Risk Score for Hepatocellular Cancer in Adults Without Viral Hepatitis or Cirrhosis
“Conclusions and Relevance Results of this study suggest that a multivariable risk score that uses routinely available clinical data outperforms FIB-4 alone in identifying patients at risk of HCC who do not have viral hepatitis or hepatic decompensation at baseline.”
The synergy of nutrition and traditional medicine for holistic health and wellbeing
“Exploring the synergy between traditional medicines and nutrition for a holistic approach to health and disease prevention.”
AZ receives federal approval to cover Indigenous healing services through Medicaid
“Indigenous people have relied on traditional healing practices within their communities for generations and continue to do so alongside Western medicine within various tribal health care facilities across Arizona.”
Daily Exercise Boosts Brain Speed, Helps Keep Minds Youthful
“Summary: Everyday physical activities, from light chores to intense exercise, provide immediate cognitive benefits for middle-aged adults. Participants showed improved processing speeds—comparable to being four years younger—within hours of being physically active. Using smartphone-based assessments, researchers recorded activity levels and cognitive tests multiple times a day over nine days. Those who reported frequent activity experienced greater benefits. The findings suggest that movement at any intensity, even short walks, can boost brain health.”
Online yoga classes prove helpful for back pain in new study
“Online yoga classes relieved chronic low back pain and slashed the need for pain-relief medications, a new study shows. Back pain sufferers who took 12 weeks of virtual live-streamed yoga classes also slept better and moved more easily than participants on a wait list for the classes, the study published in early November in JAMA Network Open reported. “Their pain levels really were cut in half,” said Dr. Robert Saper, the study’s senior author and chair of the department of Wellness and Preventive Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.”
Adding 5 minutes of exercise daily may help lower blood pressure
“Takeaways: Keeping blood pressure in a healthy range helps improve cardiovascular health and decreases the risk of death from certain causes like heart attack. A recent study found that increasing exercise-like activity, such as running or cycling, by as little as five minutes a day may help lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The results further support that longer increases in exercise-like activity could lead to clinically meaningful drops in blood pressure.”
Time-restricted eating shows promising weight and metabolic benefits, study reveals
“Conclusions – Meal timing strategies implemented for more than 12 weeks can moderately reduce body weight, BMI, and waist circumference measurements. Time-restricted eating was also found to reduce HbA1c and fasting glucose levels, thus indicating the potential utility of this strategy for the management of diabetes. The strict nature of calorie counting in traditional weight loss interventions is one of the primary reasons contributing to its low adherence, in addition to its association with higher disinhibition, energy intake, and BMI. Comparatively, time-restricted eating may provide a simpler and more flexible approach for healthcare clinicians to support behavioral change in overweight or obese adults.”
Study reveals liver-brain communication as key to managing circadian eating patterns and obesity
“A recent Science study found that communication between the hepatic vagal afferent nerve (HVAN) and the brain influences circadian eating patterns. In mice, surgical HVAN removal corrected altered food intake and reduced weight gain from high-fat diets, suggesting HVAN could be a target for anti-obesity treatments.”
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has a free resource, the ‘Mindfulness Coach’ app
“The app will walk you through the basics of mindfulness. The VA says that mindfulness can help you manage PTSD symptoms.”
