By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Apr 5 2023 Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, has claimed more than 6.88 million lives worldwide. Many studies have reported the manifestation of long-COVID, which has been described as the persistence of COVID-19 symptoms for at...
PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER IMAGE: PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER’S DR. JUSTIN BROWN CREDIT: PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER BATON ROUGE – Researchers, led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Justin Brown, have found that physical activity can prevent, and not just delay, cancer recurrence in patients previously treated for colon cancer. “In this observational study of patients with stage III colon...
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Strengthening hip muscles could be key to improve mobility in people with a below-the-knee amputation, new research has shown. Amputation presents significant mobility challenges to millions of people worldwide. Studies show that only 5 percent of people fitted with a prosthetic limb use it for more than half of their waking hours....
Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH November 14, 2022 An 18-year-old woman with Crohn’s disease (diagnosed 3 years ago) came to my office for advice regarding management of osteoporosis. Her bone density was low for her age, and she had had three low-impact fractures of her long bones in the preceding 4 years. Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH Loss of weight after the...
Lisa Jhung January 10, 2023 If your patients vowed to start exercising this year, here’s another incentive to help them stick to their guns: They could protect themselves from potentially devastating COVID-19 outcomes like hospitalization and even death. The evidence is piling up that physical activity can lower the risk of getting very sick from COVID. The CDC,...
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY IMAGE: RESEARCHERS FROM FAU’S CHRISTINE E. LYNN COLLEGE OF NURSING CONDUCTED A UNIQUE STUDY USING A ROBUST STATISTICAL APPROACH TO ANALYZE THE FACTORS RELATED TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN A DIVERSE SAMPLE OF OLDER ADULTS. CREDIT: ALEX DOLCE, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY Physical activity is important for healthy aging. It helps prevent functional decline,...
by Edith Cowan University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Breast cancer is the most common form of the disease among women; in Australia, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer by the age of 85. Radiotherapy has emerged as an important component of breast cancer treatment but can lead to cancer-related fatigue and negatively impact...
by Nottingham Trent University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Exercising on an empty stomach helped people to burn about 70% more fat than those who exercised two hours after eating, a study found. Sports scientists at Nottingham Trent University also found that the participants—who undertook both fasted and fed exercise in the evening—did not overcompensate for the calories skipped...
By WYSS INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ENGINEERING AT HARVARD OCTOBER 6, 2021 Study in mice confirms link between mechanotherapy and immunotherapy in muscle regeneration. Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000 years, and today many athletes swear by massage guns to rehabilitate their bodies. But other than making people feel good,...
by University of British Columbia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Too much screen time can slow children’s recovery from concussions, but new research from UBC and the University of Calgary suggests that banning screen time is not the answer. The researchers looked for links between the self-reported screen time of more than 700 children aged 8-16...
