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Improving Glycemic Control via Heat Therapy in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's Disease (FIGHT-AD): a pilot study.
J Appl Physiol (1985)
January 2025
University of Kansas Alzheimerșs Disease Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Fairway, KS, USA.
Impaired glycemic control increases the risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Heat therapy (HT), via hot water immersion (HWI), has shown promise in improving shared mechanisms implicated in both T2D and AD, like blood glucose regulation, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation. The potential for HT to improve brain health in individuals at risk for AD has not been examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLongitudinal objective assessment of speech in Multiple Sclerosis.
Mult Scler Relat Disord
November 2024
Department of Neuroscience, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Australia.
Background: Remote objective tests may supplement in-clinic examination to better inform treatment decisions. Previous cross-sectional studies presented objective speech metrics as potential markers of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) disease progression.
Objective: To examine the short-term stability and long-term sensitivity of speech metrics to MS progression.
Vocal Hygiene: What Are Professional Voice Users Saying About It on YouTube?
J Voice
October 2024
Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose: Health content has been presented and accessed freely on social networks and can generate misinformation; hence, this study aimed to analyze the voice guidance in videos available on YouTube.
Method: This observational cross-sectional research selected the 45 most-viewed videos on YouTube in 2022, produced by professional voice users with guidance on vocal hygiene and well-being. The content was described and compared with the scientific literature on the topic, analyzing which category of professional voice users produced the most scientifically based content.
Clinical and dosimetric correlation in terms of treatment response, bladder and rectal toxicities in cervical cancer patients treated with cobalt 60 high dose rate brachytherapy.
PeerJ
August 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Background: High dose rate (HDR) image-guided brachytherapy with Cobalt-60 isotope is a relatively recent approach. The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical and dosimetric parameters in terms of tumour response, bladder, and rectal toxicity in patients undergoing Co-60 HDR brachytherapy.
Materials And Method: All patients were initially treated with chemoradiation (CT-RT) at our center or other referral centers with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for a dose of 45 Gy-60 Gy at 1.
Relevance of meeting general outpatients' information needs to their perceptions of healthcare quality in a hospital in Ghana: a Healthcare Quality Survey using modified SERVQUAL analysis.
BMJ Open Qual
June 2024
School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Background: Patients determine quality of healthcare by their perception of the gap between the healthcare they experience/receive and that which they expect. This can be influenced by the ability of healthcare staff to adequately communicate information about the healthcare provided. This study assessed the level of relevance of meeting patients' information needs with respect to their assessment of healthcare quality in a private hospital's general outpatient department in Ghana.
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