Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): Progressive exercise and early mobilisation are among the elements of rehabilitation programs that may improve recovery for people who are hospitalised with severe COVID-19, new research has concluded.
San Diego [US], February 24 (ANI): While low-intensity workout is recommended to people of all ages to maintain agility and fitness, the findings of new research suggested that light-intensity physical activity, including shopping or a casual walk, may protect mobility in older women.
Study reveals psychosocial factors may drive peritoneal dialysis patient dropout ANI | Updated: Feb 20, 2021 08:13 IST
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI): A retrospective study conducted by Louisiana State University Health New Orleans reported that contrary to previous research, most patients who drop out of peritoneal dialysis may do so for psychosocial reasons.
The findings are published in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences .
The research team evaluated the reasons that 27 of the 83 patients enrolled in the peritoneal dialysis program withdrew between 2016 and 2018. Twenty-four or 86 per cent were African American. They found that psychosocial factors, including mental health illness such as anxiety and depression, loss of support networks, or inability to tolerate the number of treatment sessions required by peritoneal dialysis, accounted for 63 per cent of the dropout rate due to controllable factors.
Local, national restrictions in England reduced contacts in small and varied ways: Study ANI | Updated: Feb 19, 2021 07:59 IST
London [UK], February 19 (ANI): The imposition of various local and national restrictions in England during the summer and autumn of 2020 gradually reduced contacts between people, but these changes were smaller and more varied than during the lockdown in March, according to a recent study.
The novel study was published in the open access journal BMC Medicine.
A team of researchers at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK combined data from the English participants of the UK CoMix survey and information on local and national restrictions from Gov.uk collected between August 31st and December 7th 2020. CoMix is an online survey asking individuals to record details of their direct contacts in the day prior to the survey.
UK study sheds light on rise in hospital admissions for food-induced anaphylaxis ANI | Updated: Feb 18, 2021 08:07 IST
London [UK], February 18 (ANI): The rate of hospital admissions in the UK due to a serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) caused by food has more than tripled over a 20-year period. Despite this, the death rate from food-induced anaphylaxis halved over the same period, according to recent research.
The novel research was published today in the journal BMJ.
Food allergy is the commonest cause of potentially life-threatening allergic reactions, known as anaphylaxis. Substantial increases in hospital admissions due to food anaphylaxis have been reported globally, but it is unclear whether this trend is continuing, and if it is, whether this has led to an increase in fatal reactions.