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Electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: the 'Seattle Criteria'
The objective of the meeting was to develop a comprehensive training resource to help physicians distinguish normal ECG alterations in athletes from abnormal ECG findings that require additional evaluation for conditions associated with SCD.
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - January 9, 2013 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Drezner, J. A., Ackerman, M. J., Anderson, J., Ashley, E., Asplund, C. A., Baggish, A. L., Borjesson, M., Cannon, B. C., Corrado, D., DiFiori, J. P., Fischbach, P., Froelicher, V., Harmon, K. G., Heidbuchel, H., Marek, J., Owens, D. S., Paul, S., Pellicci Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

The ECGs that will be read around the world--and save lives of sportspeople
‘Having a heart attack? There's an iPhone App for that!’ is a true story. We congratulate its inventor Dr David Albert. This issue of BJSM contains advances that are equally exciting and which deserve as much media attention. Sports cardiology is one defining element of the sport and exercise medicine specialty (http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/Suppl_1/i2.full). Every one of us has seen an athlete drop dead on film—if not in real life. Whose heart has not stopped on each such occasion? "There but for the grace of God go I" as physician, athlete, or parent. "Houston, we have buy in." Sports cardiology is a B...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - January 9, 2013 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Khan, K. M. Tags: Warm up Source Type: research

30 Days to Better Sleep: Create a Relaxing Buffer Zone with Sleep Rituals
Okay, so you don't need a bed made out of pillows to get to sleep. Nevertheless, you can sleep better by creating a relaxing buffer zone prior to trying to sleep. As part of this, you can incorporate sleep rituals that will put your mind to ease and help you fall asleep. One of the first tasks is to draw a line in the sand. Let's face it, your day will never end. You will always have more work to do, another chore to complete, just one more thing to take care of. Even if you are not working, you might not be ready to go to bed. If your evening is your "me time", there are endless TV programs or movies to watch, sports to ...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - January 9, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

Effectiveness of mat Pilates or equipment-based Pilates in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a protocol of a randomised controlled trial
DiscussionThis will be the first study aiming to compare the effectiveness of Mat and Equipment-based Pilates exercises in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. The results may help health-care professionals in clinical decision-making and could potentially reduce the treatment costs of this condition.Trial registration: Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials RBR-7tyg5j
Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - January 9, 2013 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Maurício LuzLeonardo CostaFernanda FuhroAna ManzoniNaiane OliveiraCristina Cabral Source Type: research

Cognitive reserve and patient-reported outcomes in multiple sclerosis
Conclusions: This expanded measurement of cognitive reserve captures both the passive and active aspects of the construct, and there is a consistent and substantial relationship with PROs. Individuals with high passive and/or active reserve are healthier and experience higher levels of well-being.
Source: Multiple Sclerosis - January 9, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Schwartz, C. E., Snook, E., Quaranto, B., Benedict, R. H., Vollmer, T. Tags: Research Papers Source Type: research

Tanzania: Bukoba District Under Malaria IRS Plan
[Daily News]Bukoba -IN efforts to control Malaria, a total of 16,873 households in Bukoba Rural district will undergo Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) exercise.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Testosterone Therapy During Exercise Rehabilitation in Heart FailureTestosterone Therapy During Exercise Rehabilitation in Heart Failure
Male heart failure patients with low testosterone may benefit from hormone replacement . . . and a little sweat. American Heart Journal
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Stand up at office 'to lose fat'
Office workers trapped behind their desks all day should push away their chairs and work standing up, recommends an exercise scientist.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Exercise 'Woefully Underutilized' in Patients With Stable HDExercise 'Woefully Underutilized' in Patients With Stable HD
In a new viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Drs William Boden, Barry Franklin, and Nanette Wenger argue that despite the known benefits of physical activity and structured exercise for patients with stable ischemic heart disease, it is neglected and "woefully underutilized." Heartwire
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Exercise "woefully underutilized" in patients with stable ischemic heart disease
In a new viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Drs William Boden, Barry Franklin, and Nanette Wenger argue that despite the known benefits of physical activity and structured exercise for patients with stable ischemic heart disease, it is neglected and "woefully underutilized."
Source: theHeart.org - January 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Keeping Fit May Boost Survival with Endometrial Cancer
Study found higher death risk for those who were overweight, physically inactive Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Body Weight, Exercise and Physical Fitness, Uterine Cancer
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Keeping Cold-Weather Exercise Fresh, Not Frozen
When the going gets cold, the cold get going, experts say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Exercise and Physical Fitness
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Dash Diet’ Named Best Overall Diet
BOSTON (CBS) - Looking for help on your New Year’s resolution to lose weight? U.S. News and World Report just released a list of the best overall diets. The Dash Diet, developed by the National Institutes of Health is number one. The diet limits sodium intake and encourages you to eat fruit, vegetables and whole grains. The one things that sets it a part is that it doesn’t cut out or restrict certain foods. You can find out more about the Dash Diet on their Website.
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: kckatzman Tags: Health Healthwatch Syndicated Local CBS Boston Dash Diet Diets WBZ Source Type: news

