Training

Training with weights helps building resistance

According to researchers, many people have believed that training with free weights - dumb bells and bar bells is best kept for youthful people.// According to Bruce Craig, of the Human Performance Laboratory at Atlanta University, men and women well past retirement age have much to gain from resistance training. Weight work increases your mobility and improves reaction time - both of w...

COPD patients can benefit through intense training

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) is a lung disease characterized by difficultly in breathing and the respiratory muscle strength and endurance is often reduced in these patients. Earlier research has shown that high-intensity training is effective in increasing the strength and endurance of respiratory muscles of COPD patients, thereby treating their breathing problems. However, it was...

Music training and Ginkgo biloba benefit memory

Studies shows that early music training and the popular herb Ginkgo biloba have benefits for human memory. Ginkgo biloba, derived from a tree, has been used in Chinese medicine for 5,000 years and has become a best selling herbal supplement in the United States and abroad during the past half decade. Researchers gave a series of tests on verbal memory to 30 females who had had at least si...

Weight Training Found To Be Effective In Treating MS

Multiple sclerosis is thought to be an autoimmune disorder, where white blood cells attack fatty tissue surrounding nerve fibers of the central nervous system. Statistics show that MS is twice as common in women as in men . // A new study shows weightlifting can help patients with multiple sclerosis. Since MS causes muscle weakness and fatigue, which leads to loss of mobility and a decre...

Doctor Training Undermined In Britain Due To Shortage Of Cadavers

Lack of dead bodies is affecting the training of new doctors in Britain. According to the Department of Health, two courses had been cancelled this year because of a lack of cadavers and experts said more would be hit if the // fall in body donations were not reversed. The government has blamed rising medical student numbers, TV shows and the Alder Hey scandal for the problem. In the...

Virtual Reality Simulation Could Help In Training Surgeons

At the Case Western Reserve University, virtual reality simulation tools are making dentists hone their art in a most innovative manner and if M. Cenk Cavusoglu has his // way, then this method can also train brain and heart surgeons to perform delicate surgeries in a risk-free manner. "Simulation is a popular training tool because it reduces the learning time and allows students to lea...

Mind Training Can Unravel The Power Of The Subconscious Mind

A leading Indian mind trainer and motivator has been helping South Africans to improve their lives by unlocking the power of the subconscious mind. Jeetendra Adhia's workshops in various cities seek to teach// people how to use the subconscious activated state of the mind which he says lies between the conscious state and sleep. "Even the most successful people have never utilised m...

Web-Based Training Programme For Africa Vets

Veterinary schools in sub-Saharan Africa have joined forces to create an Internet-based training programme that will allow vets to study// for postgraduate degrees while continuing to work. The African Universities Veterinary E-Learning Consortium, launched in early March, will create online courses for vets unable to attend full-time degrees, reported the SciDev.net science-for-develop...

Africa's vets to gain from web-based training

In a visionary move the veterinary schools in sub-Saharan Africa have joined forces to create an Internet-based training programme that will allow vets// to study for postgraduate degrees while continuing to work. The African Universities Veterinary E-Learning Consortium, launched in early March, will create online courses for vets unable to attend full-time degrees, reported the SciDev...

Weight Training Improves Quality Of Life In Breast Cancer Patients

A new study that is to appear in the May 1, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society says that weight training// improves the quality of life of women, who have recently been treated for breast cancer. A bi-weekly exercise regimen for six months improves the overall physical and emotional condition of the patients. In the initial days after therapy fo...

Gaming Giants Want A Slice Of Brain Training Pie

Video game makers are now looking to extend their reach beyond the youth segments as far as their clientele is concerned. And a really ripe market awaits them. For the aging population in Japan has taken to "Brain Train" concept like a duck to water.// Leading games manufacturer, Nintendo has sold 3.3 million of its "Brain Training for Adults" game, which was released in May last. "We w...

Intensive Training and Tool Kit, Indicates Adequate Preparation To Combat AIDS.

With the longest chain of volunteers, The Red Cross remains a reliable humanitarian organization that is aware of the influence of communities in the global response to HIV and AIDS, and has plans to reach out to the masses with a useful collection of tools, knowledge and skills. // Nearly 22 Red Cross HIV and AIDS care facilitators and 11 trainers completed a three week training ses...

Indian Training Company To Train Children In Dubai, Sharjah

OnlySuccess Learning Technologies, a training company based in Chennai, is all set to start its ‘success-training services’ for children in Dubai and Sharjah. // OnlySuccess is an Indian training company for children and adults with flagship programmes 'Born to Win' and 'Superbkids/Superbteens', which use a variety of methodologies to motivate all-round performances. The com...

