Traditional Chinese exercises may increase efficacy of flu vaccine
...Taiji Studies, Champaign. According to Yang, one problem with the flu vaccine is that older adults often do not reach what are considered to be protective levels after receiving the vaccination. On average, he said, the Taiji group had much higher antibody responses to the vaccination than the control gr...Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
...provement. The good news is that we have to know a problem exists before we can fix it, and now we know, said Dr. Han. Other good news is that women and men fared virtually the same when it came to spirometry testing, despite previous reports suggesting women were tested less often. COPD is currently the f...Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
.... We used to think that Alzheimers 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 amyloid-beta, said Zlokovic, professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology and...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...auma to muscles, he suspects that the same sort of problem arises on a lesser scale in repairing damage that results from the normal wear and tear of aging. Rando also found that the misdirected stem cells - the ones that failed to generate new muscle cells in the old environment - were instead differentia...Bioengineering to prevent iron deficiency?
...on of the ferritin gene from the soy bean. Another problem the reduction of bioavailable iron due to high phytate content could also be solved by introducing genes which increase the activity of phytase enzymes to break down the phytate. The authors conclude by calling for more data on the functional con...Osteoporosis screening and treatment may be cost-effective for selected older men
...ures are recognized as a common and serious health problem among elderly men, with white men at age 60 years ...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 diagn...Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
... prescribes medication or performs surgery. "The problem is that your interocular pressure spikes over hours, sometimes minutes," Irazoqui said. "So you can be fine today and fine in six months and spend three months in the middle where it's very high, killing your optic nerve. What you really need to do i...High blood pressure problems largely misunderstood by sufferers
...High blood pressure is a common but serious health problem that affects nearly one-third of all adults in the United States. It can be controlled, though not cured, through lifestyle changes and the use of medications, which must be continued for life. Because of the need for long-term treatment, it is essen...Why women get more migraines than men
...s, it has been shown that migraines may begin as a problem of brain excitability. Patients with migraines show cortical spreading depression, which is characterized by dramatic waves of activity that spread across the surface of the brain. CSD may in turn trigger not only the pain of migraine but the visual ......s, and that they use unique cognitive pathways for problem solving, their intelligence clearly goes far beyond rote memory and perception to include complex reasoning ability. That won't come as any surprise to Michelle Dawson, who is autistic. She is also a scientific collaborator on this study....Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets
...l Engineering, said: The way we will approach this problem is unique. The CICCS will bring together engineers, mathematicians, bioscientists, geographers, geologists and end-users in a hot-house environment that encourages creative problem-solving. The Centre will promote interdisciplinary activity to bri...Low hospital staff levels increase infection rates
...r tubing and is one of the most common preventable problem affecting critically ill hospital patients. It can cause a stay of about an average of 10 extra days in hospital at a cost of US$10,000 to $40,000....Device helps physically disabled turn on computer
... that activate numerous hardware and software, one problem remainsturning the computer on and off. For months, we looked for a device for someone who lacks fine motor skills for months but couldnt find anything, says Dr. Joseph Drew, Kent State associate professor of political science. Thus, Drew, his ...K-State researcher working on a way to make snack foods with extra fiber
...onsumers want to eat. Alavi notes the increasing problem of obesity and how it can lead to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other ailments. "That's where there's a big push for whole grains and fiber," he said. "There's interest in making healthier foods." Funded by a one-year, $30,000 grant from t...Wesley Research Institute study targets pharmacists to help diabetes sufferers
...ays of managing this condition, he said. A major problem in Type 2 Diabetes management is the lack of understanding of how lifestyle influences day to day variations in blood glucose levels. If the particular cause of the unhealthy level is better understood, it may be corrected through lifestyle changes. ...Holograms make for better vision tests
...open field refraction system that is devoid of the problem of proximal accommodation. We describe the holographic target, its working principles, the measurement procedure, and the initial results obtained....UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
...ns and their patients trust it, yet there is a big problem with it. Since PET-CT proved ideal for cancer, body and brain imaging, everyone assumed its application to the heart would work with the same protocols and software a big mistake. Gould, a preventive cardiologist, has been using traditional PET i...Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
...alf of the program attempts to mitigate a familiar problem for researchers in Africa: trying to borrow principles of ethical review from developed countries. Instead, trainees contribute to the research ethics capacity of their home country by setting the agenda themselves. The process transforms students in...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...ure deaths. CERS works to raise awareness of the problem of rural road fatalities, and advocate policy chan...cancer, but we cant forget that this public health problem is even more deadly....Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training
...nsequences clearly illustrates the breadth of this problem and the need for hospitals to develop systems to address it, says contributing author Mark S. Sulkowski, M.D., of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins. Lead author Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., a surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital,...