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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: Health Physics - September 6, 2023 Category: Physics Authors: Elizabeth Dean Source Type: research

Modelling the potential health and economic benefits of reducing population sitting time in Australia
CONCLUSIONS: Excessive sedentary time results in considerable population health burden in Australia. This paper describes the development of the first Australian sedentary behaviour model that can be used to predict the long term consequences of interventions targeted at reducing sedentary behaviour through reductions in sitting time. These estimates may be used by decision makers when prioritising healthcare resources and investing in preventative public health initiatives.PMID:35305678 | DOI:10.1186/s12966-022-01276-2
Source: Health Physics - March 20, 2022 Category: Physics Authors: Phuong Nguyen Jaithri Ananthapavan Eng Joo Tan Paul Crosland Steve J Bowe Lan Gao David W Dunstan Marj Moodie Source Type: research

Effects of exercise mode on improving cardiovascular function and cardiorespiratory fitness after bariatric surgery: A narrative review
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Jan 14. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001946. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTObesity affects 600 million people globally and increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. Bariatric surgery is an increasingly popular therapeutic intervention for morbid obesity to induce rapid weight loss and reduce obesity-related comorbidities. However, some bariatric surgery patients, following what is considered a successful surgical procedure, continue to manifest obesity-related health issues, including weight gain, reduced physical function, persistent elevations in bloo...
Source: Health Physics - January 16, 2022 Category: Physics Authors: Abeer M Mahmoud Andr éa Lúcia Gonçalves da Silva Larissa Delgado Andr é Chueh-Lung Hwang Richard Severin Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen Audrey Borghi-Silva Ahmed Elokda Ross Arena Shane A Phillips Source Type: research

Learning non-local perfusion textures for high-quality computed tomography perfusion imaging
CONCLUSIONS: The presented NPTN method can obtain high-quality CTP images and estimate high-accuracy CBF map by characterizing more structure details and contrast variants in the CTP image, and outperform the competing methods at low-dose cases.PMID:33910178 | DOI:10.1088/1361-6560/abfc90
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology - April 28, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: Sui Li Dong Zeng Zhaoying Bian Danyang Li Manman Zhu Jing Huang Jianhua Ma Source Type: research

Mortality Analysis of the Life Span Study (LSS) Cohort Taking into Account Multiple Causes of Death Indicated in Death Certificates.
Abstract Mortality analyses have been performed using underlying causes of death as reported on death certificates; these are uniquely determined for a deceased person according to the World Health Organization coding system. Comorbidities, the disease conditions other than the underlying cause of death from death certificates recording multiple causes of death, have rarely been explored in Life Span Study subjects. The purpose of this study was to clarify associations between atomic bomb radiation exposure and mortality from combinations of the underlying cause of death and comorbidities. The focused follow-up pe...
Source: Radiation Research - December 18, 2016 Category: Physics Authors: Takamori A, Takahashi I, Kasagi F, Suyama A, Ozasa K, Yanagawa T Tags: Radiat Res Source Type: research

Wavelength‐Modulated Differential Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (WM‐DPAS) for noninvasive early cancer detection and tissue hypoxia monitoring
This study introduces a novel noninvasive differential photoacoustic method, Wavelength Modulated Differential Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (WM‐DPAS), for noninvasive early cancer detection and continuous hypoxia monitoring through ultrasensitive measurements of hemoglobin oxygenation levels (StO2). Unlike conventional photoacoustic spectroscopy, WM‐DPAS measures simultaneously two signals induced from square‐wave modulated laser beams at two different wavelengths where the absorption difference between maximum deoxy‐ and oxy‐hemoglobin is 680 nm, and minimum (zero) 808 nm (the isosbestic point). The two‐waveleng...
Source: Journal of Biophotonics - May 21, 2015 Category: Physics Authors: Sung soo (Sean) Choi, Andreas Mandelis, Xinxin Guo, Bahman Lashkari, Stephan Kellnberger, Vasilis Ntziachristos Tags: Full Article Source Type: research

Running out of brain.
We describe here two cases of young men suffering a stroke after running a marathon and who were subsequently found to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO). We have reviewed the existing literature concerning stroke in those undertaking long-distance running, and suggest why PFO may have been important etiologically in our two patients. We tentatively suggest that individuals with a PFO who engage in long distance running may be at increased risk of stroke, independent of other cerebrovascular risk factors. PMID: 24739301 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Medical Physics - April 20, 2014 Category: Physics Authors: Ganesalingam J, Jenkins IH, Vaughan J Tags: J Sports Med Phys Fitness Source Type: research