Institute of Medicine to study U.S. youth sports concussions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Institute of Medicine launched on Monday a sweeping study of rising sports-related concussions among U.S. youth, amid concerns that the injuries may have contributed to the suicides of professional football players.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Why Is This Darwin Different from All Other Darwins?
In late October the Financial Times published a report about an interesting pedagogical exercise being perpetrated by creationists in Turkey: “A series of books for primary schoolchildren, describing Charles Darwin as a Jew with a big nose who kept the company of monkeys and other historical figures in anti-Semitic terms, has caused outrage in Turkey amid fears of rising religious intolerance. [More]
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - January 8, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Evolution,Everyday Science,Evolution,Society & Policy,More Science Source Type: research

Exercise Often Not Part Of The Curriculum At Universities
Even as policy makers and health experts point to an increased need for exercise, more than half of four-year colleges and universities in the United States have dropped physical education requirements compared to historic levels. Almost every U.S. college student was required to take physical education and exercise requirements in the 1920s; today, that number is at an all-time low of 39 percent, according to a new study...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

New Year Resolutions Relating To Physical Activity Can Be Hard To Keep
Physical inactivity is a major public health problem that has both social and neurobiological causes. According to the results of an Ipsos survey recently published, the French have put "taking up a sport" at the top of their list of good resolutions for 2013...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sports Medicine / Fitness Source Type: news

Protein P62 Balances Metabolism In Fat Tissue - Making It An Attractive Target For Anti-Obesity Therapies
In many cases, obesity is caused by more than just overeating and a lack of exercise. Something in the body goes haywire, causing it to store more fat and burn less energy. But what is it? Sanford-Burnham researchers have a new theory - a protein called p62. According to a study the team published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, when p62 is missing in fat tissue, the body's metabolic balance shifts - nhibiting "good" brown fat, while favoring "bad" white fat. These findings indicate that p62 might make a promising target for new therapies aimed at curbing obesity...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Combination of running exercise and high dose of anabolic androgenic steroid, nandrolone decanoate, increases protamine deficiency and DNA damage in rat spermatozoa
Summary High doses of anabolic‐androgenic steroids (AAS) are used by some athletes to increase muscle mass, that is often associated with male infertility. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible cause/s of male infertility using a rat model by analysing sperm quality, including its protamine content and DNA integrity, as well as pregnancy rate. Five groups of male Wistar rats were treated for 10 weeks as follows: nandrolone decanoate (10 mg kg−1 per week) (ND); running exercise (50 min per day, 5 days a week) (EX); Combination of ND and exercise (ND‐EX); nandrolone decanoate solvent (Sham); and con...
Source: Andrologia - January 8, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: S. Shokri, M. Hemadi, G. Bayat, M. Bahmanzadeh, I. Jafari‐Anarkooli, Β. Mashkani Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

A cross-sectional real-time ultrasound study into the size differences in the semispinalis capitis muscles, comparing front five rugby union players and a control group
Summary: Research into the rugby scrummage has centred on the rate and mechanisms of injury, with very little being done into the effects of the scrum on the cervical musculature. Marked increases in the cross sectional area of the neck extensor semi-spinalis capitis (SECM) in elite wrestlers was previously found and attributed to the increased demands on cervical musculature. Scrummaging causes a similar increase in demands on the cervical musculature and the study aim of this cross sectional study was to investigate the effects of those demands on the semi-spinalis capitis. Five props and second rows from the AECC Rugby ...
Source: Clinical Chiropractic - January 8, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: I.K.J. Crombie, A.L.M. Battiston, A. Turner Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Late exercise reduces neuroinflammation and cognitive dysfunction after traumatic brain injury.
Abstract Delayed secondary biochemical and cellular changes after traumatic brain injury continue for months to years, and are associated with chronic neuroinflammation and progressive neurodegeneration. Physical activity can reduce inflammation and facilitate recovery after brain injury. Here, we investigated the time-dependent effects, and underlying mechanisms of post-traumatic exercise initiation on outcome after moderate traumatic brain injury using a well-characterized mouse controlled cortical impact model. Late exercise initiation beginning at 5weeks after trauma, but not early initiation of exercise at 1we...
Source: Neurobiology of Disease - January 8, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Piao CS, Stoica BA, Wu J, Sabirzhanov B, Zhao Z, Cabatbat R, Loane DJ, Faden AI Tags: Neurobiol Dis Source Type: research

