Effects of an Active Music Therapy Program on Functional Fitness in Community Older Adults.

Background: Health problems common among older adults living in community settings include a lack of functional fitness. Many studies have confirmed that exercises and static music therapy improve physical and psychological health problems. Exercise programs involving music have a higher frequency of attendance and motivation than other exercise programs.

Maternal Caregiving for Children Newly Diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Traditional Chinese Mothering as the Double-Edged Sword.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the meaning of maternal caregiving in the Chinese culture for children newly diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

Background: Recurrence of and death associated with ALL remain the main concerns for mothers. Mothers experience guilt and anxiety towards their child's cancer.

Association between a novel 11-base pair deletion mutation in the promoter region of the scavenger receptor class B type I gene and plasma HDL cholesterol levels in Taiwanese Chinese.

Objective: Scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) is a multiligand cell-surface receptor that mediates the selective uptake of lipid from HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) into cells. This study hypothesized an association between functional variants in the promoter region of SR-BI gene and HDL-C levels.

Methods And Results: We identified 2 novel mutations in the SR-BI gene promoter region by using single-strand conformation polymorphism.