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The article focuses on a case-control study that demonstrates the effectiveness of a telephone-based weight loss intervention in overweight and obese patients with breast cancer. It explores that the intervention, which included telephone coaching and health education, resulted in clinically meaningful weight loss of 4.4 kg and was associated with significant improvements in body weight compared to the control group.

The article discusses free services program by Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) which offers free service to the parents to make sure that their young children are developingas they should and Community-based Early Intervention Program therapy for children from birth to three years age.

Almost every time he was released from jail, Wilfredo Hierrezuelo stumbled back in, once after an arrest for dealing drugs, another time after he assaulted a school safety guard. By the time he walked out of Rikers Island in October 2008 at age 23, he had spent about seven years of his life behind bars. He tried breaking that cycle, signing on with agencies that were supposed to connect him with employers. But one agency, he said, focused too narrowly on finding a temporary job, and another, in the Bronx, simply ''wasn't for me.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article reports on the introduction of new evaluation and management (E&M) codes for use in behavior change intervention. There are four new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes for use with face-to-face visits. Particular focus is given to the scope of 9921-5 services. Also included are case examples of behavior change intervention.

Reports on the results of a study which tracked the drinking habits of a number of students at the University of Washington at Seattle over four years. Effectiveness of an intervention program in reducing alcohol-related problems; Type of interview undertaken with heavy drinkers.