Keeping grandma safe and healthy with biosensors
...a chair that can sense someone sitting on it and a bed that monitors a person's movements and sleeping positions -- information that may eventually provide clues to a senior's safety and well-being. Motion detectors are positioned throughout the "living area" of Pavel's lab to track seniors' comings and ...Age-related muscle loss linked to protein interplay, says Stanford researcher
...ople whose limbs are immobilized in a cast or from bed rest. "If you presume that normal muscle bulk is maintained by gradual replacement of muscle tissue by satellite cells and that gradual replacement is diminished in older people, that would lead to atrophy," Rando said. "Figuring out atrophy in one o...NHS makes bad use of hospital beds
...p to three and a half times the number of hospital bed days for conditions such as stroke and hip fractur...sing data on admission rates, lengths of stay, and bed days for 11 leading causes of use of acute beds in people aged over 65. They found that the NHS uses...Treatment options expand for patients with neuropathic pain
...feel extreme pain from just the slightest touch of bed sheets against their feet. Neuropathic pain also affects some patients who have or had cancer, multiple sclerosis, a stroke, a spinal cord injury, or a number of other conditions. It was just a little more than five years ago that Dworkin pulled tog...Medium-firm mattresses best for low back pain
...pain. Evidence surrounding the optimum firmness of bed mattresses is lacking; previous research has shown...uarters of orthopaedic physicians recommended firm bed mattresses to counter patients low back pain. Francisco Kovacs from the Kovacs Foundation, Palma de ...Book explores how children use imagination to battle chronic illness
...ildren become attached to toys, blankets, and even bed sheets, which they envision as sources of solace and reassurance. Adults need to be aware of how children cope, if only to avoid disrupting it, she said. "Play is a way for kids to express their feelings in a tangible form they can manage even at a ...Young breast cancer patients who chose lumpectomies need indefinite follow-up
...ctomy, the placing of surgical clips in the tumour bed to improve the accuracy of radiotherapy, a good radiotherapy boost technique and the addition of tamoxifen in patients with hormone-responsive tumours. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) was, he added, currently pl...Deadly decision: Where should baby sleep?
... LOUIS -- Babies who are put to sleep in an adult bed face a risk of suffocation that is as much as 40 t...t and it remains a terrible idea to share an adult bed with a baby." Dr. Kemp says younger infants may be at the greatest risk of death in adult beds becau...Sleep apnea treatment helps patients and partners
...patients' lives, it can improve the lives of their bed partners, says a study published in the September ...verall quality of life (QOL) of patients and their bed partners significantly improved. OSA is a common disorder that is characterized by repetitive episo...Mayo Clinic study shows melatonin helps alleviate violent sleep disorder symptoms
...ming, yelling, hitting, kicking and jumping out of bed tend to occur. These behaviors can cause injury to these people or their bed partners. "Normally in REM sleep, almost every muscle in your body is paralyzed and you don't move,...Study examines limited-field radiation for early breast cancer
...r been clear how much tissue surrounding the tumor bed needs to be irradiated, and whole-breast radiation therapy has been associated with both acute and chronic toxicity. Researchers are now looking at whether limited-field radiation therapy could be a better option for patients at low risk for recurren...ID Migraine screener found to be highly reliable in detecting migraine in undiagnosed patients
...ere functional impairment and may require complete bed rest. The impairment and impact on health-related quality of life of migraine is substantial, equivalent to or greater than other chronic medical illnesses such as angina, diabetes, and hypertension. The economic impact of migraine is also substant...Reducing the number of walk-in patients won't help solve emergency department overcrowding: Study
...ing a long time for tests, decisions or a hospital bed - at this point an emergency department becomes overcrowded and very slow to accept new patients. The researchers also conclude that nurse staffing in emergency or the rate at which physicians see and assess patients and order tests has little impact...An extra hour of sleep can make a big difference for kids
The modest sleep loss that results from going to bed an hour later than usual can compromise childrens alertness and brain functioning, a new study suggests. Our results have significant clinical and educational implications, says author Avi Sadeh, D.Sci., of the department of psychology at Tel Aviv Un...Heart devices, transplants have similar costs; what will we pay?
...t in the intensive care unit or a regular hospital bed (39 percent), pharmacy expenses (15 percent), supplies (14 percent) and diagnostic procedures (11 percent). The time LVAD or organ transplant patients in the middle two quartiles spent in the hospital ranged from 16 to 55 days. These patients repres...Researchers devise ways to reduce noise, improve sleep in nursing homes
...y are experimenting with tiny speakers embedded in bed pillows."These environmental interventions are appealing because they create no additional burden on the staff, which is already stretched thin because of the nursing shortage," Connell says. Nursing home residents and staff participating in the stu...Water may prevent some fainting spells
...on a bed-like platform parallel to the floor. The bed is then titled upward so the head is above the feet. Both teams titled the tables so the person was at a 60 degree angle, two-thirds of the way between lying flat and standing upright. "You might think you could lie at that angle all day," Robertson...Questions arise as more older Americans outlive driving privilege
...g (bathing, dressing, eating, transferring between bed and chair, toileting, and getting around inside the home) were common reasons older people stopped driving. "Driving skills are dependent on three areas of wellness: physical fitness, thinking clearly and seeing well," Foley says. "Whether a person ...Wake Forest researchers find brain region 'exquisitely' sensitive to alcohol
...uman studies have shown that just one drink before bed may decrease the time it takes to fall asleep. But...en watched in the sleep laboratory, a drink before bed increases stage II sleep in the first part of the night and decreases that sleep in the second part ...Feeding tubes may not help in severe dementia, yet use varies widely
...ith the level of severe dementia in this study are bed bound and unable to communicate. Nursing homes are increasingly the site of death for Americans. By 2020, about 40 percent of Americans will die in a nursing home, Teno said. "Nursing homes are our demographic future," she said. Teno is also associat...