Exercise Playing Catch Can Prevent Falls in Older Adults By article If you enjoy playing┬ácatch with your partner or the grandkids, you’re doing yourself a favor. It turns out that the … Read More→
_ Medical Research The Feds Under-Fund Chronic Disease Prevention Research By article Investigators at The Vitality Institute, a research organization working to strengthen the evidence base for health promotion and chronic disease … Read More→
Aging Well Senior Health Preventing Unnecessary Hospitalizations of Frail Older Adults By article A study from Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute researcher-clinicians reports on the first year of the implementation of OPTIMISTIC, an … Read More→
Cancer Center Reprogramming Stem Cells May Prevent Cancer after Radiation By article The body has evolved ways to get rid of faulty stem cells. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published … Read More→
Police Body Cameras Can Prevent Use of Force By article Researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology (IoC) in the UK have published the first full scientific study … Read More→
2015 to Ring in Advances in Prevention By article Wearable technologies, possible changes to stenting practices, state legislation on energy drinks, expanded use of minimally invasive heart repair procedures, … Read More→
Medical Care Prompt Care for Dislocated Shoulder Prevents Repeat Dislocations By Jane Farrell article Prompt and appropriate treatment of a dislocated shoulderΓÇöwhen the head of the upper arm bone (humerus) is completely knocked out … Read More→
Medical Research Vaccine Holds Hope of Preventing MRSA By Jane Farrell article Research reported online in December 2014 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA holds new hope for … Read More→
Medical Research Osteoporosis Drugs May Prevent Some Cancers By Jane Farrell article The most commonly used medications for osteoporosis worldwide, bisphosphonates, may also prevent certain kinds of lung, breast and colon cancers, … Read More→
Vision Health 5 Tips to Prevent Dry Eye This Winter By Jane Farrell article 1. Warm Compresses Dry eye is caused by a lack of natural tears, which are composed of water and a … Read More→
COPD Care Guidelines to Prevent Acute COPD By Jane Farrell article The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) announced in October 2014 the release of … Read More→
_ Vision Health Discovery May Help Prevent Blindness By Jane Farrell article A team of researchers at the Institut de Researches Cliniques de Montr├⌐al (IRCM) led by Michel Cayouette, PhD discovered that … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Raising Awareness About Suicide Is Key to Prevention By Jane Farrell article September is National Suicide Prevention Month. As it comes to a close in 2014, Mark Kaplan of the University of … Read More→
_ Preventing Falls and Fractures By Jane Farrell article A simple thing can change your lifeΓÇölike tripping on a rug or slipping on a wet floor. If you fall, you could break a bone, like thousands of older men and women do each year. A broken bone might not sound awful. But, for older people, a break can be the start of more serious problems.
_ Preventing Organic Food Fraud By Sondra Forsyth article A growing number of consumers are willing to pay a premium for fruits, vegetables and other foods labeled "organic", but whether they're getting what the label claims is another matter. Now scientists at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority and the Wuerzburg University in Germany are studying conventional and organic tomatoes are devising a new way to make sure farms are labeling their produce appropriately. Their report, which appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry in August 2014, could help prevent organic food fraud.
_ Exercise Could Prevent Cognitive Decline By Jane Farrell article Cardiovascular exercise, which has been shown to help our bodies, may also protect our minds, according to new research.
_ Osteoporosis Progress in Preventing Osteoporosis By Jane Farrell article Researchers are progressing in the development of a more effective treatment of osteoporosis, a widespread and serious health problem in the U.S. The investigators, from the UCLA School of Dentistry, are working on a treatment that both slows down the destruction of bone and promotes bone formation. The researchers found that a growth factor, Wnt4, which is secreted in the bone marrow, prevented bone loss in mice with osteoporosis. Wnt4 does that by blocking a signaling pattern that would otherwise promote inflammation.
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