Training in Australia's Medical Schools Inadequate

Training in Australia's medical schools have become so inadequate that students are becoming increasingly unable to locate important body parts even confusing// certain vital organs with each other. Senior doctors including pathologists, anaesthetists and obstetricians have raised concerns that medical students are not being properly trained. The doctors claim that the studen...

Chennai Is The Number 1 Diabetes Management Training Center

Chennai is fast turning into a leading diabetes management training center, not only training Indian physicians, but also from other Afro-Asian countries//. The MV Hospital for Diabetes and Diabetes Research Centre, which is the World Health Organization’s collaborating centre for diabetes research and training has passed on knowledge to doctors from as diverse countries as Cameroon, Tanzania, My...

Weight Training Can Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes In teenagers

Teenagers who are at a high risk for developing type 2 diabetes could prevent or delay its onset if they were to take up weight training, according to researchers from University of Southern California. // Lead researcher Michael Goran, PhD, professor of preventive medicine in the Keck School of Medicine of USC and colleagues were able to prove that overweight Latino teenage boys who got...

Envisaged Specialty Training Programme For Junior Doctors Encounters a Speed Breaker

A UK-wide Specialty training programme, aiming to Modernize Medical Careers, for Junior Doctors is facing a stumbling block, even before the commencement of the program//; Doctors from Scotland have sought a clarification mainly about logistics, specialty subjects and whether doctors will be given the option of choosing a convenient location. They have put up these requests in a letter addressed...

New Junior Doctor Training Posts

Commenting on the Government's announcement that there will be up to 23,000 junior doctor training posts in the UK next year, the BMA’s Deputy Chair // of the Junior Doctor’s Committee [JDC], Dr Tom Dolphin, said "The BMA is delighted that there has been such a large increase in the indicative number of training posts, and this goes a long way towards addressing the concerns of junior...

"Sleep training" effective against bedtime struggles

A recent study reveals that different types of "sleep training" can cure children’s sleep problems. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine conducted// a review of 52 previous studies and found that several behavioral tactics can make kids to go to sleep and remain asleep, effortlessly. Some of these approaches are training kids to "self-soothe" themselves back to sleep if they get up...

Breathing Training Helps Decrease Risk of Complications After Graft Surgery

Patients at high-risk of developing pulmonary complications such as pneumonia following coronary artery bypass graft surgery can reduce their risk through breathing exercises //and respiratory muscle training before the operation, according to a study. Despite improvements in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and care around the time of the operation, the rate of postoperati...

First Aid Training for Allergies a Must for Teachers

Every teacher and childcare worker should be trained in how to handle severe allergic reactions, AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today.// 'The AMA is calling on all State and Territory Governments to introduce compulsory first aid training for people who work with children,' Dr Haikerwal said. 'This training should cover appropriate first aid for anaphylactic shock...

Prioritise Doctor Training in Election Health Promises: AMSA

Training the medical workforce should be a key component of health policies of both major parties in the leadup to the Victorian state//election, according to the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA). ‘Workforce problems do not end with the opening of new medical schools and teaching sites,’ said AMSA President, Teresa Cosgriff. ‘These students and young doctors need a high...

Varying Weight Training Intensity Ups Growth Hormone in Women

Women who undertake a long-term weight training program produce more biologically active growth hormone, a finding that allows physiologists //to understand why weight training improves muscle tone and optimizes metabolic function. A study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism looked at different forms of growth hormone, use...

Balance Training Better Than Tai Chi at Improving Mobility in Older Adults

Physicians and physical therapists in recent years have explored whether tai chi, balance programs and fitness routines can help decrease the likelihood that older adults// will fall and injure themselves. Many of these programs have shown promise, but their relative value is still open to debate. Now, a study from researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and the Vetera...

The 70 and Above Would Do Well With Brain Training, to Maintain Mental Agility

Apart from doing physical exercises and keeping active to stay fit, old people especially those who are 70 and above could help their brains remain agile, if they just indulge// in brain exercises, to enhance their cognitive abilities to keep them alert as they advance in age, researchers said. Previous insights have indicated the benefits of engaging the brain in crossword puzzles an...

Training Breathing Muscles Improves Swimmer's Performance

A study conducted by researchers in University at Buffalo Center for Research and Education in Special// Environments (CRESE), shows that swimmers and scuba divers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles. In this pioneering work, subjects who followed a resistance-breathing training protocol (breathing load) impro...

