Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, blistery rash known as shingles, according to a new UCLA study.
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released a new report that finds a severe pandemic flu outbreak could result in the second worst recession in the U.S. since World War II. The U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could drop over 5.5 percent, leading to an estimated $683 billion loss.
A measure of cardiac regulation called “heart rate variability” (HRV) appears to be linked to self regulation. HRV was considerably higher when people were working to resist temptation.
Today, during the 85th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, scientists are reporting that they have developed a method for the effective healing of, and relief of pain associated with, canker sores.
With the help of a new type of suture based on MIT research, patients who get stitches may never need to have them removed.
Sickness or injury can leave people in serious financial jeopardy even when they have health insurance, according to a report released today by the Access Project and Brandeis University. The Illusion of Coverage: How Health Insurance Fails People When They Get Sick, reports findings based on in-depth interviews with dozens of insured Americans in seven states.
At age 32, Maggie Fermental suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. After a year and a half of conventional therapy with minimal results, she tried a new kind of robotic therapy developed by MIT engineers. A study to appear in the April 2007 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation shows that the device, which helped Fermental, also had positive results for five other severe stroke patients in a pilot clinical trial.
The Kids Help Line is expanding its counselling services following a new funding commitment from the Australian Government.
Many Australian adults are enjoying improved oral health, but some are still missing out, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) launched by the Hon Tony Abbott at the 32nd Australian Dental Congress in Sydney.
Some 40 previously unemployed Western Australians have found work in the caring sector after graduating from a special training programme funded by the Australian Government.