Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide. The treatment options for breast cancer can cause side effects and adversely impact quality of life. Side effects, including fatigue, pain, cognitive changes, and psychosocial complications, can be life altering and continue beyond treatment into survivorship.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpinal projection neurons (PNs) are defined by long axons that travel from their origin in the spinal cord to the brain where they relay sensory information from the body. The existence and function of a substantial axon collateral network, also arising from PNs and remaining within the spinal cord, is less well appreciated. Here we use a retrograde viral transduction strategy to characterise a novel subpopulation of deep dorsal horn spinoparabrachial neurons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrently, in Australia, 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. A common adjuvant treatment for breast cancer is radiation therapy (RT). The amalgamation of side effects caused by RT treatment can ultimately affect a patient's quality of life (QoL).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is a lifelong treatment that improves health and better outcomes are associated with follow-up. However, there is lack of access or high attrition to aftercare. This potentially contributes to sub-optimal dietary intake and a lack of evidence for nutrition interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
October 2024
Background: The therapeutic effects of exercise have prompted calls for it to be embedded into standard asthma care, but evidence informing the optimal exercise intensity is lacking.
Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise training on asthma outcomes and inflammation.
Methods: This was a 12-week randomized controlled trial in 46 adults with asthma randomized to either (1) 45-minute moderate-intensity exercise training 3 times/wk, (2) 30-minute vigorous-intensity exercise training 3 times/wk, or (3) the control group.