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Profession Physical Therapy Announces New Virtual Clinical Affiliation Program With the University of Delaware
New York-based Professional Physical Therapy, a provider of outpatient physical and hand therapy and rehabilitation services in the Northeast, announces the modification of their Clinical Affiliation Program to a virtual setting to adjust to the needs of students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this affiliation program, Professional Physical Therapy teams up with more than 100 schools ...
Multivitamin, Mineral Supplement Linked to Less Severe, Shorter-lasting Illness Symptoms
Older adults who took a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement with zinc and high amounts of vitamin C in a 12-week study experienced sickness for shorter periods and with less severe symptoms than counterparts in a control group receiving a placebo. The findings by Oregon State University (OSU) researchers were published in the journal Nutrients. The research ...
Lipoic Acid Supplements Help Some Obese But Otherwise Healthy People Lose Weight
A compound given as a dietary supplement to overweight but otherwise healthy people in a clinical trial caused many of the patients to slim down, research by Oregon State University (OSU) and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) showed. The research, published in the Journal of Nutrition, analyzed the effects of 24 weeks of daily, 600-milligram ...
New Research to Examine How Changes in the Eye May Provide Insight on Cognitive Impairment in People With Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have been awarded a European Union (Horizon 2020) grant to co-lead the RECOGNISED project, together with Professor Rafael Simo, from Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Spain. The research will determine how the retina can be used as a tool to identify and predict cognitive impairment and dementia in people with type ...
Antioxidant-rich Powders From Blueberry, Persimmon Waste Could Be Good For Gut Microbiota
Feeding the world’s growing population in a sustainable way is no easy task. That’s why scientists are exploring options for transforming fruit and vegetable byproducts—such as peels or pulp discarded during processing—into nutritious food ingredients and supplements. Now, researchers reporting in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have shown that blueberry and ...
Aerobic Exercise Could Have the Final Say on Fatty Livers
A new study from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) highlights that fitness may be a more important clinical endpoint for improvement in patients with fatty liver diseases during exercise trials, rather than weight loss. The findings have been published in the medical journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a condition characterized ...
MUIH Recognized at the Silver Level by the HMB Collaborative
Maryland University of Integrative Health’s (MUIH) “YOU Wellness” Program will be recognized as a Silver Level workplace by the Healthiest Maryland Businesses (HMB) collaborative at its 2020 HMB Wellness at Work awards. The Healthiest Maryland Businesses (HMB) Wellness at Work Awards Program recognizes Maryland businesses that are committed to improving employee health and well-being. MUIH ...
FoodScience Corporation Places Charitable Program Into Employee Hands
Vermont-based FoodScience Corporation has supported local non-profits, but this year employees will lead the social mission on their own. The company recently announced that, due to health and safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it would not host a Good Neighbor Day this year, an event where their nearly 200 employees would dedicate one day ...
NSF Educational Posters Available to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
Global public health organization NSF International is offering small businesses, community centers, apartment complexes and other facilities free posters to encourage personal behaviors that may prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2). The educational posters were developed by NSF International based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World ...
Meditation Linked to Lower Cardiovascular Risk
Meditation was linked to lower cardiovascular risk in a data analysis by Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues. The results appeared online June 30 in the American Journal of Cardiology. Previous studies have suggested that meditation may have beneficial effects on a number of conditions. A 2017 American Heart Association scientific statement suggests that meditation may be ...
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