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Risk of Blindness Halved Over Last Decade
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[30/01/2012] Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent cause of blindness in the Western World. A report from the University of Copenhagen and Glostrup Hospital in Denmark shows the number of new cases of blindness. Risk of Blindness Halved Over Last Decade - read more
Deaf Sign Language Users Pick Up Faster on Body Language
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[25/01/2012] Deaf people who use sign language are quicker at recognising and interpreting body language than hearing non-signers, according to new research from investigators at University of California - Davis. Deaf Sign Language Users Pick Up Faster on Body Language - read more
Diabetes Study Shines Spotlight on Lifestyle Interventions
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[25/01/2012] An Emory University study assesses real-world lifestyle interventions to help delay or prevent the costly chronic disease that affects nearly 26 million Americans. Diabetes Study Shines Spotlight on Lifestyle Interventions - read more
MS Patients: Hopes for Reversing Age-Associated Effects
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[18/01/2012] New research of the University of Cambridge highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. MS Patients: Hopes for Reversing Age-Associated Effects - read more
Parkinson's Treatment Shows Positive Results
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[13/01/2012] Researchers from the University of Florida and 14 additional medical centres reported results that deep brain stimulation — also known as DBS — is effective at improving motor symptoms and quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's Treatment Shows Positive Results - read more
Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Suffer Cognitively During Disasters
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[09/01/2012] In a summer with unprecedented weather events, from tornados, floods, fires and hurricanes, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that physiological changes associated with aging and the presence of chronic illness make older adults more susceptible to illness or injury, even death, during a disaster. Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Suffer Cognitively During Disasters - read more
Elderly Emergency Patients Less Likely to Receive Pain Medication
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[06/01/2012] A new study of University of North Carolina School of Medicine finds that people 75 years old or older are less likely to receive any pain medication in hospital emergency departments than middle aged people – those between 35 and 54 years old. Elderly Emergency Patients Less Likely to Receive Pain Medication - read more
Hip Replacement: Improving Walking Skills after Surgery
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[21/12/2011] Researchers in Norway report that patients who receive walking skills training following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis show improved physical function. Hip Replacement: Improving Walking Skills after Surgery - read more
Measurements: Earlier Diagnosis in Alzheimer's Disease
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[21/12/2011] European PredictAD project has developed a decision support tool for objective diagnostics of Alzheimer's disease. Measurements: Earlier Diagnosis in Alzheimer's Disease - read more
Creating Awareness of Rare Diseases
( Source: REHACARE.de )
[19/12/2011] “Rare diseases”, by their very definition, occur in no more than 5 people out of every 10,000 inhabitants. Barely noticed by the general public, only around 1,000 of the currently 6,000 or so different rare diseases currently listed on the Internet platform Orphanet are treatable nowadays. Creating Awareness of Rare Diseases - read more
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