Antihypertensives and Antibiotics: Impact on Intestinal Dysfunction and Hypertension.

Gut dysfunction has emerged as a contributor to hypertension, the leading risk factor for disease globally, including stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease. This is underpinned by breakdown of the homeostatic relationship connecting intestinal epithelial function, the microbiota and immune responses. Antihypertensive medications have been shown to reverse intestinal dysfunction and gut dysbiosis.

Using occupation to facilitate self-awareness in people who have acquired brain injury: a pilot study.

Background: Impaired self-awareness in people who have had an acquired brain injury (ABI) is a complex phenomenon that impedes rehabilitation progress and outcome.

Purpose: This pilot study investigated the effect of an occupation-based intervention program on the self-awareness and emotional status of people after ABI. Four male adults with impaired self-awareness following ABI participated in this study.