Acupuncture for spasticity after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 01/16/2015 Evidence Based Medicine Lim SM, et al. – The aim of this systematic review was to determine how effective acupuncture or electroacupuncture (acupuncture with electrical stimulation) is in treating poststroke patients with spasticity. Acupuncture could […]
Lisa Nainggolan January 15, 2015 Fresh evidence that just a little bit of exercise, such as 20 minutes walking a day, is extremely beneficial — regardless of whether people are overweight/obese or not — has emerged from a large European study. In fact, the most pronounced reduction in premature death risk was observed among individuals who were […]
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2015 Jan 14. pii: S0161-4754(14)00267-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.12.001. [Epub ahead of print] Risk of Stroke After Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation in Medicare B Beneficiaries Aged 66 to 99 Years With Neck Pain. Whedon JM, Song Y, Mackenzie TA, Phillips RB, Lukovits TG, Lurie JD. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to […]
January 13, 2015 The American Journal of Cardiology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this study examined the relationship between lipid levels and all-cause mortality in 115,492 patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between 2002 and 2006. The risk for in-hospital mortality for patients with LDL-C levels in the second to fourth quartiles was decreased […]
January 12, 2015 Journal of the American Heart Association TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A total of 7690 men and nonpregnant women between the ages of 40 and 79 years who participated in a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed to evaluate the association between self-reported sleep duration and predicted 10-year cardiovascular risk. After adjustment for […]
To this day, you still see products in grocery stores labeled, “low fat” as if this somehow translates into meaning the product is more healthful. Obviously the manufacturers of these products feel that there still is enough consensus in terms of the public’s perception that low fat is a good thing. So they persist in […]
January 09, 2015 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Women in the Swedish Mammography Cohort (N = 27,895) were evaluated to identify 2402 first events of heart failure, with an average follow-up time of 13 years (369,207 person-years). Moderate to high levels of total physical activity were correlated with a reduced risk for development of heart failure. Walking or […]
Does an avocado a day lower bad cholesterol? BY ANDREW M. SEAMAN Wed Jan 7, 2015 6:29pm EST (Reuters Health) – Eating a heart-healthy diet that includes avocados may lower so-called bad cholesterol among otherwise healthy overweight and obese people, according to a new study. The findings don’t mean people should simply add avocados to […]
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 01/05/2015 Clinical Article Hshieh TT, et al. – In this study, the authors aim was to test the hypothesis that nut consumption is inversely associated with the risk of all–cause mortality. The data are consistent with an inverse association between nut consumption and the risk of all–cause and cardiovascular disease […]
Cocoa flavanol consumption improves cognitive function, blood pressure control, and metabolic profile in elderly subjects: the Cocoa, Cognition, and Aging (CoCoA) Study—a randomized controlled trial American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 01/05/2015 Clinical Article Mastroiacovo D, et al. – This dietary intervention study provides evidence that regular cocoa flavanol (CF) consumption can reduce some measures of […]
Published online January 05, 2015 JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 05, 2015.;():. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6283. Association Between Dietary Whole Grain Intake and Risk of Mortality: Two Large Prospective Studies in US Men and Women Hongyu Wu, PhD ABSTRACT Importance Higher intake of whole grains has been associated with a lower risk of major chronic diseases, such […]
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2015 Jan;28(1):88-90. Vertebral artery dissection after a chiropractor neck manipulation. Jones J, Jones C, Nugent K. Abstract The differential diagnosis for ischemic central nervous system infarcts in young patients includes paradoxic emboli through cardiac shunts, vasculitis, and vascular trauma. We report a young woman who developed headache, vomiting, diplopia, dizziness, […]
Other factors include female gender, previous knee injury, age, and presence of hand OA. Familiar risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (OA) in individuals 50 years and older — high body mass index (BMI), previous knee injury, age, female sex, and the presence of hand OA — were confirmed as the condition’s top drivers in a […]
RESEARCH · December 08, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In a randomized, crossover trial, researchers evaluated 60 participants aged ≥60 years to determine the association of bisphenol A (BPA) with blood pressure and heart rate. Drinking canned beverages was associated with an increase in urinary BPA concentration and systolic blood pressure when compared with drinking glass-bottled beverages. […]
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2014 Dec;29(10):1099-107. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2014.10.004. Epub 2014 Oct 23. Quantifying strain in the vertebral artery with simultaneous motion analysis of the head and neck: A preliminary investigation. Piper SL1, Howarth SJ1, Triano J1, Herzog W2. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection has significant mortality and morbidity among young adults. Unfortunately, […]
RESEARCH · December 22, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Data from baseline and 5-year follow-up examinations of 2308 individuals indicated that adiposity gain was associated with decreased lung function and adiposity loss was associated with increased lung function. Atopy did not affect the associations. There was no statistically significant relationship between adiposity and risk for incident asthma […]
The Japan Shimanami Health Promoting Program Study Yasuharu Tabara, PhD Abstract Background and Purpose—Asymptomatic cerebral small-vessel disease (cSVD) in elderly individuals are potent risk factors for stroke. In addition to common clinical risk factors, postural instability has been postulated to be associated with cSVD in older frail patients. Here, we conducted a cross-sectional study to […]
Anand Rohatgi, M.D. December 18, 2014 N Engl J Med 2014; 371:2383-2393 Abstract / Article Extract Background It is unclear whether high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration plays a causal role in atherosclerosis. A more important factor may be HDL cholesterol efflux capacity, the ability of HDL to accept cholesterol from macrophages, which is a key […]