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Poor fitness in the elderly can lead to serious consequences. This study showed that resistance training improved agility, lower limb strength, balance, and flexibility in a group of Alzheimer's disease patients.
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This small pilot study demonstrated some improvements in pain, distress, and fatigue in children undergoing treatment for cancer who received a series of 30-minute healing touch sessions over 1 year.
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In healthy women, the group receiving a fermented and probiotic-supplemented milk beverage showed baseline resting brain network changes and decreased responses to negative imagery.
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In a study of 93,600 women conducted over 18 years, those with the highest levels of anthocyanins in their diets had a risk of myocardial infarction 32% lower than those with the lowest levels, even after adjusting for other risk and protective factors.
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Over a period of 12 years, daily intake of a multivitamin among nearly 6000 healthy elderly male physicians did not provide any cognitive benefits or protection compared to placebo.
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Implementation of an evidence-based extubation-readiness bundle was associated with a decrease in mechanical ventilation days and pneumonia in brain-injured patients.
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At this time, ventricular fibrillation (VF) early after acute myocardial infarction (MI) is not an indication alone for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy. However, there is concern that despite the efficacy of mechanical and pharmacological therapy for acute MI, the risk of subsequent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with VF complicating acute MI may be higher and the guidelines should be revisited.
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Implementation of an evidence-based extubation-readiness bundle was associated with a decrease in mechanical ventilation days and pneumonia in brain-injured patients.