Sleep patterns and long-term mortality among older Israeli adults: a population-based study.

Introduction: The joint association of night-time sleep duration and daytime napping (siesta) with mortality remains elusive. We explored sleep patterns and long-term mortality in older adults and tested whether the relationship is modified by cognitive function.

Methods: We analysed data from 1519 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Survey of older adults aged 65+ years ('Mabat Zahav'), conducted by the Israel Center for Disease Control during 2005-2006.

Greenness Exposure and Mortality Risk in a Cardio-Oncologic Population.

Background And Aims: Knowledge is lacking on the relationship between greenness and mortality in cancer survivors who experience coronary artery disease (CAD), a cardio-oncologic population. We aimed to investigate the association between residential greenness exposure and all-cause mortality in a cardio-oncologic population.

Methods: Cancer survivors undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention at the Rabin Medical Center in Israel between 2004 and 2014 were included in the study.

Mild Physical Activity Does Not Improve Spatial Learning in a Virtual Environment.

It is well-established that physical exercise in humans improves cognitive functions, such as executive functions, pattern separation, and working memory. It is yet unknown, however, whether spatial learning, long known to be affected by exercise in rodents, is also affected in humans. In order to address this question, we recruited 20 healthy young male adults (18-30 years old) divided into exercise and control groups ( = 10 in each group).

Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is underutilized globally despite evidence of clinical benefit. Major obstacles for wider adoption include distance from the rehabilitation center, travel time, and interference with daily routine. Tele-cardiac rehabilitation (tele-CR) can potentially address some of these limitations, enabling patients to exercise in their home environment or community.

Detecting nucleic acid fragments in serum using a magnetically modulated sandwich assay.

We present a novel assay for rapid and highly sensitive detection of specific nucleic acid fragments in human serum. In a magnetic modulation biosensing (MMB) system, magnetic beads and fluorescently labeled probes are attached to the target analyte and form a "sandwich" complex. An alternating external magnetic field gradient condenses the magnetic beads (and hence the target molecules with the fluorescently labeled probes) to the detection volume and sets them in a periodic motion, in and out of a laser beam.