Older adults can improve their decision making and working memory simply by improving their mood. Researchers found that easy mood-boosters — like giving people a small bag of candy — helped seniors do significantly better on tests of decision-making and working memory. Ellen Peters ÛÏThere has been lots of research...
Archives: April 2013
94 and 95 Year Old Compete in 100 Meter Dash
A 100-meter dash between 94-year-old Emiel Pauwels of Belgium and 95-year-old Ilmari Koppinen of Finland, competing at an athletic meet for veterans in San Sebastian, Spain. Though Pauwels got off to a slower start ÛÓ Belgian media noted that “Emiel Pauwels has never been a strong starter, and at 94,...
1 in 7 Alzheimer’s Cases Could Be Prevented with Exercise (VIDEO)
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1 in 7 Alzheimer’s Cases Could Be Prevented with Exercise
A team of researchers from the Ontario Brain Institute reviewed 871 research articles on exercise and AlzheimerÛªs conducted over the last 50 years. They then closely examined the 45 most comprehensive studies, pooling the data for their analysis. åÊ They found that more than one out of every seven cases...
Redesigning the Human Body
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Telemedicine Saves Travel and Time for Patients with Parkinson Disease (VIDEO)
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Even with Weight Gain, Quitting Smoking Still Better for Your Health
Among adults without diabetes, quitting smoking, compared with continuing smoking, was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease despite subsequent weight gain, according to a study appearing in the March 13 issue of JAMA.ÛÏCigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States and a major...
Telemedicine Saves Travel and Time for Patients with Parkinson Disease
Wonder if Michael use telemedicine? A randomized clinical trial of 20 patients with Parkinson disease by E. Ray Dorsey, M.D., M.B.A.., of Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, and colleagues suggests that telemedicine visits could save patients, on average, 100 miles of travel and three hours of time. The 7-month study at...
Many Colonoscopies for Older Adults May be Inappropriate (VIDEO)
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Many Colonoscopies for Older Adults May be Inappropriate
A study by Kristin M. Sheffield, Ph.D., and colleagues of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, that analyzed Medicare claims data for Texas and a sample from the United States suggests that many colonoscopies performed in older patients may be potentially inappropriate. The study background highlights increasing evidence of...