproportionately affect women of color (regardless...
The Dark Side Of Beauty: Toxicological Impacts Of Synthetic Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
Driven by social media and unrealistic beauty standards, synthetic cosmetics and personal care products have become ubiquitous, yet they pose...
Adjudicating Traditional Wellness In Worksite Health Promotion
Paul E. Terry’s 2020 American Journal of Health Promotion editorial analyzes the debate around traditional worksite wellness—a model of health...
Antibodies against Endogenous Retroviruses Promote Lung Cancer Immunotherapy
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) correlate with improved survival and immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) response in lung cancer, but the mechanisms...
Neural Correlates of Integrated Aesthetics Between Facial and Moral Beauty
This fMRI study explored the neural basis of integrating facial and moral beauty. Twenty-one female participants evaluated paired stimuli (facial...
Mental Health and General Wellness in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ike
This three-wave longitudinal study examined multidimensional resilience among 658 Hurricane Ike survivors (followed at 2–5, 5–9, 14–19 months post-disaster), filling...
