Job stress can have well-being consequences for the employee’s loved ones through crossover: the transference of work-related stress from an employee to their family members. Pet dogs—who most Americans view as family members—may also be susceptible to crossover. Given prior support for dogs’ abilities to perceive and absorb a human’s emotions via emotional contagion, we… Continue reading #Dog owners’ #job #stress crosses over to their pet dogs via work-related #rumination
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“Being away from everything”: Exploring the importance of access to #nature for individuals living with chronic low #back #pain
Highlights• Accessing nature spaces is important in the self-management of chronic low back pain.• Accessibility is undermined by disability, environmental obstacles or hazards, or proximity.• This represents an unmet clinical need which could be explored through virtual reality therapy. AbstractChronic low back pain is a persistent and debilitating condition, and therapeutic outcomes in the long… Continue reading “Being away from everything”: Exploring the importance of access to #nature for individuals living with chronic low #back #pain
#Artificial #intelligence vs human #clinicians: a comparative analysis of complex medical query handling across the USA and Australia
PurposeThis study sought to explore the practical application and effectiveness of AI-generated responses in healthcare and compared these with human clinician responses to complex medical queries in the USA and Australia. The study identifies strengths and limitations of AI in clinical settings and offers insights into its potential to enhance healthcare delivery.Design/methodology/approachA comparative analysis used… Continue reading #Artificial #intelligence vs human #clinicians: a comparative analysis of complex medical query handling across the USA and Australia
#Echoes in the night: How #sleep quality influences #auditory health
Sleep disorders may lead to hearing loss.• Complex relationship between sleep quality, auditory sense and mental health.• Oxidative stress and immune response may be potential mechanisms.• Current treatment strategies are limited and separate. AbstractThe intricate relationship between sleep disorders and hearing loss emerges as a burgeoning field of scholarly inquiry. Numerous studies have illuminated a… Continue reading #Echoes in the night: How #sleep quality influences #auditory health
A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis on the efficacy and potential of #mobile interventions for #stress management
The increasing prevalence of stress underscores the demand for effective, self-administered mobile mental health interventions, yet their efficacy and accessibility are still unclear. Here, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to classify self-administered mobile stress management interventions, compare their efficacy and examine their moderators. We searched PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Scopus… Continue reading A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis on the efficacy and potential of #mobile interventions for #stress management
Dietary #Sugar Intake and Incident Type 2 #Diabetes Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
The dose-response relationship between dietary sugar and type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk is uncertain. MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science and Cochrane databases were searched through July 9, 2024 for prospective cohort studies reporting relative measures of incident T2D risk by categories of dietary sugar (total, free, added, fructose, sucrose) or 2 beverage sources (non-diet… Continue reading Dietary #Sugar Intake and Incident Type 2 #Diabetes Risk: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
Low-Calorie, High-Protein Ketogenic #Diet Versus Low-Calorie, Low-Sodium, and High-Potassium Mediterranean Diet in Overweight Patients and Patients with #Obesity with High-Normal Blood Pressure or Grade I #Hypertension: The Keto–Salt Pilot Study
Background and Objective: Dietary interventions are the first-line treatment for overweight individuals (OW) and individuals with obesity (OB) with high-normal blood pressure (BP) or grade I hypertension, especially when at low-to-moderate cardiovascular risk (CVR). However, current guidelines do not specify the most effective dietary approach for optimising cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes in this population. This… Continue reading Low-Calorie, High-Protein Ketogenic #Diet Versus Low-Calorie, Low-Sodium, and High-Potassium Mediterranean Diet in Overweight Patients and Patients with #Obesity with High-Normal Blood Pressure or Grade I #Hypertension: The Keto–Salt Pilot Study
Age-adjusted non-COVID-19 #mortality rates according to the #COVID-19 vaccination status
Excess mortality has been observed in several countries since 2021 and has not yet been explained. The aim of this study was to determine whether the age-adjusted mortality rates of non-COVID-19 deaths differed between those who had received one, two, three or four doses compared with the unvaccinated. Data were obtained from the Office for… Continue reading Age-adjusted non-COVID-19 #mortality rates according to the #COVID-19 vaccination status
The overlooked trio: #sleep duration, sampling time and #physical exercise alter levels of olink-assessed blood biomarkers of cardiovascular risk
Biomarker profiling from biofluids such as blood are widely measured in clinical research, using for example Olink proteomics panels. One such research focus area is cardiovascular disease (CVD), for which chronic sleep restriction (SR) is a risk factor. However, it remains unclear whether blood levels of commonly measured CVD biomarkers are sensitive to acute dynamic… Continue reading The overlooked trio: #sleep duration, sampling time and #physical exercise alter levels of olink-assessed blood biomarkers of cardiovascular risk