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Electronic Health Records Shows No Improvement in Quality of Outpatient Care

...irst, in 2003 and 2004 doctors may have been using older systems that did little more than transfer information from the paper record into electronic form. Many of the more sophisticated systems available today, however, can recommend the types of medications or tests that might be best-suited to a patie...

Parental Match-making Blossoms in a Beijing Park

...his. They are worried about their children getting older and not finding a boyfriend or a girlfriend." The shyness and discomfort are obvious. As soon as any Westerner approaches, many cover up their CVs and hide their photos. And while some were open about the minutiae of their children's lives, none wo...

Study Confirms No HRT Benefit for Older Women

...lacement therapy (HRT) should not be prescribed to older women who are many years past menopause to help pr...sts now believe that these risks may only apply to older women who do not normally use HRT. In 1999, another trial (WISDOM) began to assess the long-term r...

Simple Blood Test May Predict Alzheimers Disease

...of 500 Alzheimer's sufferers with those of healthy older people. They were able to identify which proteins were present in higher quantities in those with Alzheimer's. In any case, the proposed blood test would be an improvement on the current memory test undertaken by GPs, which is not only very upsett...

New Data Reinforces Correlation Between Carbohydrate Quality and Loss of Vision

...racts, two of the leading causes of vision loss in older adults. "Although carbohydrate quality was not the main focus in the AREDS, we were fortunate that the investigators had collected the dietary carbohydrate information we needed to do our analyses," says Taylor, who is also a professor at the Friedm...

Late Nights may Make Preteens Antisocial and Aggressive

...ocial behavior was previously associated only with older adolescents. The novel finding of the study is that the link is now apparent as early as 8 year old kids." Susman thinks eveningness could make young adolescents vulnerable to antisocial behaviour. "Eveningness contributes to lack of sleep, and ...

Walking is Vital to Keep Yourself Fit

...blood pressure and decreased muscle strength among older people.Over five months, the Japanese researchers studied 246 adults who engaged in either no walking or moderate to high-intensity walking. The group who engaged in high-intensity walking experienced the most significant improvement in their health,...

Walking Really is the Best Way to Keep Healthy

...blood pressure and decreased muscle strength among older people. As a part of that study, the Japanese researchers studied 246 adults over a period of five months who engaged in either no walking or moderate to high-intensity walking. The group who engaged in high-intensity walking experienced the most s...

Strategies for the Summer

...unable to cool down. It is most common in infants, older people, outdoor workers physically exerting themselves in the heat, and those who are unable to leave their homes. Heat stroke can catch you quite unawares. Familiar symptoms are Hot, red, dry skin, Rapid pulse, Rapid, shallow breathing , Headach...

Too Much White Rice, Pasta and Bread may Increase Chances of AMD

...racts, two of the leading causes of vision loss in older adults. "Although carbohydrate quality was not the main focus in the AREDS, we were fortunate that the investigators had collected the dietary carbohydrate information we needed to do our analyses," says Taylor, who is also a professor at the Fried...

Getting Old No Laughing Matter: US Study

...un Mak, the graduate student behind the study, the older group was noticeably less likely to spot the punch...d. "We're definitely were not trying to say that older adults don't have a sense of humor, but I think that there are certain types of jokes that are more ...

Yo-yo Dieting Increases Kidney Cancer Risk in Women

...gh risk in the development of the kidney cancer in older women than just obesity. Scientists found that women with larger waist to hip ratios were at 80 per cent increased risk of developing a type of kidney cancer known as renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Researchers noted that it was safer for women to g...

Boffins Find Evidence for Novel Brain Cell Communication

...y, such as the heart and have been most studied in older vertebrates (such as fish) and in invertebrates (such as leeches and crabs). The current study provides the first electron microscopic evidence for gap junctions on the axons of excitatory nerve cells in the mammalian brain. Gap junctions at this ...

Older Diabetes Drugs Has Similar Effects to Newer Ones

...oral drugs for type 2 diabetes mellitus found that older agents , such as second-generation sulfonylureas and metformin, have similar or superior effects on glycemic control, lipids and other intermediate endpoints compared to newer, more expensive drugs, such as thiazolidinediones, alpha-glucosidase inhib...

Genes Influence the Ability to Listen Two Things at a Time

...ng disorders, including dyslexia. APDs also affect older adults and stroke victims and can limit the successfulness of hearing aids in the treatment of hearing loss. The researchers suggest that scientists may be able to fine-tune their understanding of what an APD is and the role these disorders play in...

Orthodontic Treatment is Better During Adolescence

...treat immediately and then again when the child is older (12 to 16 years old), or wait until the child is a teenager and perform the treatment in one phase. By analysing data from eight trials involving a total of 592 patients, a group of Cochrane Researchers concluded that the two-stage therapy that sta...

Virginity Rules-Meant To Be Broken?

...ry are both abstaining more, and, especially among older ones, more likely to use contraception when they do not abstain. While the reasons are not all understood, government data show the trend began years before abstinence education became the multimillion-dollar enterprise it is today. Through a combina...

Mens Sexual Prowess Not Affected by Prostate Cancer Drug

...e researchers surveyed more than 17,000 men 55 and older for seven years, and found that though men given finasteride reported on average more dysfunction than did men given a placebo, the small effect diminished over the seven years. The study was led by Carol Moinpour, Ph.D., of the Fred Hutchison Canc...

Motorists Getting Greyer, Greener, Thriftier: Nissan's Ghosn

...now also that usually the purchasing power is with older people. (That means) more money in the hands of the seniors and more seniors on Earth," he said. Car makers like Nissan must therefore develop more speciality cars with devices such as cameras that making parking easier and reduce the risk of a sti...

Kids Ability to Describe Past Event Develops With Time

...d in the same time frame, or the calendar. While older children were capable of using both short- and long-scale time patterns (such as time of day and day of the month), younger children mostly referred to short-scale time patterns (such as time of day), or they anchored the events to familiar activitie...

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