Low "Health Literacy" Increases Hospitalizations
...rite, thathealth care is accessible once a patient walks through the examining room door,but access to care "requires more than the patient's presence: it also requiresthat the patient engage in the process of care. Low literacy, though not soobvious a barrier as cost or transportation, limits access by p...Diabetes & Holiday Foods: Cedars-Sinai Physician Offers Tips To Maintain Healthy Holiday Balance
... havean hour to spare? Try 10- or 15- minute brisk walks at intervals throughoutthe day. Remember, after a holiday meal, to wait 60 to 90 minutes beforetaking your walk. • Enjoy those special holiday foods in moderation. Pass on the everydayfoods like crackers and dip. Instead, take small portions of s...Active Aging Makes A Difference: World Health Day 1999 Set April 7
... officialdeclarations to publications to contests, walks and other events....New treadmill 'scores' may help physicians better diagnose heart disease
...he electrical function of the heart as the patient walks on a treadmill. The speed at which the patient walks gradually increases, requiring the body to use more oxygen and the heart to pump harder. Treadmill...Classroom management linked to lesser teen alienation from school
...s is the environment that a student enters when he walks through the classroom door. "Do students treat each other with respect? Do they get along well with the teacher? Do they pay attention in class and complete their assignments on time? These are the important questions." Results from the Add Health ...Implantable device pumps up ailing heart
...st device nearly two years ago. Now, he routinely walks 5 miles a day. The FDA has approved the Jarvik 2000 as a bridge to transplant in the United States, but not for permanent use as in Britain. The two other living patients report that their quality of life has improved dramatically. All were in cl...Yale researchers find potential target for treatment and prevention of osteoporosis
... Unbreakable, who is in a terrible train wreck and walks away without a single broken bone, its members of this family," Lifton said. "They have extraordinarily dense bones and there is no history of fractures. You find this maybe once in a million people." Lifton said those family members with the genetic...Rigorous, short-term diet-exercise program lowers heart disease risk
... grains, vegetables and fruit and took brisk daily walks reduced their high blood pressure, a hallmark risk factor for congestive heart failure, kidney disease, coronary artery disease and stroke. "This is the first study to show that this type of diet and exercise can reduce oxidative stress, lower blood ...OHSU researchers study healthy aging population
...chitect, he continues drafting on his computer and walks two miles regularly. Potter has a unique connection with the study - his former wife has Alzheimer's disease. "Through the study, I receive a brain MRI every year," said Potter. "That gives me a tangible standpoint on my mental health."...Myosin molecule walks like a person, experiment shows
...walk" in a fashion very much like a human. "Myosin walks like we walk, but with a 74-nanometer stride that is more than 10 million times smaller than ours," said Paul Selvin, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and corresponding author of a paper to appear in the journa...More sprawl means more weight and less walking
...ation on other types of physical activity, such as walks to work or shopping, should help clarify the relationship of sprawl and health, the researchers say. More precise measurements of sprawl are also needed, according to the researchers. "It might be that certain thresholds or critical levels of 'compa...A picture perfect test of well-being: Graphic assessment tool tunes into life satisfaction
...ng as simple as getting people outside for regular walks or arranging to have a friend or family member call or stop by on a daily basis. "People just need to have one good friend. They can manage the losses of old age, as long as they have somebody that they can see and talk to everyday, catch a meal wit...Clinicians need to put heads together on sports concussions
...pponent, the whistle blows and the athlete shakily walks off the field and is immediately examined by the medical staff. Sports-related concussions, often referred to by clinicians as mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), occur thousands of times each year on athletic fields and courts. While many such injuri...Exercise sharpens focus, decision-making among aging adults
... cardiovascular fitness regimen as simple as brisk walks reap greater focus and reduced decision-making conflict as they perform a variety of tasks, scientists say. That conclusion comes from a study that utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure changes in brain activity in adults ranging ...Patients not sticking to cholesterol drugs -- and the higher their co-pay, the lower their use
...lling their prescription, but as soon as a patient walks out the door it's up to him or her to fill the prescription or take the medication," says Ellis. "We need to be stronger in conveying that taking a statin regularly can be a matter of life or death, and we need to make it easier for patients who real....... One group engaged solely in taking 30-minute walks five times a week; another group carried out the walks while wearing an electrical muscle stimulation device; and, the third group (the control group) cont...