Absence of Ankle Stiffening While Standing in Focus and Cognitive Task Conditions in Older Adults.

Research suggests that an external focus or cognitive task may improve postural control. Removing attention from movement production may promote automaticity, or the tasks may promote ankle stiffening. To investigate these two theories, twenty older adults stood while performing baseline standing, internal focus, external focus, and two cognitive tasks.

Detection of CNVs in NGS Data Using VS-CNV.

Copy number variations have been linked to numerous genetic diseases including cancer, Parkinson's disease, pancreatitis, and lupus. While current best practices for CNV detection often require using microarrays for detecting large CNVs or multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) for gene-sized CNVs, new methods have been developed with the goal of replacing both of these specialized assays with bioinformatic analysis applied to next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Because NGS is already used by clinical labs to detect small coding variants, this approach reduces associated costs, resources, and analysis time.

The Rematee Bumper Belt(®) positional therapy device for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea: Positional effectiveness in healthy subjects.

The present study was designed to investigate body position changes resulting from wearing a Rematee Bumper Belt (Rematee, Canada) during sleep. The majority of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients will experience up to two times as many apneas and hypopneas while supine relative to lateral or prone body positions during sleep. It has been suggested that a positional therapy device could reduce the number of apneas and hypopneas in such patients.

Effect of a fermented milk combining Lactobacillus acidophilus Cl1285 and Lactobacillus casei in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Background: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is an important problem in hospitalized patients. The use of probiotics is gaining interest in the scientific community as a potential measure to prevent this complication. The main objective of the present study was to assess the efficacy and safety of a fermented milk combining Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei that is widely available in Canada, in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.