A randomized controlled trial of yoga vs nonaerobic exercise for veterans with PTSD: Understanding efficacy, mechanisms of change, and mode of delivery.

Background And Objectives: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, disabling, and prevalent mental health disorder among Veterans. Despite the availability of empirically supported psychotherapies, many Veterans remain symptomatic after treatment and/or prefer to seek complementary and integrative health approaches, including yoga, to manage PTSD. The randomized controlled trial (RCT) described herein will evaluate the efficacy of a manualized yoga program as compared to nonaerobic exercise in reducing PTSD severity among Veterans.

The relation between body fluid composition and echocardiographic tissue Doppler measurements in patients with end-stage renal disease.

Aim: The relationship between body fluid composition measurements and echocardiographic tissue Doppler measurements before and after hemodialysis (HD) in end-stage renal disease is investigated.

Materials And Methods: BCM (BCM-Fresenius Medical Care) Body Composition Monitor was used to measure the fluid status and body composition of patients by BIA method. TDE was performed before and after HD and the measurements were recorded.

The effect of intermittent fasting on blood pressure variability in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension or prehypertension.

Intermittent fasting is a phenomenon which can be observed in most humans. The effect of intermittent fasting on blood pressure variability (BPV) has not previously been investigated. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of fasting on blood pressure (BP) (with office, home, central, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring [ABPM]) and on BPV.

Changes in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates in Turkey from 2003 to 2012.

Objectives: The study aimed to assess the current epidemiology of hypertension, including its prevalence, the awareness of the condition and its treatment and control, in Turkey to evaluate changes in these factors over the last 10 years by comparing the results with the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Turkey (PatenT) study data (2003), as well as to assess parameters affecting awareness and the control of hypertension.

Methods: The PatenT 2 study was conducted on a representative sample of the Turkish adult population (n = 5437) in 2012. Specifically trained staff performed the data collection.

Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue measurements provide information about cardiovascular risk in hemodialysis patients.

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a cardiovascular risk predictor in general population. However, its value has not been well validated in maintainance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. We aimed to assess associations of EAT with cardiovascular risk predictors in nondiabetic MHD patients.