Blood rheology effect of submaximal exercise on young subjects.
Abstract Nowadays cardiac and metabolic diseases are a matter of concern. Exercise is a valid treatment and method of prevention for not only adults, but also young subjects. Physical activity causes transient blood rheology impairment in adults. However little is known about the effects of exercise on blood flow characteristics in young subjects. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of a light aerobic exercise session on blood rheology in young subjects. Ten young subjects (aged 12-16 years) performed 1 hour of submaximal aerobic exercise (70% HRmax). Blood samples were drawn just before and after exerci...
Source: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation - January 8, 2013 Category: Hematology Authors: Romagnoli M, Alis-Pozo R, Martinez-Bello V, Sanchis-Gomar F, Aranda R, Gómez-Cabrera MC Tags: Clin Hemorheol Microcirc Source Type: research

An investigation of three injections techniques in reducing local injection pain with a human papillomavirus vaccine: A randomized trial.
CONCLUSIONS: Most injection site reactions in this study were mild. The three injection techniques used in this study were equivalent in their reactogenicity and pain profiles and could be recommended for use in this population. PMID: 23306361 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Vaccine - January 8, 2013 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Petousis-Harris H, Poole T, Stewart J, Turner N, Goodyear-Smith F, Coster G, Lennon D Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research

The Acute Effects of L-arginine on Hormonal and Metabolic Responses During Submaximal Exercise in Trained Cyclists.
In conclusion, the acute ingestion of L-arginine did not alter any hormonal, metabolic, or cardio-respiratory responses during submaximal exercise except for a small but significant increase in glycerol at the 45 min time point and a reduction in fat oxidation at the start of exercise. PMID: 23319437 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism - January 8, 2013 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Forbes SC, Harber V, Bell GJ Tags: Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab Source Type: research

Exercise yourself thin - a myth?
PMID: 23306977 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Hjelmesæth J Tags: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen Source Type: research

Urgent call for the third wish
Abstract The people afflicted with obesity and its consequences need a menu of low‐cost programmes to mitigate the over‐nutrition and under‐activity that underlie their condition. This editorial commentary points out the multiple merits (and shortcomings) of the Nordic walking – with ski poles – presented in an accompanying article. The Nordic exercise programme is then examined more broadly in the context of the general principles and limitations of exercise programmes – with and without calorie control – as a guide to future innovations. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews - January 8, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Jesse Roth, John O. Holloszy Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

LEADER SPORT SPF 50 (Homosalate, Octisalate, Oxybenzone, Octocrylene, Avobenzone) Aerosol, Spray [Cardinal Health]
Updated Date: Jan 8, 2013 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - January 8, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

After-School Program Provides Healthy Habits
A certified teacher, social worker and a recreation center employee with sports knowledge, as well as volunteers from Campfire USA contribute to teaching the children various exercises, games and workouts. Students also have time set aside to work on homework and eat a healthy snack.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - January 8, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Similar skeletal muscle angiogenic and mitochondrial signalling following 8 weeks of endurance exercise in mice: discontinuous versus continuous training
New Findings •What is the central question of this study?Little is known about skeletal muscle adaptation to discontinuous endurance training. Despite little research, it has been suggested that accumulating 30 min of endurance exercise daily may result in similar adaptations in the working muscle to a 30 min exercise bout. •What is the main finding and its importance?The unique finding of the present investigation was that 10 min of continuous endurance training performed three times daily results in similar adaptations of the angiogenic and mitochondrial signalling pathways to 30 min of continuous exercise. Taken to...
Source: Experimental Physiology - January 8, 2013 Category: Physiology Authors: Moh H. Malek, Maik Hüttemann, Icksoo Lee, Jared W. Coburn Source Type: research

