Patient-centered approach can backfire
...re engaged, the physician could end up putting too much responsibility on the patient's shoulders and not giving them enough direction. So they leave the appointment feeling confused about what they're supposed to do, or with information overload." Christensen and his team recruited 16 primary care phys...Traditional Chinese exercises may increase efficacy of flu vaccine
...nation. On average, he said, the Taiji group had much higher antibody responses to the vaccination than the control group, and the percentage of persons who achieved protective levels also was higher in the Taiji group. However, because of the small sample size, the percentage of persons from the Taiji ...Drug interactions with warfarin
... prescription data from general practices observed much higher rates of bleeding than those derived from a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. The authors write that physicians should be aware of these risks to better assess their patients therapeutic riskbenefit profiles. In a related commenta...Pot bellies linked to early signs of cardiovascular disease
...f the waist measurement to the hip measurement was much more closely tied to early, hidden signs of heart disease than other common measures of obesity, such as body mass index (BMI) or the waist circumference alone. In other words, we may obsess about unsightly cellulite on our hips, but its the pot bell...Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
...ers patients had on average three to four times as much loose, unbound amyloid-beta floating in their bloo...s disease was a problem with the production of too much amyloid-beta, but its become clear in recent years that the problem is with faulty clearance of amyl...Reductive stress linked to heart disease
...ed mutant alpha B-Crystallin mice that carried too much G6PD with mice that had far lower levels. The resu...t in the context of disease. This is a case of too much of a good thing, Benjamin said. Our findings indicate reductive stress warrants a more thorough inve...Some women benefit more from exercise when emphasis is on health, not appearance
...vity Enjoyment Scale, whereby each woman rated how much she enjoyed the class, and whether she would likely participate in a similar class in the future. The results of both surveys suggested that the instructor's leadership style directly affected the student's attitudes toward the class. The women in ...Warfarin better than aspirin at stroke prevention in elderly people with atrial fibrillation
...ir results show that warfarin could safely be used much more widely by older people. They conclude: We recorded no evidence that anticoagulants [warfarin] were more hazardous than aspirin therapy in this age group, although the study had limited power to detect those differences. In an accompanying Co...Most seniors now have drug coverage, U-M study shows
...overage, and to lack coverage. Wealthy elders were much more likely to have employer-provided drug coverage, but poorer seniors were much more likely to get drug coverage through Medicaid. Equally importantly, the researchers were able ...Hormone regulates fondness for food
...n images of food. Hunger influences what and how much we eat, but is not the only determinant of our eat...nd the parts of the brain that are involved in how much you desire and enjoy food. They postulated that leptin, one of the major hormones controlling weight...To gain muscle and lose fat, drink milk: study
...t the milk drinking group had lost nearly twice as much fat - two pounds - while the carbohydrate beverage... no fat. At the same time, the gain in muscle was much greater among the milk drinkers than either the soy or carbohydrate beverage study participants. T...Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...ne of the big reasons is that they rapidly lose so much muscle mass and strength that they become physically incapable of getting up, Paddon-Jones said. Sufficient muscle is fundamental for the activities of daily living, movement and independence its definitely a quality-of-life issue. ...Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
...ety first. Parents should limit their exposure as much as possible, said Zimmerman. Over the course of c...an they do in school. So parents need to spend as much time monitoring TV and other media viewing as they do in monitoring their childrens school activitie...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
...ng, a finding that is consistent with attitudes in much younger, high-risk adults, the study found. Fewer than 25 percent of the participants could recall ever receiving counsel to get a test for HIV from a provider, despite their risk factors. Yet, in part because of a lack of education and prevention...Metabolic study in mice could lead to 'good cholesterol' boosters
...e lowering LDL-C might cut heart attack risk by as much as 70 percent, he explained. In the current study, the researchers found that treatments that partially block the activity of liver enzymes called proprotein convertases decreased plasma HDL-C levels in mice. They showed that the metabolic effect o...Osteoporosis screening and treatment may be cost-effective for selected older men
... fractures occur in men and are associated with as much illness and increased risk of death than those that occur in women. Despite the importance of the problem of osteoporosis in men, there is a lack of evidence regarding the cost-effectiveness of common diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. John ...Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
...ter consumes 8.8 milliwatts, or about one-third as much power as other implantable transmitters while transmitting 10 times more data. Another key advantage is that the transmitter has the capacity to collect data specifically related to epileptic seizures from 1,000 channels, or locations in the brain, I...Controlling prescription drug expenditures: a case report of success
...ublic health sciences, The study demonstrated that much of what we spend on prescription drugs is wasteful, and that other institutions, hospitals, health plans, state and federal governments can learn from our experience. The studys authors wrote that preventing the rise of prescription drug costs allo...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...e way sports concussions are managed. Importantly, much of this research has included data that proves the usefulness of objective neuropsychological test data as part of the comprehensive clinical evaluation to determine clinical recovery following concussion. In fact, recent international concussion man...... drank over three cups were less likely to show as much decline in memory. Moreover, the benefits increased with age coffee drinkers being 30 percent less likely to have memory decline at age 65 and rising to 70 percent less likely over age 80. Caffeine consumers did not seem to have lower rates of d...