Stay Professionally Fit, Always

Stay Professionally Fit, Always

Lymphocytes shrink to stay fit

In response to an infection, proinfl ammatory cytokines stimulate lymphocytes to take up nutrients so that they can proliferate and mount an immune response. Once the infection is cleared, however, cytokine levels decline and the lymphocytes’ nutrient supply is abruptly cut off. Most of the cells quickly die by apoptosis, but a small fraction survive and differentiate into longlived memory cell...

Training and How to Keep Always Fit

ten by one who has a thorough knowledge of the subject. Far too little attention is paid in most of the Indian colleges and schools to the subject of physical fitness, and it is only by books of this kind that interest in the subject can be aroused. Almost every word of the book is just as applicable to Indian conditions as to European. The information contained in it should be found in every t...

Short stay in general intensive care units: is it always necessary?

  Background: There are challenges ahead of short-term hospitalization of low-risk patients hospitalized only for monitoring of severe disease who may die soon after admission. The purpose of this study was to suggest strategies for the management of ICU stay lengths and to ensure optimal use of ICU resources.   Methods: The study was conducted retrospectively on 246 patients admitted to 9 gene...

Most people can stay fit and healthy into old age

Bruno Vellas tells Fiona Fleck why governments must act now to help older people stay fit and healthy.