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Academy of Plant-based Physical Therapy: overdue to address a nutrition crisis with a transformative population approach
J Phys Ther Sci. 2023 Sep;35(9):645-658. doi: 10.1589/jpts.35.645. Epub 2023 Sep 2.ABSTRACTThis timely evidence synthesis supports the need for an Academy of Plant-based Physical Therapy. Given epidemiological and empirical evidence and the profession's values and practice scope, the time has come for a specialty of plant-based physical therapy based on population health principles. This review connects these factors. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are largely nutrition-related resulting from unnatural elements of our diet (i.e., heart disease, several cancers, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, obesity, gastrointestinal di...
Source: Physical Therapy - September 6, 2023 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Elizabeth Dean Source Type: research

MRI is effective for assessing body composition
MRI is just as effective as CT for assessing body composition in obese individual...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: MRI highlights abnormal findings after seizure in neonates MRI illuminates the brains of 'superagers' MRI improves outcomes in suspected stroke patients ISMRM: AI developed to automatically detect MRI artifacts ISMRM: DSI-MRI better for imaging mild traumatic brain injury
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Epigenetics of Early-Life Socioeconomic Stressors and the Impact on Childhood Body Mass Index —Potential Mechanism and Biomarker?
Overweight and obesity are growing epidemics worldwide. Recent estimates from the World Health Organization indicate that 39% of adults had overweight, and 13% had obesity. In addition, an estimated 340 million children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years had overweight or obesity in 2016 whereas 39 million children younger than 5 years had overweight or obesity in 2020. Understanding the biological mechanisms behind the development of overweight and obesity is critical as overweight and obesity are risk factors for a host of cardiometabolic outcomes including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. The...
Source: JAMA Pediatrics - September 5, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

As Wegovy jab becomes available on the NHS... Here's how the next weight-loss drug could be a PILL (and it may be cheaper with fewer side-effects)
New data from a five-year trial of Wegovy suggested it could cut the risk of a heart attack or stroke in obese people with cardiovascular disease by a fifth.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Short-term cardiovascular events after bariatric surgery in patients with metabolic syndrome
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with MetS have an increased frequency of cardiac events following bariatric surgery. Future studies should determine if optimization of 1 or more components of MetS or other related co-morbidities reduces the cardiovascular risk for patients.PMID:37659898 | DOI:10.1016/j.soard.2023.07.009
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - September 2, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Maryna Chumakova-Orin Jennifer L Ingram Loretta G Que Neha Pagidipati Alexander Gordee Maragatha Kuchibhatla Keri A Seymour Source Type: research

Prevalence of hs-CRP among Indians with hypertension
Bioinformation. 2022 Oct 31;18(10):1041-1043. doi: 10.6026/973206300181041. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTThe prevalence of hypertension in the early twentieth century varied in India, ranging from 2-15% in Urban India and 2-8% in Rural India. In the inter heart and inter stroke study, hypertension accounted for 17.9% and 34.6% of population attributable risk for coronary artery disease and stroke respectively. CRP appears in serum in response to a variety of inflammatory stimuli .Raised level of hs-CRP is seen with increasing with age, during an infection, inflammation, coronary artery diseases, obesity, sepsis, smoking and va...
Source: Atherosclerosis - September 1, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Vasanthii R Kaarthikeyan G Sasirekha G Mahalakshmi S Source Type: research