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Vibrating Insoles could Help Balance

...ain proper balance. Doctors say the nervous system deteriorates with age and affects posture and balance. In the study, the participants were asked to stand quietly on vibrating gel insoles. Video cameras measured the amount they swayed. The researchers note elderly participants showed greater improvement than t...

Sex Determination Gene Blamed For High Incidence Of Parkinson’s In Me

...e SRY protein. It is this region of the brain that deteriorates in Parkinson's disease patients. With death of cells in the substantia nigra, there is less production of dopamine that signals the brain regarding co-ordination and movement of the body parts. As a consequence, patients lose their ability to initi...

Hope After Spinal Cord Injuries

...ation, and kidney problems caused by which further deteriorates the health of these SCI patients. Therefore maintaining the bone integrity has important implications for improving the health of SCI patients. After their study, Shields and his colleagues have concluded that long-term treatment with electrical st...

On the 'Fast Buck' Trail: Kidneys on Sale

...r from depression, especially after their health deteriorates and the ‘new- found’ money runs out ? The health and social issues concerning the donors are not satisfactorily addressed ? Several instances have been reported of wives being coerced into selling kidneys, because their husbands have eyed the...

World’s First Attempt To Restore Sight Using Gene Therap

...h means he can see very little at night, and which deteriorates with age. Yet, it will be several months before the researchers know whether their work has been a success. The British doctors are working alongside Seattle, Washington-based biotech firm Targeted Genetics Corp., which made the vector being used ...

Mental Illness Foremost Reason for Absenteeism

... provide support before the individual's condition deteriorates to the point they go off on long-term sick leave. He added that the Government also had a role to play in finding ways to "help and encourage" more employers to provide staff with access to cost effective occupational health services. Tax incentiv...

Higher Intake of Fish and Vitamin D Reduces the Risk of Age-related Macular Disease

...k of the retina that produces the sharpest vision, deteriorates over time. It is the most common cause of blindness among older adults in the United States, affecting more than 7 million individuals older than 40 years, according to background information in the articles. The prevalence of AMD is likely to increa...

Getting Old No Laughing Matter: US Study

...ited States, our ability to even spot a one liner deteriorates as we age. Researchers at Washington University in St Louis asked one group of people aged from 65 to their late 80s and another in their early 20s the same opening lines of a series of jokes and asked them to pick one of four endings. While one ...

Visual Impairment Linked to Greater Mortality Risk

...k of the retina that produces the sharpest vision, deteriorates over time. "After adjusting for factors that predict mortality, neither visual impairment nor ARMD was significantly associated with all-cause mortality in all ages. mAmong persons younger than 75 years, however, ARMD predicted higher all-cause mor...

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