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Coming Next: Doctors Prescribing Apps to Patients
Smartphone apps already fill the roles of television remotes, bike speedometers and flashlights. Soon they may also act as medical devices, helping patients monitor their heart rate or manage their diabetes, and be paid for by insurance. The idea of medically prescribed apps excites some people in the health care industry, who see them as [...]
Continue reading...Tool Kit: Weighing When a Child Is Old Enough for a Cellphone
“I ask parents if their child pretends to talk on a cellphone,” Dr. Swanson said. “Almost all of them do.” Now, 9 months may be a little young, but if you’re a parent, at some point you are going to have to deal with the question of whether to give your child a mobile phone. [...]
Continue reading...Gum Is Good!
Chewing gum can improve memory, say UK psychologists. They found that people who chewed throughout tests of both long-term and short-term memory produced significantly better scores than people who did not. But gum-chewing did not boost memory-linked reaction times, used as a measure of attention. “These results provide the first evidence that chewing gum can [...]
Continue reading...Georgia woman with flesh-eating infection leaves hospital
(CNN) — Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia woman who has waged a two-month battle against flesh-eating bacteria, was released from a hospital Monday. Copeland will enter a rehab facility for an undetermined amount of time before returning home after surgeons amputated most of her hands, one of her legs and her remaining foot in [...]
Continue reading...FDA approves first rapid, take-home HIV test
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will soon be able to test themselves in the privacy of their own homes for the virus that causes AIDS, now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test. The OraQuick test detects the presence of HIV antibodies using a mouth swab and returns [...]
Continue reading...GlaxoSmithKline to pay largest health care fraud fine in U.S. history
WASHINGTON — GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history, the Justice Department said Monday. The $3 billion fine also will be the largest penalty [...]
Continue reading...Smoking ban takes effect today in Indiana
Indiana residents will have fewer places to smoke under a new state law that takes effect today. The smoking ban has been one of the most widely debated and publicized laws in the state, finally passing after six years of legislative wrangling. The smoking ban covers all businesses in Indiana except for bars, casinos, [...]
Continue reading...Kids’ cereals are healthier, ads aren’t
(Reuters) – While U.S. food companies are making healthier breakfast cereals for children, they're also aiming more ads for their unhealthiest products at kids, according to a report issued on Friday. The "Cereal Facts" study from Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity offers an outside assessment of the industry's actions [...]
Continue reading...Smartphone users ‘risking health’ with overuse of devices
People are risking their health by working on smartphones, tablets and laptops after they have left the office, according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. It says people have become "screen slaves" and are often working while commuting or after they get home. The society said poor posture in these environments could lead [...]
Continue reading...3 Moves for Ultimate Core Strength
The Ultimate Core Test To build the body you want, you have to perform the movements you've never done. These ab-sculpting exercises will work-and measure-the strength of your abdominal muscles in three different directions, says Bill Hartman, P.T., C.S.C.S., owner of Indianapolis [...]
Continue reading...Being bilingual ‘boosts brain power’
Learning a second language can boost brain power, scientists believe. The US researchers from Northwestern University say bilingualism is a form of brain training – a mental "work out" that fine-tunes the mind. Speaking two languages profoundly affects the brain and changes how the nervous system responds to sound, lab tests revealed. Experts say the [...]
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23. August 2012