Understanding patients' perceptions could improve therapy

Could Cupping Therapy Be Used to Improve Sports Performance?

“Cupping Therapy” is the topic chosen for the fourth editorial of this newly launched journal. The aim of this editorial is to deepen this interesting topic, little analyzed in the present literature, in order to explain the technique and deal with the evidence of the effects of cupping therapy in musculoskeletal disorders, and some possible relation to sports performance.

Narrative Group Therapy to Improve Aging Perceptions and Reduce Thanatophobia (Death Anxiety) in Older Adults

Introduction: Narrative therapy is a psychological intervention focusing on remembering and reconstruction of the people's life events in ways that are of benefit to them, and reduce the impact of challenges in their lives. This study was performed to examine the effect of narrative group therapy (NGT) on aging perceptions and death anxiety among older adults.   Methods: Forty-seven subjects,...

Light Pulses Could Improve

P urdue University researchers have developed a way to finely control ultrafast laser pulses’ spectral properties to create more powerful optical-communications technologies. The laser pulses last a trillionth to a quadrillionth of a second—a picosecond to a femtosecond. In essence, each pulse could serve as a data bit in future high-speed optical-communications systems, explained Purdue profes...

Caregivers' perceptions of patients as reminders to improve hand hygiene.

Use of stepwise lactate kinetics-oriented hemodynamic therapy could improve the clinical outcomes of patients with sepsis-associated hyperlactatemia

BACKGROUND Setting lactate kinetics at >30% might improve the clinical outcomes of patients with sepsis-associated hyperlactatemia. The aim of this study was to explore the outcome benefits of stepwise lactate kinetics vs central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2)-oriented hemodynamic therapy at 6 h as the protocol goal during early resuscitation. METHODS The relevant parameters and adverse eve...