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Contemp Clin Trials 2022 May 16:106793. Epub 2022 May 16.

Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 500 N 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA; Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 500 N 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA. Electronic address:

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States paralleled with several cardiometabolic risk factors that are on the rise such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Many of these cardiometabolic risk factors are preventable by lifestyle changes in physical activity and dietary patterns. Qigong and Tai Chi Easy (QTC) exercises are considered meditative movement practices that have been shown to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors such as psychosocial stress, poor sleep quality and weight gain and is particularly suitable for older adults. Read More

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2022 May 19:1-6. Epub 2022 May 19.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of pre-pregnancy obesity on the cesarean delivery rate in nulliparous pregnant people undergoing induction of labor.

Study Design: This is a retrospective cohort study of nulliparous pregnant people with a normal weight and obesity who underwent induction of labor between 37 and 41 weeks gestation at a single institution from 2012 to 2018. Weight category was based on pre-pregnancy body mass index. Read More

Diabetologia 2022 May 19. Epub 2022 May 19.

Section of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Aims/hypothesis: IgM is the primary antibody produced by B cells and we hypothesise that IgM antibodies to gut microbiota may play a role in immunometabolism in obesity and type 2 diabetes. To test our hypothesis, we used B6 mice deficient in activation-induced cytidine deaminase (Aid [also known as Aicda]) which secrete only IgM antibodies, and human faecal samples.

Methods: We studied the immunometabolic effects and gut microbial changes in high-fat-diet-induced obesity (HFDIO) in Aid B6 mice compared with wild-type mice. Read More

Int J Epidemiol 2022 May 19. Epub 2022 May 19.

Institute of Reproductive and Child Health/Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.

Background: Gestational exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of fetal death in recent studies, but earlier studies in the past century have usually reported a non-significant association. As such, it remains unknown whether this adverse effect of PM2. Read More

Biomed Res Int 2022 9;2022:8216685. Epub 2022 May 9.

School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.

The adverse impacts of high temperature during the summer season on the rabbit industry have gained increased global attention. In this study, the comparative effects of biological (BIO) and chemical (CH) nanoselenium (nano-Se) combined with vitamin E on the growth and immune performances of rabbits were observed. A total of 200 white male rabbits of similar age (90 days) were divided into five treatment groups (T0, T1, T2, T3, and T4), 40 animals in each treatment. Read More