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Training effects of set- and repetition-interval rest time on recumbent-boxing exercise: Could virtual reality improve further?

iScience, 2023
Summary: This study examined the influence of set-interval and repetition-interval rest time of virtual reality (VR) boxing game in supine-lying posture.
Yi Wang, Qi Chen, Liangchao Liu, Qiuhong He, James Chung-Wai Cheung, Duo Wai-Chi Wong, Yang Liu, Wing-Kai Lam   +7 more
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Addressing Climate Change and Its Effects on Human Health: A Call to Action for Medical Schools.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 2020
Human health is increasingly threatened by rapid and widespread changes in the environment and climate, including rising temperatures, air and water pollution, disease vector migration, floods, and droughts.
A. Goshua, Jason Gomez, B. Erny, M. Burke, S. Luby, S. Sokolow, A. D. LaBeaud, P. Auerbach, M. Gisondi, K. Nadeau   +9 more
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Single high-fat challenge and trained innate immunity: A randomized controlled cross-over trial

iScience
Summary: Brief exposure of monocytes to atherogenic molecules, such as oxidized lipoproteins, triggers a persistent pro-inflammatory phenotype, named trained immunity.
Julia van Tuijl, Julia I.P. van Heck, Harsh Bahrar, Wieteke Broeders, Johan Wijma, Yvonne M. ten Have, Martin Giera, Heidi Zweers-van Essen, Laura Rodwell, Leo A.B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, Lydia A. Afman, Siroon Bekkering, Niels P. Riksen   +13 more
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The Role of Prebiotics in Modulating Gut Microbiota: Implications for Human Health

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
The human gut microbiota, an intricate ecosystem within the gastrointestinal tract, plays a pivotal role in health and disease. Prebiotics, non-digestible food ingredients that beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or ...
Suyeon Yoo, Suk-Chae Jung, Kihyuck Kwak, Jun-Seob Kim   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exercise and the Gut Microbiome: A Review of the Evidence, Potential Mechanisms, and Implications for Human Health.

Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2019
The gastrointestinal tract contains trillions of microbes (collectively known as the gut microbiota) that play essential roles in host physiology and health.
Lucy J. Mailing, Jacob M. Allen, T. Buford, C. Fields, J. Woods   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Human health sciences—From cultivation to utilization of medicinal plants

, 2012
The aim of this review is to recognize the ability of plants used as food and medicine for our health care. From this point of view, we have studied economical production techniques of medicinal plants and vegetables that have physiological functions ...
F. Ikegami, Yan Wang, Maya Kaneko, M. Sumino, S. Tsukagoshi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Time-restricted eating improves health because of energy deficit and circadian rhythm: A systematic review and meta-analysis

iScience
Summary: Time-restricted eating (TRE) is an effective way to lose weight and improve metabolic health in animals. Yet whether and how these benefits apply to humans is unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effect of TRE in people
Yuwen Chang, Tingting Du, Xiangling Zhuang, Guojie Ma   +3 more
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Applying Nanotechnology to Human Health: Revolution in Biomedical Sciences

Journal of Nanotechnology, 2009
Recent research on biosystems at the nanoscale has created one of the most dynamic science and technology domains at the confluence of physical sciences, molecular engineering, biology, biotechnology, and medicine.
Siddhartha Shrivastava, Debabrata Dash
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary evidence for a Theory of Mind impairment in patients with Anxiety Disorders

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Theory of Mind is defined as the ability to understand mental states of other people, and is notoriously impaired in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
G. Santarelli, M. Innocenti, V. Faggi, V. Miglietta, I. Colpizzi, F. Galassi, G. Castellini, V. Ricca   +7 more
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The Precautionary Principle, Science and Human Health Protection

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2005
As technology advances rapidly, so do applications with potential adverse implications on human health. The possible threats include risks that can be substantial, far-reaching and irreversible, and currently available methods of investigation, designed to deal with direct exposure-disease associations, are not always suitable.
Marco, Martuzzi, Roberto, Bertollini
openaire   +2 more sources