News tagged with shaking hands

Signs of aging may be linked to undetected blocked brain blood vessels

Many common signs of aging, such as shaking hands, stooped posture and walking slower, may be due to tiny blocked vessels in the brain that can't be detected by current technology.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Doc's arthritis struggle shows illness' severity

(AP) -- Dr. Sue Zieman can almost set her watch by her disease: Twice a day, she gets a fever and the already arthritic joints in her arms and hands, legs and feet abruptly, painfully swell even more. During ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Graduation contamination: Just how many germs are you spreading with a handshake?

Graduations are a celebration of achievement and growth, but could all the pomp and circumstance increase your risk of exposure to harmful bacteria? A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists devise guide to the perfect handshake

Help is here for people who are overcome with nerves when faced with the age-old custom of shaking hands -- British scientists have unveiled a step-by-step guide to the perfect handshake.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Discovery of New Treatment for Hand Disorder Affecting Millions Shown Promising

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the Department of Orthopaedics at Stony Brook University Medical Center have developed an injectable form of the enzyme, collagenase, that significantly improves outcomes of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Harvard survey: Swine flu in, affection out

(AP) -- Thanks to swine flu, there's a little less hugging and kissing in the United States.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fear, anger and fatalism over swine flu in Mexico

(AP) -- The schools and museums are closed. Sold-out games between Mexico's most popular soccer teams are being played in empty stadiums. Health workers are ordering sickly passengers off subways and buses. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2