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...
Category: <span>Physical Medicine</span>
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Are Your Patients Using This Anti-COVID Secret Weapon?
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,...
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Five key factors affect physical activity in multi-ethnic older adults
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,...
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Exercise can reduce severity of breast cancer treatment side effects
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...
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Exercising on an empty stomach burns 70% more fat, study finds
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...
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Muscle Regeneration: Massage Doesn’t Just Feel Good, It Makes Muscles Heal Faster and Stronger
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,...
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Some screen time better than none during children’s concussion recovery
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...
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Muscling through: Linking muscle and joint stiffness of the lower human limbs
SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: STIFF JOINT OFTEN RESULTS FROM LOWERED JOINT FLEXIBILITY AND CAN PRESENT A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR ATHLETES. IN A NEW STUDY, RESEARCHERS FROM JAPAN INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE STIFFNESS AND PASSIVE ANKLE JOINT STIFFNESS IN HUMAN LIMBS, UNCOVERING IMPORTANT INSIGHTS THAT COULD HELP DEVELOP EFFECTIVE EXERCISES FOR MITIGATING...
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Regularly exercising with weights linked to lower risk of death
by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Regularly exercising with weights is linked to a lower risk of death from any cause, with the exception of cancer, finds research carried out in older adults and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Ensuring that a weekly exercise routine includes both weights and aerobic...
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Exercise could reduce frailty in the most common form of leukemia
by University of Surrey Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Increased levels of exercise could help reduce frailty in patients with the most common form of leukemia, chronic lymphocytic (CLL), according to new research from the University of Surrey. The discovery of a link between frailty and “good cholesterol” (high-density lipoprotein (HDL)) could help identify people most...