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Mild exercise while in the ICU reduces bad effects of prolonged bed rest
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients using any one of a trio of mild physical therapy exercises ...
Ante-partum bed rest moms get active in new study
Jul 29, 2008 |
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After weeks of bed rest during pregnancy, new mothers need to rebuild muscles and strengthen their stamina. Now a group of women will test new interventions in aiding that recovery during a pilot study at Case Western Reserve ...
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Muscle weakness a common side effect of long stays in intensive care units
Oct 27, 2009 |
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After decades of focusing on the management of respiratory failure, circulatory shock and severe infections that lead to extended stays in hospital intensive care units, critical care researchers are increasingly turning ...
Laziness increases back pain risk
Jun 14, 2007 |
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The researchers participated in the Agency's Berlin Bed-Rest Study, monitoring 20 healthy, young men who spent 56 days lying in bed.
Australian woman dies after 60 years in iron lung
Oct 31, 2009 |
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An Australian woman who spent a record-breaking 60 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio died Saturday in a Melbourne nursing home, aged 83.
Minor leg injuries associated with risk of blood clots
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Muscle ruptures, ankle sprains and other common minor leg injuries appear to be associated with a higher risk for blood clots in the legs or lungs, according to a report in the January 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, ...
Study shows hibernating bears conserve more muscle strength than humans on bed rest do
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Apr 24, 2007 |
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A fascinating new study from the May/June 2007 issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology quantifiably measures the loss of strength and endurance in black bears during long periods of hibernation. T.D. L ...
Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions continually rise in the United States, unconventional natural gas sources coupled with advances in carbon sequestration may be the solution, ...
WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
Mar 21, 2005 |
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Since Saturday, 19 March, the study entitled Women International Space Simulation for Exploration (WISE) has been fully under way. All participants in the first of two campaigns have been lying in bed, tilted head down at ...
NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill to Improve Astronaut Health in Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2008 |
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NASA is using a new treadmill that allows people to run while suspended horizontally to help astronauts prepare for long-duration missions to the moon and beyond.
Women, space travel and infection: bed-rest study investigates female immune response on extended missions
Jun 16, 2005 |
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A bed-rest study with female participants will help scientists understand changes to the immune response and decreased resistance to infection in space. Investigators with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NS ...
Sleep disturbances affect classroom performance
Feb 15, 2007 |
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As a night of bad sleep can have an adverse effect on an adult’s performance at work the next day, an insufficient amount of rest can also have a negative impact on how well middle or high school students perform in the classroom. ...
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