Academic Report on “The Scope Review of Upper Limb Tactile Deficit Examination Methods” In recent years, post-stroke patients’ capacity to perceive tactile stimuli has become a focal point of research. This perception is very important for the execution of movements and learning activities in everyday life. However, tactile perceptual deficits seri...
Analysis of Trend Changes in Static Balance of Parkinson’s Disease Patients to Distinguish Drug States Introduction Maintaining static body balance is crucial for daily living, which requires coordination between different body segments. Any change or decline in balance ability increases the risk of falling. Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) e...
The Gender-Dependent Effects of Carbohydrate Sources and Quantity on Caspase-1 Activity in the Central Nervous System of Mice Research Background With the global intensification of aging, the incidence of cognitive impairments and dementia is rapidly increasing, with Alzheimer’s disease being the most common form of senile dementia. Studies have sh...
Timed Step Recommendations to Assist in Achieving Daily Goals - A New Strategy for Working and Elderly Adult Populations With the popularization of health trackers, high-resolution health data (such as hourly step counts) can be collected and used to evaluate health promotion plans. Take daily step goals for example. Research has found that the acc...
The Relationship Between Mask Effectiveness and Population Coverage Rates Background and Research Motivation During the COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social distancing, mask-wearing, and test-trace-isolate strategies were widely applied to control the spread of the virus. Despite a large body of empirical resear...
How to Reduce the Expectations and Demand for Antibiotics in the Face of the Threat of a “Post-Antibiotic Era” Introduction Antibiotic resistance is becoming a global public health threat. Although the evolution of this resistance is a biological process, human behavior, especially unnecessary antibiotic use in agricultural production and human med...
In the global context, the prevalence of obesity is on the rise, bringing significant impacts to public health. Obesity is independently associated with the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular diseases, with an estimated economic burden exceeding $200 billion annually for healthcare systems. In recent years, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) re...
The Mediating Role of Systemic Inflammation in the Differences in Cognitive Disease Incidence and the Moderating Role of Racialization This study examines the link between systemic racism and the increased burden of cognitive disease. Researchers investigated the mediating role of C-reactive protein (CRP) as a marker of systemic inflammation in the...
In the global context, the Planetary Health Diet has been proposed as a way to improve human health while protecting the Earth. However, studies on the relationship between the Planetary Health Diet and cognitive decline are very limited. To fill this research gap, researchers Natalia Gomes Gonçalves, Leandro Teixeira Cacau, Naomi Vidal Ferreira, P...
Clinical Aging Clock Based on Principal Components Reveals Characteristics of Healthy Aging and Targets for Clinical Interventions Background of the Study As the population ages, promoting healthy aging and slowing down biological aging has become an important issue. To accurately predict all-cause mortality and obtain feasible measures to promote ...