From JAMA – Chicago ÛÒ Sten Rubertsson, M.D., Ph.D., of Uppsala University, Sweden and colleagues assessed whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in which mechanical chest compressions are delivered with a mechanical device would result in superior 4-hour survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to CPR with manual chest compression....
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Obesity / Abnormal Heart Tied Together and so May Be Cure
(JAMA) ÛÏAtrial fibrillation , abnormal heartbeat, has been described as the epidemic of the new millennium, with a projection that by 2050 there will be 12 million to 15 million affected individuals in the United States. In the United States, the direct economic cost of atrial fibrillation is estimated at...
No Association Between Macular Degeneration, Alzheimer’s, Dementia
A study of patients in England with the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD) found no association between having AMD and subsequently developing dementia or Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a report published by JAMA Ophthalmology, a JAMA Network publication. AMD and AD are diseases strongly associated with advancing age....
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Death Cafe Brings Life to the End of Life
OK I never heard of a Death Cafe until I read my local newspaper here in Charlotte. At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. In essence by talking about death, the Death Cafe brings a new life to the end of...
Obese Older Women at Higher Risk for Death, Disease, Disability Before Age 85
A new study in JAMA shows that obese older women are at higher risk for death, disease, and disability before age 85. Obesity and a bigger waist size in older women are associated with a higher risk of death, major chronic disease and mobility disability before the age of 85,...
Misconceptions About Long-Term Care Financing Persist Though Young Starting to Get It
Northwestern Mutual recently announced the results of its Long-Term Caregiving Study. It was very enlightening. Misconceptions about Long-Term Care financing persist though young people are starting to get it. Younger people are actually starting to pay attention to the issues. The national consumer opinion poll was conducted October 7-9, 2013...
Therapy Animals May Delay Dementia
German and Swiss researchers have done research that suggests that the use of therapy animals in nursing homes may delay dementia. For ten weeks they worked with 65 nursing home residents with dementia with an average age of 81.8. Residents were randomly assigned to either a group where there was...