Singapore to Offer Dengue Prevention Training to WHO Member Countries

Singapore's method of dealing with dengue is being held up as an example of what other countries should do to tackle the// problem. Following a three-day meeting of a group of World Health Organisation members, an international framework was formalised. A roadmap for 2007 was laid out to help countries build capacity in controlling the disease. Singapore's d...

Total Mayhem In Online Medical Training System

Technical snag in an online medical training system has caused chaos in the recruitment of junior doctors in Britain. The British Medical Association has criticized//his electronic procedure of hiring junior doctors which has resulted in numerous doctors being jobless. The Medical Training Application Service was launched to simplify the procedure for applying for the post of specialist...

Medical Training Must Be Core Component Of Health Care Agreements

The AMA has written to Health Minister, Tony Abbott, urging the Commonwealth to convince the States and Territories to include funding guarantees// and performance benchmarks for medical training in the next round of Australian Health Care Agreement (AHCA) negotiations. The current AHCA expires in 2008 and negotiations for the next agreement commence soon. AMA President,...

Poison Control Training and Research Centre at Chennai

The government of Tamilnadu has set up a facility in Chennai, the state capital, for treatment of poison victims of any// kind. Called Poison Control Training and Research Centre, it has been located in the nodal government hospital. It can handle emergency situations like mass poisoning. It would not only offer treatment but also provide information services and counseling. An intens...

Shortage of Human Cadavers for Medical Training

The Royal College of Surgeons have expressed concern about the paucity of donor bodies, which is a setback to medical teaching//. Nearly 1000 bodies are required annually to teach anatomy to medical students. In the present academic year, the college has already predicted a 30% shortage in the number of bodies. The Chief Medical Officer has urged doctors to encourage their...

Training Health Workers and Better Drug Access Vital to Combat TB in Mozambique

Mozambique needs to invest in training increased numbers of health workers, promote research and widen access to drugs to combat the spread of tuberculosis// in the country, Jorge Sampaio, U.N. special envoy said in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Sampaio, who is touring southern Africa, called for urgent and broad action to create the capacity to implement Mozambique's TB control st...

AMA Welcomes Recognition For Rural GP Training

AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today welcomed the Government’s decision to officially recognise the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine// (ACRRM) training program for rural GPs. “Rural GPs are the backbone of healthcare in country Australia,” Dr Haikerwal said. “Formal recognition for rural GPs who complete the accredited ACRRM program should help boost Au...

Government Delivers On Emergency Medical Training For Rural Doctors

Chair of the AMA Rural Reference Group (AMARRG), Dr David Rivett, today congratulated the Government on relaxing restrictions to the extension of emergency// medical training as part of the Rural and Remote Procedural GPs Program, and providing more support for GPs to participate. Dr Rivett said the Government had included emergency medicine in the original 2005 extension to the prog...

Dentists Need More Training in Oral Cancer Detection

More than 92 percent of Illinois dentists provide oral cancer examinations for their patients, but many are not performing the procedures thoroughly or at optimum intervals, according to a new study. With an incomplete understanding of the nature of pre-malignant lesions and of proper examination techniques, some dentists in Illinois "are not doing all they should be doing to detect...

Researchers Training Rats To Diagnose TB

The Seattle Times recently examined how researchers in Tanzania are training rats to diagnose tuberculosis by sniffing sputum samples. The researchers' efforts "capitalize" on the rats' strong sense of smell and appetite, according to the Times. Bart Weetjens, a former industrial designer, developed the idea of training rats to detect TB, as well as land mines, after he visited min...

Adults Who Are Overweight and Obese Experience a Lowered Response to Resistance Training

A new study in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research suggests that adults who are overweight and obese experience a lowered response to resistance training when compared to normal weight adults. The study compared the response to a supervised upper arm, unilateral resistance training program in healthy, young adults who are overweight or obese to the response of normal...

Army Training Regimen Brutal in US, Needs Overhauling

Two months after the Walter Reed Army Medical Center scam broke out, soul searching questions are raised across the US over the way the injured veterans are treated. And now commentators are charging that the army's very training programme is inhuman and that those who manage to come out unscathed at the end of it all should count themselves lucky. What happened at Walter Reed to sol...

Intensive Training of Young Tennis Players Causes Spinal Damage

The intensive training given to young elite tennis players damages their spines, shows research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of young elite tennis players with no symptoms of pain showed a variety of spinal abnormalities in the lower back, some of which were irreparable. The scans picked u...