Tai Chi can reduce falls in older people, says new research
...artial art consisting of a series of slow, gentle, continuous movements, is particularly suitable for older peop...music was used to help the group maintain slow and continuous movements and provide a soothing effect. Both groups underwent a series of tests before the 12-week ...Mental processing is continuous, not like a computer
...mpelling evidence that language comprehension is a continuous process. "For decades, the cognitive and neural sc...on and cognition are mathematically described as a continuous trajectory through a high-dimensional mental space; the neural activation patterns flow back and for...Hormone replacement therapy safe for women with menopause & cancer survivors
...gh the WHI results only provided data from an oral continuous therapy, researchers say that other routes may be safer and patients should discuss the option with their doctor to weigh the risks against severity of symptoms and expected benefits. Additionally, several studies have shown that the use of HRT in pa...News briefs from the journal Chest, July 2005
...th lung cancer were nonsmokers who were exposed to continuous wood smoke for over 10 years. Most of these people were women living in rural areas, with poverty conditions. The findings not only suggest a connection between lung cancer and exposure to wood smoke but they also indicate that wood smoke may caus...Hospital 'report cards' found not effective for quality improvement
...nterventions, which could include chart review and continuous and/or public data feedback accompanied by other multimodal interventions, such as team workshops and standard orders, may be effective, but a need remains to study these interventions and their cost-benefit ratios in well-controlled randomized trial...HUP becomes first in region to implant a HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System into a patient
...pumping motion of the heart, it works to put out a continuous flow of blood. And it's only about the size of your thumb. It will require less surgical trauma than other current devices and it can be used in smaller people like women and children." The HeartMate II device is powered by a rotary pumping mechanism...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
...that menstrual-associated symptoms were reduced in continuous regimens. There was, however, not enough data to d...l, oral contraceptives are safe and effective, and continuous pill-use is a reasonable approach to oral contraception," says lead-author Alison Edelman who works ...Antiretroviral therapy may prevent HIV transmission from breastfeeding mothers to infants
...e infants received a single dose of nevirapine and continuous zidovudine therapy after birth. At either two or five months after delivery, all three drugs taken by the mothers were found in breast milk in concentrations similar to or higher than those found in the mothers' blood. In samples of the infants' bloo...Envisat monitoring China floods as part of Dragon Programme
...eilongjiang Province in northeast China, following continuous rainfall reported in the vicinity of the city of Qigihar." Flood monitoring is only one of numerous Dragon Programme research themes, which range from agriculture and forests to seismic activity and landslide monitoring, assessing drought, air quali...South Polar ozone hole makes big comeback
...eads to very low temperatures, and in the cold and continuous darkness of this season, polar stratospheric clouds are formed that contain chlorine. The stratospheric ozone layer that protects life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation is vulnerable to the presence of certain chemicals in the atmosph...Wake up, doc: Lack of sleep affects young doctors just like alcohol does
...80-hour weekly work-hour limit, a 24-hour limit on continuous duty time, in-house call duty no more than once every three nights, and one day in seven free from all patient care and educational obligations, all averaged over four weeks. "We need to continue to find simple, practical, and effective strategies th...Gaps in intestinal barrier could cause Crohn's disease
...sly assumed that the lining of the intestine was a continuous sheet of cells. Professor Watson said: "We suspect that patients with inflammatory disease may not have the same ability to plug the gaps left by the cell renewal process meaning that bacteria can seep through the lining of the intestine. Understan...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member to receive distinguished alumna award
...ssociate professor, is receiving the award for her continuous contributions to research on nursing practice concerning persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Her research in I/DD includes the history of nursing in the field of I/DD, developmental and health experiences of adults with n...EU benchmark study on mental disease in Elsevier ECNP journal
...mportant starting point for future coordinated and continuous high-quality mental health research, as well as better funding for research, training and education programmes." Nello Spiteri, Publisher of European Neuropsychopharmacology at Elsevier remarked, "World Mental Health Day is always an important momen...Gold nanoparticles show potential for noninvasive cancer treatment
...ugated gold nanoparticles and then exposed them to continuous visible argon laser. "The malignant cells required less than half the laser energy to be killed than the benign cells," said Ivan. "In addition, we observed no photothermal destruction of any type of cell in the absence of gold nanoparticles at these...Positive study results for methylphenidate transdermal system
...ransdermal delivery system was designed to provide continuous medication release throughout the day. The transdermal system releases medication that passes through the skin and directly into the blood stream. The patch is water-resistant. Data from phase II and phase III clinical trials presented Thursday and...Implementing European Space Policy: Key ESA/EC agreement on Earth Observation data signed today
...ropean GMES initiative, access to a wider and more continuous data set from a large variety of Earth observation satellites. As provider of technical support to the services of the EC, the JRC is ideally placed to foster pre-operational and operational services, in support of the EU policies and services being ...Talk therapy more effective long term treatment for SAD than light therapy, study finds
...y from not being able to function normally without continuous medical treatment to a mildly debilitating case of "winter blues." It seemed to Rohan, who came to UVM earlier this fall after spending five years as an assistant professor of medical and clinical psychology at the Uniformed Services University of t...Penn researchers study the use of ultrasound for treatment of cancer
...umor's blood perfusion and then to treat it with a continuous wave of low-level ultrasound. After three minutes of treatment at an intensity similar to what is used in physiotherapy ultrasound (about 2.5 watts), researchers observed that the tumors had little or no blood supply. "We used an ultrasound intensity...ERS altimeter survey shows growth of Greenland Ice Sheet interior
... were compelled to derive and analyse the longest continuous dataset of satellite altimeter observations of Greenland Ice Sheet elevations. By combining tens of millions of data points from ERS-1 and ERS-2, the team determined spatial patterns of surface elevation variations and changes over an 11-year period...