News tagged with balance problems
Mind out of balance, body out of balance
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Many of the 40 million American adults who suffer from anxiety disorders also have problems with balance. As increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with anxiety, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that ...
Balance problems? Step into the iShoe
Jul 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.
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Problems getting around in old age? Blame your brain
Mar 17, 2008 |
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New research shows how well people get around and keep their balance in old age is linked to the severity of changes happening in their brains. The study is published in the March 18, 2008, issue of Neurology. White matter ...
Why did the London Millennium Bridge 'wobble'?
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On its opening day, the London Millennium Bridge experienced unexpected swaying due to the large number of people crossing it. A new study finally explains the Millennium Bridge 'wobble' ...
Simulation reveals how body repairs balance after damage
Sep 25, 2007 |
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Your body goes to a lot of trouble to make sure you stay upright. But when the brain’s neural pathways are impaired through injury, age or illness, muscles are deprived of the detailed sensory information ...
Stem cells and cancer: Scientists investigate a fine balancing act
Apr 11, 2008 |
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Speaking today at the UK National Stem Cell Network Annual Science Meeting in Edinburgh, Professor Silvia Marino shows how the mechanisms normally involved in balancing different functions of stem cells may also contribute ...
Effects of healing touch therapy being studied
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Often, a gentle hand on your shoulder when you're upset is all it takes to ease your mind and calm your nerves. Now, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers are looking at a similar occurrence by pairing a complementary ...
Risk management critical to corporate strategy
Jan 07, 2009 |
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With the consequences of the current financial crisis spreading to the real economy, lawmakers are exploring new regulations to govern the financial markets. The concern among market participants is that policy-makers do ...
Stem-cell sentry sounds the alarm to maintain balance between cancer and aging
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a sentry guarding the castle walls, a molecular messenger inside adult stem cells sounds the alarm when it senses hazards that could allow the invasion of an insidious enemy: Cancer. The alarm bell halts ...
Rate of escalator injuries to older adults has doubled
Mar 13, 2008 |
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In the first large scale national study of escalator-related injuries to older adults, researchers led by Joseph O’Neil, M.D., MPH, and Greg Steele, Dr.PH., MPH, of the Indiana University School of Medicine, report that the ...
Alcohol consumption can cause too much cell death, fetal abnormalities
Aug 25, 2008 |
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The initial signs of fetal alcohol syndrome are slight but classic: facial malformations such as a flat and high upper lip, small eye openings and a short nose.
Probing Question: What predicts a happy marriage?
Feb 19, 2009 |
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You’ve planned the perfect Valentine’s Day, booked the candlelit restaurant, bought chocolate and flowers. (Or, depending on your darling's taste, bought tickets to a monster truck rally.) The night couldn’t have gone better… ...
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