ASSOCIATION BETWEEN 90O PUSH-UP AND CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS: CROSS-SECTIONAL EVIDENCE OF PUSH-UP AS A TRACTABLE TOOL FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS SURVEILLANCE IN YOUTH

Association between 90o push-up and cardiorespiratory fitness: cross-sectional evidence of push-up as a tractable tool for physical fitness surveillance in youth

Abstract Background Despite being associated with health outcomes like abdominal adiposity, depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular disease risk among youth, largely, clinicians still do not adopt physical fitness testing.A clarion call for increased surveillance was previously issued, in order to address the US population-level lack of knowledge r

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Morbid obese adults increased their sense of coherence 1 year after a patient education course: a longitudinal study

May Solveig Fagermoen,1 Glenys Hamilton,2 Anners Lerdal1,3 1Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 2GAH Consulting, Boston, MA, USA; 3Department of Research, Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital, Oslo, Norway Background: Personal factors are key elements to understand peoples' health behavior

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Response to re-challenge of a MEK inhibitor in a patient with recurrent low-grade serous carcinoma of the peritoneum

Low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary/peritoneum is a rare epithelial cancer Shot Glasses subtype characterized by younger age at diagnosis, relative chemoresistance, and prolonged overall survival compared with high-grade serous carcinoma.In addition, alterations in the mitogen activated protein kinase pathway are frequent and play a major role

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