Opportunities for Health Promotion: Highlighting Herbs and Spices to Improve Immune Support and Well-being.

Context: Consuming a balanced and varied diet is beneficial for health, especially when individuals feel stressed, scared, insecure, unequipped, or disempowered from maintaining their health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nutrient deficiencies from inadequate intake of healthful foods can contribute to a weakened immune system and greater susceptibility to infection. Including herbs and spices in a balanced and diverse diet is one of the highlights of nutritious eating that supports health and immunity.

Use of ethnic spices by adults in the United States: An exploratory study.

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies has increased in the United States, but little is known about consumers' perceptions of use of such therapies. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge, perceptions, and predictors of spice use for health promotion among adults in the Midwestern US. UUsing a cross-sectional study design, adults in the Midwestern US (n = 703) completed a valid and reliable survey which was pilot tested with a small convenience sample of adults (n = 38).

Repeat coronary revascularization procedures after successful bare-metal or drug-eluting stent implantation.

Background: The goal of this study was to assess the rate and anatomical targets of repeat revascularization procedures in routine clinical practice after either bare-metal stent (BMS) or drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. Randomized trials provide a reference standard for comparing outcomes after BMS or DES, but the rates of repeat revascularization procedures in clinical trials do not necessarily represent the rates in routine practice.

Methods: Baseline and 1-year follow-up angiographic data from a cardiac catheterization laboratory data registry with 31 participating hospitals were analyzed.

Bare-metal stent outcomes in an unselected patient population.

Background: Randomized trials have shown that drug-eluting stents (DES) substantially reduce in-stent restenosis compared with bare-metal stents (BMS).

Hypothesis: Revascularization event rates related to BMS restenosis may be higher in the trials setting than in real-world experience, calling into question the extent of benefit possible with widespread DES use in regular practice.

Methods: Between December 1998 and March 2003, 17,102 patients with BMS registered in the Goodroe Healthcare Solutions Data Warehouse met the inclusion criteria for this retrospective study of catheterization laboratory data.