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Video game system technology helping physical therapists, athletic trainers

By Guest PostJune 5, 2018Healthbrad willis, david echelmeyer, marjorie skubic, motion assessment, orthopaedics, physical therapists, rehabilitation, seth sherman, trent guess, video game

New studies from MU researchers provide evidence that video game technology can help health care providers discover injury risk and track rehabilitation progress among athletes, patients

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Motion-based lab technology can help physical therapists, clinicians and athletic trainers analyze how we move—it also is very expensive. Some motion labs can cost upward of $100,000. Now, a team of University of Missouri researchers is finding that the depth camera often associated with video game systems can provide a variety of health care providers with objective information to improve patient care. (more…)

Frozen vs. fresh embryos for IVF? Study finds little impact on fertility

By Guest PostJune 3, 2018Healthfertility, fertilization cycle, fresh embryos, frozen, heping zhang, ivf, ohss, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Many women struggling to have a baby turn to in-vitro fertilization to improve their chances, and then face further uncertainty and anxiety when confronted with the decision of whether to use frozen or fresh embryos. A new study by a researcher at Yale School of Public Health and co-authors in China finds an insignificant difference in live birth rates between the two methods. (more…)

Promise of New Antibiotics Lies with Shackling Tiny Toxic Tetherballs to Bacteria

By Guest PostJune 1, 2018Healthantibiotic resistant bacteria, antibiotics, ashley tucker, bacteria, slay, toxic tetherballs

AUSTIN, Texas — Biologists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a method for rapidly screening hundreds of thousands of potential drugs for fighting infections, an innovation that holds promise for combating the growing scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The method involves engineering bacteria to produce and test molecules that are potentially toxic to themselves. (more…)

„Gehirn an Rückenmark“: Auf das Timing kommt es an

By Guest PostMay 28, 2018Healthalireza gharabaghi, gehirn an rueckenmark, tms, transkranielle magnetstimulation

Tübinger Neurowissenschaftler erforschen mit transkranieller Magnetstimulation das Zusammenspiel von Nervenzellen in Gehirn und Rückenmark

Schon eine einzelne Handbewegung erfordert ein fein abgestimmtes Zusammenspiel der Nervenzellen: Damit das entsprechende Signal aus dem Gehirn im Rückenmark und dann im Muskel ankommt, müssen unterschiedliche neuronale Netzwerke einen gemeinsamen Rhythmus finden. Diesen komplexen Vorgang haben der Neurochirurg Professor Alireza Gharabaghi und sein Team in einer Studie an der Universität Tübingen aufgeschlüsselt. (more…)

Combining machine and nanoparticles for better transplant outcomes

By Guest PostMay 21, 2018Healthdrug carrying nanoparticles, jordan pober, mark saltzman, nmp, organ transplantation

By combining the use of drug-carrying nanoparticles with an organ-preserving machine, Yale researchers have developed a procedure that could help improve long-term outcomes for transplant recipients. (more…)

Hydraulic fracturing decreases infant health, study finds

By Guest PostMay 17, 2018Environment, Healthdrilling site, health issue, health of babies, hydraulic fracturing, infant health, janet currie, michael greenstone

Infants within 2 miles of fracking sites more likely to have low birth weight

From North Dakota to Texas to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing has transformed many places in America into energy powerhouses. But while some see the new energy boom as benefiting the local economy, others fear the potential health and environmental consequences. As U.S. and international policymakers grapple with whether the benefits of allowing hydraulic fracturing outweigh the costs, new evidence sheds light on a clear cost: an increase in the probability of poorer health for babies born near these sites. (more…)

Just 4,000 steps a day can lead to better brain health

By Guest PostMay 14, 2018Health4000 steps, berna rahi, biostatistician, brain health, brain thickness, cognitive decline, day, natacha emerson, prabha siddarth

For adults 60 and older, moderate daily walks improve attention and mental skills, UCLA study finds

Walking more than 4,000 steps a day can improve attention and mental skills in adults 60 and older, according to UCLA research published December 12 in a preprint edition of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. (more…)

Is he really that into you?

By Guest PostMay 10, 2018Culture, Healthdanielle delpriore, mating interest, randi proffitt leyva, risky behavior, sexual behavior, sexual interest

How a woman evaluates a man’s mating interest may be psychologically linked to her father’s behavior — and that can affect her own sexual behavior. (more…)

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