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Could new government regulations lead to increased use of physical restraints?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Over the past 20 years, the health care system has made tremendous progress in reducing the use of physical restraints among hospitalized elderly patients, a positive change that has had numerous numerous ripple effects, ...





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Selective restraints and reduced medication could reduce nursing home falls says 4-year study

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 14, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Selectively restraining elderly residents and giving them fewer sleeping pills could significantly reduce falls, according to a survey of 21 nursing home units published in the January issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.


Moderate-to-heavy exercise may reduce risk of stroke for men

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men who regularly take part in moderate-to-heavy intensity exercise such as jogging, tennis or swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who get no exercise or only light exercise, such as walking, golfing, ...


Coerced medication used in psychiatric care despite lack of clinical evidence

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers are calling for more studies into the practice of forcing psychiatric patients to take medication, after a research review showed that there have been very few rigorous investigations of the procedure.


All dressed-up and nowhere to go: Inappropriate clothing prevents children playing outside

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents who dress their children in inappropriate clothing could be inadvertently hampering their child's physical activity in childcare settings. The study, reported in BioMed Central's open access journal, International Jo ...


Nonprofit nursing homes provide better care, major study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A major new statistical review of 82 individual research studies has revealed that nonprofit nursing homes deliver, on average, higher quality care than for-profit nursing homes. The findings could have a bearing on the present ...


Too much physical activity may lead to arthritis

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Middle-aged men and women who engage in high levels of physical activity may be unknowingly causing damage to their knees and increasing their risk for osteoarthritis, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting ...


Physical therapists reduce disability and improve function in single-level microdiskectomy patients

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who have undergone a single-level lumbar microdiskectomy for lumbar disk herniation experienced significant improvement in physical function following an intensive, progressive physical therapist guided exercise ...


A quantum leap forward?

A quantum leap forward?

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 8

The dusty boxes that line the walls of Jeff Barrett's UC Irvine office mark a high point in his academic career. Their contents: pages and pages of notes, most more than 50 years old, penned by late quantum ...


Seniors must use it or lose it, study shows

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doris Stinson has learned that it's never too late to start exercising. The 85-year-old Stoney Creek woman has regained her strength and maintained her independence after enrolling in Hamilton-based physical ...


More pain means real gain in complex regional pain syndrome treatment

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The saying "more pain, more gain" may be true for those already in terrible pain due to a chronic and debilitating condition, contrary to received wisdom. For those with Type I Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), working ...



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