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Two-Minute Step Test of Exercise Capacity: Systematic Review of Procedures, Performance, and Clinimetric Properties
Background and Purpose: The 2-minute step test is one of many alternatives for measuring exercise capacity. First introduced in 1999 as part of the Senior Fitness Test, the...
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Healthy Holiday Volunteer Ideas for Giving Back
Welcome to December, which means tis' the season to give. Sure, you can make a digital donation online or buy a bunch of gifts at your local mall to drop off at your local...
3 days ago - Active Beat
Kentucky teen who refuses to get the chickenpox vaccine SUES his school
Jerome Kunkel, an 18-year-old senior and basketball captain at a Catholic school in Walton, objects to vaccines because he believes they 'contain aborted fetal cells'.
6 days ago - Daily Mail
Taylor Receives Hematology Award
Justin Taylor, MD, a senior resident in the Department of Medicine, has been selected for the Hematology Opportunities for the Next Generation of Research Scientists Award from...
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Hypertensive Treatment Prevents Worsening Brain Damage In Senior Adults
Elderly people with hypertension who took medicine to keep their 24-hour systolic blood pressure around 130 mm Hg for 3 years showed significantly less accumulation of harmful...
6 days ago - Medindia Health
Less invasive valve replacement can be safe and effective alternative for healthier patients
A new study by a team of cardiologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center led by senior and corresponding author Jeffrey Popma, MD, suggests that a minimally invasive...
6 days ago - News Medical - 4 articles
An 8th Circuit strategy is behind Iowa's ‘ag-gag' 2.0
Analysis Federal judges so far haven't been willing to share any of their enviable security blanket with animal agriculture. But that might change if a strategy out of Iowa is...
6 days ago - Food Safety
New robot-guided video game may be effective and low-cost solution for caregivers
Two residents of Elmcroft Senior Living sat side-by-side facing a large screen, raising their hands in tandem as the watch-style devices on their wrists controlled the avatars...
6 days ago - News Medical - 2 articles
VIDEO: Neuromusculoskeletal stimulation improves quadriceps function after TKA
LAS VEGAS - At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Gary S. Calabrese, PT, DPT, senior director of sports health and orthopedic rehabilitation at...
6 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
VIDEO: Neuromusculoskeletal stimulation improves quadricep function after TKA
LAS VEGAS - At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Gary S. Calabrese, PT, DPT, senior director of sports health and orthopedic rehabilitation at...
9 days ago - Healio - 4 articles
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Walking downhill after meals may protect your bones from decay after the...
Nutrients from food are believed to be absorbed best this way, researchers at the University of Michigan said. Walking uphill doesn't have the same affect, blood tests from a...
Bisphosphonates Increasingly Prescribed to the Risky Women
Bisphosphonates were prescribed more for older and risky women with osteoporosis compared to the younger, healthier women with osteopenia.
Sleep Naturally Prevents The Accumulation of Alzheimer's Disease-Causing...
Sleep has been found to be metabolic cleaner for amyloid beta proteins that are usually responsible for Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers report new regenerative medicine approach for treating...
Researchers at Tokai University report in the journal npj Regenerative Medicine a regenerative medicine approach for treating osteoarthritis of the knee.
States push for caregiver tax credits
Gloria Brown didn't get a good night's sleep. Her husband, Arthur Brown, 79, has Alzheimer's disease and had spent most of the night pacing their bedroom, opening and closing...
Bisphosphonates to treat osteoporosis appears to be beneficial for all women
In recent years, women who start taking bisphosphonates to treat osteoporosis and prevent fracture have trended from younger to older and from having osteopenia to having...
Nuclear receptors play key role in hormone-dependent malignancies
NEW ORLEANS - Most women and men with hormone receptor-positive breast or prostate cancers eventually become resistant to targeted endocrine therapies, and several key...
VIDEO: Remember to ask cataract surgery patients about Flomax use
NEW YORK - Clark Chang, OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO, gave a talk on cataract surgery problem-solving here at Vision Expo East and said communication is a big component. He said to be...