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Is Yoga Effective for Treating Asthma?

Although the data on yoga in asthma are only of moderate quality, they do suggest that yoga may improve quality of life and asthma symptoms.

How Much More Physical Activity Helps Patients Avoid Chronic Diseases?

Higher levels of total physical activity are strongly associated with lower risk of five common chronic diseases: breast and bowel cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

Self-Administered Acupressure Beneficial in Treating Persistent Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors

Two different types of self-administered acupressure techniques were significant in reducing persistent cancer-related fatigue compared with standard of care, but only relaxing acupressure affected quality of sleep and life.

Changing Gut Microbiota to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

The long-term consumption of a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet or low-fat/high complex carbohydrate diets, may exert a protective effect on the development of type 2 diabetes by changing the gut microbiota, increasing the abundance of Roseburia genera and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, respectively.

An RCT Looking at the Effects of Panax ginseng and Ginkgo biloba

Cognitive improvement in women after treatment with Ginkgo biloba may be mediated by changes in cardiovascular reactivity.

Clinical Briefs

In this section: improving CPAP adherence; drug therapy for type 2 diabetes; and correcting inhaler techniques.

Aspirin and Omeprazole Delayed-release Tablets (Yosprala)

The combination is indicated for patients who require aspirin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events and who are at risk of aspirin-associated gastric ulcers.

Headaches in the Elderly: A Non-specific Marker for Stroke Risk

Non-migrainous headaches, for which there are many causes, appear to be a risk factor for stroke in an elderly population, but the mechanism is uncertain.

The Growing Threat of Pyelonephritis Caused by Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli

In patients with acute pyelonephritis due to Escherichia coli presenting to one of 10 EDs, the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance ranged from 6.3% to 19.9%, and the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production was 2.6% to 12.2%.

Effects of Aspirin on Risk of Early Recurrent Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack and Ischemic Stroke

Aspirin administered early after the onset of transient ischemic attack symptoms substantially reduces the risk of developing a stroke.