Calcium And Exercise To Strengthen The Bones - Do You Get Enough? A stumble, a fall - a broken bone: many older people are afraid of this happening. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in
Health Care has published information about how you can protect yourself. Research shows that regular adequate intake of calcium and exercise can strengthen the bones. But many people do not know whether they are getting enough calcium in their diets.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClimate Danger May Be Averted By Curbing Coal Emissions Alone, According To Researchers An ongoing rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels might be kept below harmful levels if emissions from coal are phased out within the next few decades, say researchers. They say that less plentiful oil and gas should be used sparingly as well, but that far greater supplies of coal mean that it must be the main target of reductions.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBetter Health Through Your Cell Phone In many Third World and developing countries, the distance between people in need of
health care and the facilities capable of providing it constitutes a major obstacle to improving
health. One solution involves creating medical diagnostic applications small enough to fit into objects already in common use, such as cell phones - in effect, bringing the hospital to the patient.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEndoscopic Ultrasound Guided Anti-Tumor Therapy May Allow Doctors To Fight Cancer More Safely And Effectively The chairman of EUS2008 has announced that investigational research on a therapeutic technique that will allow physicians to directly inject malignant tumors with cancer fighting agents from inside the body was presented at the 16th International Symposium of Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS2008) in San Francisco on September 12-13.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com9.2 Million Child Deaths In 2007 Before reaching their fifth birthdays, 9.2 million children are reported to have died in 2007, according to the latest child mortatlity figures from UNICEF as published on September 12, 2008 in The Lancet.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBig Benefits For Older People Could Be Made Possible By Small Changes To Transport Systems A new study has pinpointed how simple, low-cost measures could revolutionise older people's ability to use transport systems effectively, safely and with confidence.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPhysical Therapy As Effective As Arthroscopic Knee Surgery, New Research Finds A new study questioning the usefulness of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee should encourage patients to consider physical therapy as an effective non-surgical option, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The study was published in the New England Journal of
Medicine (NEJM).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comChronic Disease In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Should Be Addressed: Tobacco Control, Salt Control, Cardiovascular Drugs, And Mental Health Low- and middle-income countries are subject to a substantial burden from chronic diseases, and an integrated approach of intervention must be employed to help prevent this issue from exploding in the future as the population ages. These points were made by a paper released on September 12, 2008 in The Lancet which discuss features of the Alma-Ata movement.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLight To Purify Parasites Researchers have developed a clever method to purify parasitic organisms from their host cells, which will allow for more detailed proteomic studies and a deeper insight into the biology of organisms that cause millions of cases of disease each year.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIsle Of Man Health Service Threatened With Staff Exodus, Warns BMA, UK The Isle of Man
health service is threatened with a potentially disastrous staff exodus, the BMA warns today (Monday 15 September, 2008). The Manx government is currently considering recommendations from an external review of public service pensions, one of which is to sever the link with the UK NHS pensions scheme.
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