Published April 20, 2023 | Originally published on MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events New research suggests that having a stronger purpose in life (PiL) may promote cognitive resilience among middle-aged adults. Cognitive resilience refers to the capacity of the brain to cope with stressors, injuries and pathology, and resist the development of symptoms or disabilities. Furthermore, having […]
RICHARD PLOTZKER, MD PHYSICIAN MARCH 31, 2023 My email delivered a terse reminder. The board of medicine notified me that they had not yet received my license renewal application, just one month until the expiration of my current license. For a mere $100, I could sit through the required online child abuse reporting course and […]
— Midlife, early-life risk factors now more common, differ by sex, race/ethnicity by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 9, 2022 Eight modifiable risk factors were linked to more than one in three cases of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia in the U.S., a cross-sectional analysis showed. The eight risk factors — midlife […]
By Naveed Saleh, MD, MS | Fact-checked by Barbara Bekiesz | Published April 27, 2022 Key Takeaways Physicians love their jobs, which can make retirement difficult. The average retirement age for physicians is 5 years older than for other professions. Reasons cited by physicians to prolong retirement include their enjoyment of work and its social […]
CDC Releases and Announcements | January 20, 2022 More than 1 in 5 adults is inactive in all but four states, according to new state maps of adult physical inactivity prevalence released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For these maps, physical inactivity for adults is defined as not participating in any physical activities […]
— Ex-smokers prone to gain weight, but less likely to die by John Gever, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today April 27, 2021 Smokers shouldn’t let the prospect of weight gain deter them from trying to quit the habit, Australian researchers suggested. In a longitudinal study of nearly 17,000 people, those who quit smoking had weight gains […]
— Four addressable factors appear key by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today November 24, 2020 Reducing four particular risk factors for gout could slash incident cases in men, researchers reported. Over a 26-year period, about 77% (95% CI 56%-88%) of men likely could have avoided gout if they likewise avoid four major risk factors […]
Oort S, Beulens JWJ, Van Ballegooijen AJ, et al American Heart Journal|July 16, 2020 This research was attempted to assess causal relationships of multiple lifestyle factors with heart failure risk by using Mendelian randomization. Researchers collected summary statistics data for single nucleotide polymorphisms correlated with the following 5 lifestyle factors at genome-wide significance in genome-wide […]
Lin BM, Wang M, Stankovic KM, et al American Journal of Medicine | June 12, 2020 Researchers sought to prospectively determine the correlations between smoking, smoking cessation, and risk of self-reported moderate or worse hearing loss among 81,505 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II (1991-2013). Validated biennial questionnaires were used to gather information on […]
Experimental Gerontology — Kwon HM, et al. | February 28, 2020 Researchers performed this study with 5,117 individuals aged > 60 years, to assess the link between smoking and knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the elderly. The participants were selected from the Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (KNHANES-VI) 2013–2015, and included those who responded […]
BMC Public Health — Lee SH, et al. | November 04, 2019 Researchers conducted this cross-sectional study to explore the connection between sedentary behavior and chronic knee pain in a study population representative of the general Korean population aged > 50 years while also considering the physical activity or BMI. In this investigation, data from Korea’s 6th […]
Journal of Sport and Health Science Volume 8, Issue 4, July 2019, Pages 386-393 Hosam Alzahrani Highlights • Total physical activity is inversely associated with chronic back conditions. • At least 300 min/week of moderate intensity or 30 min/week of vigorous intensity activities are associated with a low odds of having chronic back conditions. • […]
Megan Brooks September 21, 2018 CHICAGO — For many men and women with high blood pressure, lifestyle interventions can reduce the need for antihypertensive medications, a secondary analysis of the ENCORE study suggests. “A motivated hypertensive patient who embraces lifestyle modification strategies may not require treatment with medications,” Alan Hinderliter, MD, University of North Carolina, […]
Søren T. Skou, PT, PhD Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2018 Volume:0 Issue:0 Pages:1–36 DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2018.7877 Synopsis Hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) are among the leading causes of global disability, highlighting the need for early, targeted, and effective treatments. The benefits on symptoms and impairments of exercise therapy in people with hip and […]
Damian McNamara April 17, 2018 Prolonged periods of sitting in middle age is tied to brain atrophy, new research shows. Using MRI, investigators found sedentary behavior is a significant predictor of medial temporal lobe (MTL) thinning and its substructures and that physical activity, even at high levels, does not offset the harmful effects of sitting […]
March 28, 2018 TUESDAY, March 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Prolonged sitting time and low physical activity levels are tied to higher incidence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men, according to a study published online March 20 in BJU International. Heung Jae Park, from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues assessed the […]
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2018 (HealthDay News) — If you think that “vaping” is a safe alternative to smoking, new research suggests you might be inadvertently inhaling unsafe levels of toxic metals. Scientists say the tiny metal coils that heat the liquid nitrogen in e-cigarettes may contaminate the resulting vapor with lead, chromium, […]
J Orthop Res. 2018 May;36(5):1313-1323. doi: 10.1002/jor.23765. Epub 2018 Jan 16. Bowden JA1, Bowden AE2, Wang H3, Hager RL1, LeCheminant JD1, Mitchell UH1. Abstract Physical activity impacts health and disease in multiple body tissues including the intervertebral discs. Fluid flow within the disc is an indicator of disc health that can be observed using diffusion […]