Immobilization increases interleukin‐6, but not tumour necrosis factor‐α, release from the leg during exercise in humans
In conclusion, prior immobilization enhances release of IL‐6 from the leg during exercise at a moderate workload, and the release is already present in the early phase of exercise. Neither immobilization nor exercise had an effect on TNF‐α release in the working legs.
Source: Experimental Physiology - January 8, 2013 Category: Physiology Authors: Dace Reihmane, Andreas Vigelsø Hansen, Martin Gram, Anja Birk Kuhlman, Jesper Nørregaard, Helene Pape Pedersen, Michael Taulo Lund, Jørn Wulff Helge, Flemming Dela Source Type: research

Understanding contextual barriers, supports, and opportunities for physical activity among Mexican-origin children in Texas border colonias: A descriptive study
Conclusions: This study suggests that PA environmental resources, barriers, and opportunities for colonias children are similar to previous studies and distinctively unique. As expected, built resources in these communities are limited and barriers exist; however, knowledge of PA opportunities and available PA resources within colonias households and neighborhoods offers insight to help guide future research, policy, and PA initiatives.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - January 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: M MeyerJoseph SharkeyMegan PattersonWesley Dean Source Type: research

Keeping Fit May Boost Survival With Endometrial Cancer
Study found higher death risk for those who were overweight, physically inactive
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - January 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Family Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, Nutrition, News, Source Type: news

PPAR{gamma} coactivator-1{alpha} contributes to exercise-induced regulation of intramuscular lipid droplet programming in mice and humans [Patient-Oriented and Epidemiological Research]
Intramuscular accumulation of triacylglycerol, in the form of lipid droplets (LD), has gained widespread attention as a hallmark of metabolic disease and insulin resistance. Paradoxically, LDs also amass in muscles of highly trained endurance athletes who are exquisitely insulin sensitive. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that mediate the expansion and appropriate metabolic control of LDs in the context of habitual physical activity could lead to new therapeutic opportunities. Herein, we show that acute exercise elicits robust upregulation of a broad program of genes involved in regulating LD assembly, morphology, lo...
Source: The Journal of Lipid Research - January 8, 2013 Category: Lipidology Authors: Koves, T. R., Sparks, L. M., Kovalik, J. P., Mosedale, M., Arumugam, R., DeBalsi, K. L., Everingham, K., Thorne, L., Phielix, E., Meex, R. C., Kien, C. L., Hesselink, M. K. C., Schrauwen, P., Muoio, D. M. Tags: Patient-Oriented and Epidemiological Research Source Type: research

3 Shortcuts to Better New Year's Resolutions
Nearly half of Americans make New Year's Resolutions. But 92% of them fail. Here's how to be the other 8%.read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - January 7, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Erinn Bucklan Tags: Diet aerobic exercise aerobic workouts cornell university study crash courses dieters dinner with friends fat blocking drug journal of applied physiology journal of clinical psychology New Year ' orlistat positive outlook resis Source Type: news

The Love in Chicken Broth
Looking for love in all the wrong places....read more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - January 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amy Przeworski, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Happiness Parenting Relationships attempts demonstrations of love disappointment existence expectations flowers game girls heart mind-reading nbsp playing sports signs signs of love Source Type: news

Widespread Flu Worries New Hampshire Health Officials
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Flu Michael Rosenfield New Hampshire Sick Source Type: news

U.S. launches study into youth sports concussions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government launched on Monday a sweeping study of rising sports-related concussions among the youth, amid concerns that the injuries may have contributed to the suicides of professional football players.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

U.S. Launches Study into Youth Sports Concussions
The U.S. government launched on Monday a sweeping study of rising sports-related concussions among the youth, amid concerns that the injuries may have contributed to the suicides of professional football players. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Concussion, Sports Injuries
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Red wine could mask testosterone levels, experts warn
Red wine could give athletes and players a boost in the sports arena by increasing the amount of performance-enhancing hormone testosterone in their bodies, according to researchers in the UK.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 7, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Link Between Concussions, Dementia is Complex
In a new study of National Football League (NFL) veterans, former players with thinking and memory problems also had more lesions in their brains than healthy players and non-athletes in a comparison group.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Concussion, Dementia, Sports Injuries
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Exercise minutes should be included on medical charts, say doctors
Some patients are not aware that research shows physical inactivity riskier than high blood pressure, obesity and other health risks
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fake mission to Mars leaves astronauts spaced out
Trip to Mars in pretend spaceship on Moscow industrial estate affects sleep, activity levels and motivation of six-man crewAs the cheerless skies and grim economy sap all will to return to work, take heart that even on a trip to Mars, it is hard to get out of bed in the morning.The drudge of interplanetary travel has emerged from research on six men who joined the longest simulated space mission ever: a 17-month round trip to the red planet in a pretend spaceship housed at a Moscow industrial estate.Though chosen for the job as the best of the best, the would-be spacefarers spent more and more time under their duvets and s...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: The Guardian Psychology Russia World news Mars Human biology Europe Science Space Source Type: news

