Prevention

Impact of visceral fat area on short-term outcomes in robotic surgery for mid and low rectal cancer.

Rectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers that arise in the digestive tract. The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the impact of visceral fat area (VFA) on postoperative outcomes in mid and low rectal cancer patients undergoing robotic surgery (RS). Data were collected on patients who underwent robotic anterior rectal resection in a single center from December 2019 to...

IMU-Based Fitness Activity Recognition Using CNNs for Time Series Classification.

Mobile fitness applications provide the opportunity to show users real-time feedback on their current fitness activity. For such applications, it is essential to accurately track the user's current fitness activity using available mobile sensors, such as inertial measurement units (IMUs). Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been shown to produce strong results in different time series classi...

Prediction of hyperuricemia in people taking low-dose aspirin using a machine learning algorithm: a cross-sectional study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Hyperuricemia is a serious health problem related to not only gout but also cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Low-dose aspirin was reported to inhibit ...

Time-domain heart rate dynamics in the prognosis of progressive atherosclerosis.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The regular uptake of a high-fat diet (HFD) with changing lifestyle causes atherosclerosis leading to cardiovascular diseases and ...

A Review of Image-Based Food Recognition and Volume Estimation Artificial Intelligence Systems.

The daily healthy diet and balanced intake of essential nutrients play an important role in modern lifestyle. The estimation of a meal's nutrient cont...

Comprehensiveness, Accuracy, and Readability of Exercise Recommendations Provided by an AI-Based Chatbot: Mixed Methods Study.

BACKGROUND: Regular physical activity is critical for health and disease prevention. Yet, health care providers and patients face barriers to implemen...

Higher rating of perceived exertion and lower perceived recovery following a graded exercise test during menses compared to non-bleeding days in untrained females.

The underrepresentation of the female population in exercise sciences could be attributed, at least in part, to difficulty in appropriately accounting...

Integrated web portal for non-destructive salt sensitivity detection of seeds using fluorescent and visible light images coupled with machine learning algorithms.

Climate change has created unprecedented stresses in the agricultural sector, driving the necessity of adapting agricultural practices and developing ...

Machine learning-based prediction of composite risk of cardiovascular events in patients with stable angina pectoris combined with coronary heart disease: development and validation of a clinical prediction model for Chinese patients.

To develop a risk score model for the occurrence of composite cardiovascular events (CVE) in patients with stable angina pectoris (SA) combined with ...

Microneedle-Assisted Transfersomes as a Transdermal Delivery System for Aspirin.

Transdermal drug delivery systems offer several advantages over conventional oral or hypodermic administration due to the avoidance of first-pass drug...

Telepresence robots as facilitators of physical exercise during COVID-19: a feasibility and acceptance study.

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on mobility and access to green space have disrupted exercise habits worldwide. According to the Wor...

The Management of Diabetes with Hyperuricemia: Can We Hit Two Birds with One Stone?

Serum urate (SU) is an independent predictor for the incidence of diabetes. In current diabetes treatment regimens, there is insufficient appreciation...

Machine Learning Insights Into Uric Acid Elevation With Thiazide Therapy Commencement and Intensification.

Background Elevated serum uric acid, associated with cardiovascular conditions such as atherosclerotic heart disease, hypertension, and heart failure,...

ExoMechHand prototype development and testing with EMG signals for hand rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation is a major requirement to improve the quality of life and mobility of patients with disabilities. The use of rehabilitative devices wit...

Validating the Health Benefits of Coffee Berry Pulp Extracts in Mice with High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Diabetes.

The effects of coffee ( L.) berry pulp extracts (CBP extracts) on the improvement of diabetes, obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ...

Indian Almond ( Linn.) Leaf Extract Extends Lifespan by Improving Lipid Metabolism and Antioxidant Activity Dependent on AMPK Signaling Pathway in under High-Glucose-Diet Conditions.

This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and antiaging effects of Indian almond ( Linn.) leaf extract (TCE) on high-glucose (GLU)-induced obese . ...

Effects of grape juice intake on the cell migration properties in overweight women: Modulation mechanisms of cell migration in vitro by delphinidin-3-O-glucoside.

Overweight and obesity are typical conditions of chronic low-intensity systemic inflammatory responses, and both have become more common in recent dec...

Using artificial intelligence for exercise prescription in personalised health promotion: A critical evaluation of OpenAI's GPT-4 model.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare provides new possibilities for personalized health management. AI-based fitness ap...

The preliminary efficacy of virtual agent-assisted intelligent rehabilitation treatment (Echo app v2.0) in patients with alcohol use disorders: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most common substance use disorders. People with AUD are in great need of highly accessible and c...

A single session of strength training changed plasma levels of resistin, but not leptin in overweight and obese men.

Obesity has a complex multifactorial etiology and is characterized by excessive accumulation of adipose tissue. Visceral adipose tissue has deleteriou...