News tagged with rehab therapy

Walking often and far reduces risks in heart patients

An exercise program that burns a lot of calories reduced cardiac risk factors better than standard cardiac rehabilitation in overweight coronary patients, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Meth fills hospitals with burn patients

(AP) -- A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can robots take over rehab?

Visiting the iMove center at UC Irvine's Gross Hall is like being on the set of a sci-fi movie. Here, the merging of machines and humans — the premise of such futuristic films as "Alien" and "The Terminator" ...

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created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Robotic therapy may provide lasting gains for immobilized stroke survivors

Severely impaired stroke survivors could walk better when a robotic assist system was added to conventional rehabilitation, according to a study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood-pressure-lowering drug after stroke aids recovery, study finds

A commonly prescribed blood pressure-lowering medication appears to kick start recovery in the unaffected brain hemisphere after a stroke by boosting blood vessel growth, a new University of Georgia study ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prevention measures needed to address major risk of falls after stroke

Almost 60 per cent of people who have a stroke experience one or more falls afterwards – most often in their own homes – and some are left with serious injuries, according to a study released today at the Canadian ...

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created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rehab robots lend stroke patients a hand

Robot-assisted therapy has measurable benefits for patients with a weaker arm following a stroke. This is according to new research featured in the journal Clinical Rehabilitation, published by SAGE, which is the first to use ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New CMU brain imaging research reveals why autistic individuals confuse pronouns

Autism is a mysterious developmental disease because it often leaves complex abilities intact while impairing seemingly elementary ones. For example, it is well documented that autistic children often have difficulty correctly ...

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created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team approach reduces urinary tract infections in rehab patients

Nurses, occupational and physical therapists, case managers and education staff, all working together at a 300-bed Nebraska rehabilitation hospital, have successfully implemented a team approach to dramatically reduce infections ...

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created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Baby boomers fueling boom in knee, hip surgeries

(AP) -- We're becoming a nation of bum knees, worn-out hips and sore shoulders, and it's not just the Medicare set. Baby boomer bones and joints also are taking a pounding, spawning a boom in operations to fix them.

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created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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