Exercise may lead to improvement in patients with Parkinson's
...alifornia (USC) shows that treadmill exercises may benefit patients with Parkinson's Disease and those with similar movement disorders. The study is led by USC neuroscientist Michael Jakowec, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology and appears in the May 16 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. Recent st...Research says boiling broccoli ruins its anti-cancer properties
...r Thornalley said: "If you want to get the maximum benefit from your five portions-a-day vegetable consumption, if you are cooking your vegetables boiling is out. You need to consider stir frying steaming or micro-waving them." ...San Francisco VA researcher receives top Veterans Affairs award
.... This collaboration has been of incredible mutual benefit to the VA and doctors around the United States." Weiner noted that the award "recognizes the accomplishments of the outstanding scientists and staff, past and present, of CIND, and the continued participation of our research subjects, as well as m...Elsevier launches Molecular Oncology
...vel discoveries into clinical applications for the benefit of the patient. The Danish Cancer Society with its 380,000 members, and various patient support and research departments is proud to host the Editorial Office of this exciting new journal in cancer, states A. Rohliged, Director, and former Minister......uthors note. "Because the largest public health benefit in physical activity interventions comes from having populations of sedentary persons become more active rather than already active persons becoming more active, the interventions, if widely implemented, could create substantial public health benefit...Calcium plus vitamin D supplements may help prevent weight gain in postmenopausal women
...l Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The benefit is greater in those who had not previously been getting the daily recommended amount of calcium. "Because weight loss or prevention of weight gain is likely to have significant health benefits for middle-aged women, early to middle menopause may be...Older patients with major depression live longer with appropriate treatment, Penn study shows
...ession, or among patients without depression. The benefit seemed to be almost entirely attributable to a reduction in deaths due to cancer, and the authors note that the mechanism for the effect is unclear and warrants further investigation....One pill may be better than two for treating patients with high blood pressure
... and additional risk factors for heart disease may benefit more from taking one tablet rather than two, if their current treatment combines the lipid-lowering medication atorvastatin with the blood pressure-lowering medication amlodipine, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 8th Scientifi...Online education program better source of information for patients
...ide the doctor's office. Heart Profilers seemed to benefit patients with HF and AF more than others, possibly because "HF and AF are more chronic conditions, so they have a greater impact on overall health and functioning and patients may be more symptomatic," Pia said. "Patients literally feel these condit...High-dose anticlotting drug cuts heart attack, death risk in half
...cations related to blood clotting, the greater the benefit from high-dose clopidogrel. The study will be presented at the Orlando SCAI meeting by Antonio Abbate, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, VA. ...Nerves controlling muscles are best repaired with similar nerves
...e nerve's architecture by mincing it abolished the benefit of repairing a motor nerve with an intact motor nerve. "It turned out there was no difference in regeneration using motor versus sensory nerves through the chopped-nerve tissue," Borschel said. Several factors contributed to the results, he said. "...Quick, innovative procedure helps men minimize incontinence after prostatectomy
...o most patients who undergo prostatectomy stand to benefit from the procedure," says co-author Dr. Alexis Te, director of the Brady Prostate Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and associate professor of urology at Weill Cornell Medical College. "The technique entails no extra cost and very little...Can an omega-3 fatty acid slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease?
...ty acids found in the oil of certain fish may also benefit the brain by lowering the risk of Alzheimers disease. In order to test whether an omega-3 fatty acid can impact the progression of Alzheimers disease, researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of ...Patients with 'bleeding' strokes less likely to get prevention treatment
...hemic stroke, physicians have to weigh whether the benefit of cholesterol-lowering outweighs the potential increased risk for hemorrhagic stroke." The numbers were a little closer with diabetes medications or treatment at discharge, with 81 percent of ischemic stroke patients, 77 percent of those with ICH an...Study finds decline in nursing faculty primary barrier to nursing program expansion
...ther, but rather if we believe more education will benefit nurses, patients and society. The care and science behind nursing has become far too complex for nurses to not continue their education." The U.S. Nursing Faculty Shortage A recent supply-and-demand forecast about nursing faculty in North Car...Caring for the sick now a public health priority for developing countries
...l 100 million people in these poorer nations could benefit from palliative care services, including family members and close companions. Lead author of the paper Dr Ruth Webster, a Research Fellow at The George Institute, says that "The scale of this epidemic of death and dying requires acknowledgement and...Swedish snus much safer than smoking but linked to pancreatic cancer
...r for never-smokers and could produce a net health benefit to the population if smokers switched to using it....substantial health gains. Snus could produce a net benefit to health at the population level if it is adopted in sufficient numbers by inveterate smokers. "...Faster and better emergency response through satellite telecoms
...roject supported by ESA, is intended to bring this benefit to Europe. Extreme natural phenomena like tsunamis, earthquakes and hurricanes have featured prominently in the news. So, too, has the rapid spread of new diseases such as SARS and avian flu. By identifying and mapping occurrences of these problems...'Marked departure' in Medicare practice of paying physicians in Geriatric Care Improvement Act
...on. Congress should also authorize a new Medicare benefit for geriatric assessments of patients with multiple chronic diseases and/or dementia and payment of a care coordination fee to physicians who accept responsibility for such patients. The Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Model for Improving Care Co...Research reveals way to speed up treatment of deadly malignant hyperthermia
...iscoveries of best practices such as this one will benefit patients for decades to come." ...