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Mobile users make same mistakes as disabled PC users
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Mobile phone owners make similar mistakes to physically impaired computer users when using the technology, according to new research from The University of Manchester.
Physically active have reduced risk of prostate cancer
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lifetime physically active men have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. The effect was observable in those who had been sitting for less ...
Researchers first to document early signs for diabetes in kids as young as 7
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Research conducted under the direction of Melinda Sothern, PhD, Professor and Director of Health Promotion at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, showing early signs of diabetes in healthy ...
Auditory illusion: How our brains can fill in the gaps to create continuous sound
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 25, 2009 |
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It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. ...
Staying active may lower health risks for large, retired athletes
Nov 11, 2008 |
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The larger body size of professional football players doesn't increase risk of cardiovascular disease or atherosclerosis after they retire, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...
Abducted children: Conventional photos alone don't aid the search
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 29, 2008 |
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People's ability to recognise abducted children is impaired when they view a photo of a smiling, clean child, but come into contact with the same child whose appearance is very different because he or she is upset, crying, ...
Active older adults live longer, have better functional status
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Older adults who continue or begin to do any amount of exercise appear to live longer and have a lower risk of disability, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/A ...
Research finds America's elderly suffering abuse
Aug 22, 2008 |
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A new study concludes that nearly 13 percent of America's aged citizens suffer some form of abuse. Specifically, nine percent of adults reported they have suffered from verbal mistreatment, 3.5 percent suffer financial mistreatment, ...
Quality of life study examines burden of epilepsy
Oct 29, 2007 |
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A new study published in Epilepsia is the first to assess the prevalence of self-reported active epilepsy and health-related quality of life among adults with epilepsy in California.
Subtle nervous system abnormalities appear to predict risk of death in older individuals
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Subtle but clinically detectable neurological abnormalities, such as reduced reflexes and an unstable posture, may be associated with the risk of death and stroke in otherwise healthy older adults, according to a report in ...
Physical activity improves life expectancy and decreases need of care among older people
Apr 29, 2009 |
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A longitudinal research study conducted at the Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology at the University of Jyväskylä shows that people who have been regularly physically active since middle age and have ...
Risk of frailty in older women dependent on multisystem abnormalities
Jul 30, 2009 |
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A study published online ahead of press in the Gerontology Society of America's Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences reports that the condition of frailty in older adults is associated with a critical mass of abnormal physio ...
Actual people physically gather to talk Twitter
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Twitter was a trending topic Tuesday - and not just on Twitter.
Study: Aerobic activity may keep the brain young
Jun 29, 2009 |
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New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine finds that aerobic activity may keep the brain young.
For abused women, leaving is a complex and confusing process
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Nothing could be easier than walking out the door, right? According to a new University of Illinois journal article, an abused woman actually goes through a five-step process of leaving that can be complicated at every stage ...
