BMC complementary medicine and therapies
May 17, 2024
Yong-Yao Wu, Yi-Yi Gao, Jing-Qiao Wang et al.
14 citations
Adding mindfulness meditation and progressive muscle relaxation to standard dialysis care improved exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with sarcopenia on maintenance haemodialysis. After 12 weeks, the intervention group showed significant gains in sit-to-stand test, handgrip strength, and time to 10 sit-ups compared with controls. Scores on multiple dimensions of the KDQOL, including physical function, role-physical, general health, energy, and emotional well-being, also improved. Inflammatory markers interleukin-6 and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein decreased, while albumin and prealbumin levels increased. The combined training can improve motor ability and quality of life within a short period.
Complementary therapies in medicine
November 1, 2025
Yongyao Wu, Qiaojing Xia, Yiyi Gao et al.
2 citations
A 12-week mindfulness meditation program lowered blood pressure and improved quality of life in patients with intradialytic hypertension during haemodialysis. In a randomized trial of 69 patients, those who practiced meditation had significantly lower systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures and a lower pulse rate than those receiving standard care. Quality-of-life measures, including physical function, pain, energy, and emotional well-being, improved, but social function did not. Blood levels of homocysteine also decreased. Adverse reactions occurred in 11.76% of the meditation group versus 45.71% of the control group. Mindfulness meditation appears to be a safe, effective non-pharmacological option for managing intradialytic hypertension.
Fa yi xue za zhi
February 25, 2024
Wei-Guang Yu, Qiang He, Zheng-Di Wang et al.
After a single injection of MDMA in rats, peak concentrations of MDMA and its metabolite MDA occurred at 5 minutes and 1 hour, respectively, and both were detectable up to 12 hours. After continuous daily administration over 7 days, peak times shifted to 30 minutes for MDMA and 1.5 hours for MDA, and the detection window shortened to 10 hours. The ratio of MDMA to MDA in plasma followed a nonlinear relationship with time, described by separate equations for single and continuous dosing. These toxicokinetic differences provide reference data for forensic identification of MDMA exposure.