Fake mission leaves astronauts spaced out
Trip to Mars in pretend spaceship on Moscow industrial estate affects sleep, activity levels and motivation of six-man crewAs the cheerless skies and grim economy sap all will to return to work, take heart that even on a trip to Mars, it is hard to get out of bed in the morning.The drudge of interplanetary travel has emerged from research on six men who joined the longest simulated space mission ever: a 17-month round trip to the red planet in a pretend spaceship housed at a Moscow industrial estate.Though chosen for the job as the best of the best, the would-be spacefarers spent more and more time under their duvets and s...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Tags: The Guardian Psychology Russia World news Mars Human biology Europe Science Space Source Type: news

Not Your Granny's Dancing Shoes
Students in Taiwan have developed sensors that attach to shoes - converting movement into digital information that can be sent wirelessly to a handheld device. The invention opens the doors to new exercise applications and mobile dance games.
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - January 7, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Everyday Science,Technology Source Type: research

Time to tone up
AS PART of his 21 Day Challenge, Mark Sisson advises incorporating low impact movement into everyday life. To help he has created a strength training programme called Primal Essential Movements (PEM) for men and women. He also recommends other easy ways to build exercise into our lives. Here are Mark's tips.
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Drawing Mars in Greenwich: recreating an experiment for Stargazing Live | Rebekah Higgitt
Tuesday's episode of Stargazing Live focuses on Mars - it was the perfect excuse to film a recreation of a key moment in the early 20th-century campaign against Martian canalsThis week sees the return of the BBC's highly successful Stargazing Live. It starts on Tuesday, in an episode that follows last year's biggest astronomy story by focusing on Mars.In thinking about the search for possible life on Mars, the programme will include some of the historical observations and debates that I discussed in a previous post. I'm delighted that the programme gave us at the Royal Observatory a chance to recreate a key Greenwich contr...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Rebekah Higgitt Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk History of science Source Type: news

Simulating a Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer: A LabView Exercise
Journal of Chemical EducationDOI: 10.1021/ed200158q
Source: Journal of Chemical Education - January 7, 2013 Category: Chemistry Authors: Michael T. Marty and Douglas J. Beussman Source Type: research

da Vinci Skills Simulator for Assessing Learning Curve and Criterion-based Training of Robotic Basic Skills
Objective: To answer 2 research questions: what are the learning curve patterns of novices on the da Vinci skills simulator parameters and what parameters are appropriate for criterion-based robotic training.Materials and Methods: A total of 17 novices completed 2 simulator sessions within 3 days. Each training session consisted of a warming-up exercise, followed by 5 repetitions of the “ring and rail II” task. Expert participants (n = 3) performed a warming-up exercise and 3 repetitions of the “ring and rail II” task on 1 day. We analyzed all 9 parameters of the simulator.Results: Significant learning occurred on...
Source: Urology - January 7, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Willem M. Brinkman, Jan-Maarten Luursema, Bas Kengen, Barbara M.A. Schout, J. Alfred Witjes, Ruud L. Bekkers Tags: Laparoscopy and Robotics Source Type: research

Increasing compliance toward home exercise in chiropractic patients using SMS texting: A pilot study
Conclusions: This pilot study indicates that SMS messaging to patients increases self reported compliance. This is in line with other areas of compliance research and warrants further development.
Source: Clinical Chiropractic - January 7, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: David Newell, Roberto Beyer MChiro Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Accelerated Sinus Rhythm Prevents Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Mice and in Patients.
Conclusions: Accelerated supraventricular rates suppress VAs in two CPVT mouse models and in a subset of CPVT patients. Hypothetically, atrial overdrive pacing may be a therapy for preventing exercise-induced VT in treatment-refractory CPVT patients. PMID: 23295832 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation Research - January 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Faggioni M, Hwang HS, van der Werf C, Nederend I, Kannankeril PJ, Wilde AA, Knollmann BC Tags: Circ Res Source Type: research