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September Is Childhood Obesity Month -- Get The Facts
The obesity epidemic continues to dominate headlines--and for good reason. Obesity is a leading cause of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke. Many of these conditions occur in adults but often begin in childhood. This September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. By knowing the facts and taking steps to help your children live a healthier lifestyle, childhood obesity and its resulting complications may be prevented. The Facts According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), one in three children in the U.S. is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity doubled in children and ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Valuation of Informal Care in Cost-of-Illness Studies: A Systematic Review
ConclusionThis paper identifies several aspects that should be enhanced to promote comparability between studies and countries, and it sends key messages for incorporating informal care costs to adequately measure the economic impact of diseases.
Source: PharmacoEconomics - November 14, 2016 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Out From Under the FDA ’s Heel
A medical revolution is happening as we speak… And the great state of Texas is leading the charge. It started because people like you finally got fed up with the chokehold the FDA has on medicine. Let me explain… The FDA is controlled by bureaucrats who were hired from Big Pharma and the medical establishment. They refuse to approve life-saving therapies without years of tightly controlled clinical trials. In the meantime, real people are suffering. And even dying. But Texas is on track to become the first state to explicitly back stem cell therapies. And it’s about time states took this power away from the F...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 5, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Fitness Health Source Type: news

The measurement of functioning using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: comparing qualifier ratings with existing health status instruments.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study provide supporting evidence for the use of the professionally rated categories and associated qualifiers to measure functioning. Implication for Rehabilitation This study provides evidence that functioning data can be collected directly with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) by using the ICF categories as items and the ICF qualifiers as rating scale. The findings of this study show the aggregated ratings of ICF categories from the chapters d4 Mobility, d5 Self-care, and d6 Domestic life capture a broader spectrum of the construct than the co...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - October 8, 2017 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Prodinger B, Stucki G, Coenen M, Tennant A, ; on behalf of the ICF INFO Network Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Osteoarthritis and other long-term health conditions in former elite cricketers
Conclusions Heart problems were significantly lower, while OA, THR, TKR, anxiety, and depression were significantly higher in the former cricketers compared to the normal population (ELSA). Most former cricketers reflected positively on their career.
Source: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport - May 18, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research

Breast Cancer Screening Participation of Women with Chronic Diseases in Korea: Analysis of the 2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
In conclusion, low participation rate in breast cancer screening in women with some chronic diseases was identified. The results from this study may provide an important contribution for helping to maintain and increase participation in cancer screening of patients with chronic diseases. PMID: 30678433 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention - January 28, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Source Type: research

Perception of the Health Promotion Programme using Traditional Korean Medicine (HaPP TKM): A Survey of Traditional Korean Medicine public health doctors
ConclusionThe study results show that TKM is in high demand and appropriate for stroke, smoking cessation, and osteoarthritis. The activation plan for TKM health promotion programmes are as follows: first, well trained human resources, spaces, facilities, and budget are essential. Second, programme development and training manual development should run concurrently. Last, it is necessary to consider ways to specialize the health promotion programmes and medical treatment according to specialty areas.
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - March 7, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research

Comorbidity in patients with cardiovascular disease in primary care: a cohort study with routine healthcare data.
CONCLUSION: Comorbid conditions are very common in patients with CVD, even in younger age groups. To ensure efficient and effective treatment, organisational adaptations may be required in the healthcare system to accommodate comorbid conditions in patients with CVD. PMID: 31064742 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - May 6, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Buddeke J, Bots ML, van Dis I, Visseren FL, Hollander M, Schellevis FG, Vaartjes I Tags: Br J Gen Pract Source Type: research

Tai Chi for improving balance and reducing falls: an overview of 14 systematic reviews
Conclusions: Tai Chi may be beneficial for improving balance and reducing falls in older people and those with Parkinson disease. Because of limitations and inconsistent conclusions, further rigorous, normative and comprehensive SRs are needed to provide robust evidence for definitive conclusions.
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - January 24, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

266 A drowsy patient: beyond the familiar territory
A 72-year-old man was brought to the hospital after he was found unresponsive at home by his wife who reported that he has been sleepy in the last few days. He has a background of hypertension, myocardial infarct, and osteoarthritis. His medications include anti-hypertensive and morphine sulphate. On examination, he was drowsy with GCS fluctuating between 9–11 but maintaining his airways. He was moving all four limbs; pupils were small and unequal but reactive to light. Planter reflexes were downgoing. Opioid toxicity was suspected and treated with naloxone without any response. The CT head scan showed no acute patho...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - May 27, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Oo, A., Khine, N. Tags: Poster Presentations Source Type: research

Vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) in vascular inflammatory diseases
Vasa. 2022 Oct 6. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a001031. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACT Vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) also known as amino oxidase copper containing 3 (AOC3) is a pro-inflammatory and versatile molecule with adhesive and enzymatic properties. VAP-1 is a primary amine oxidase belonging to the semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) family, which catalyzes the oxidation of primary amines leading to the production of ammonium, formaldehyde, methylglyoxal, and hydrogen peroxide. VAP-1 is mainly expressed by endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, adipocytes and pericytes. It is involved in a repertoire of bi...
Source: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases - October 6, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Marianna Danielli Roisin Clare Thomas Lauren Marie Quinn Bee Kang Tan Source Type: research