An Environmental Study Into The Office Of The Future
Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., has continued his research in environment-changing innovations with a six-month study of a real-life office that was re-engineered to increase daily physical activity or NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis). The study began in late 2007 and ended in 2008 at SALO, LLC, a Minneapolis-based financial staffing firm. Of the 45 employee volunteers involved in the scientific study, 18 were studied for weight loss and other changes.
Source:An Environmental Study Into The Office Of The Future
Drop In Number Of Reported Cases Of Heat Stroke Deaths Among High School Level Football Players
You could say two is a small number. But that’s still two too many for Frederick O. Mueller, Ph.D., professor of exercise and sports science in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The figure represents the number of reported cases of heat stroke deaths among high school level football players in 2007. To Mueller, it also represents two young lives unnecessarily lost: one was 17-years-old; the other, just 16.
Source:Drop In Number Of Reported Cases Of Heat Stroke Deaths Among High School Level Football Players
Asthma, Outdoor Air Quality And The Olympic Games, Canadian Medical Association Journal Review
As we come close to the Beijing Olympic Games, a review article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) reminds us that the heat and humidity in the Beijing region will present a formidable challenge to all athletes. Moreover, poor quality of air can also affect all athletes, especially those with asthma.
Source:Asthma, Outdoor Air Quality And The Olympic Games, Canadian Medical Association Journal Review
New Hope For Adults With 'Lazy Eye'
New evidence that the brain regions responsible for vision are capable of adapting in adults offers new hope for those with an untreated condition commonly known as lazy eye. Also called amblyopia, the condition is the most prevalent cause of visual impairment in a single eye, affecting about six million people in the United States alone.
Source:New Hope For Adults With 'Lazy Eye'
Massachusetts Eye Surgeon Awarded "Best Paper" Of Session On Cataract & Lens Implant Surgery At ASCRS Annual Meeting
Dr. D’Ambrosio Jr. presented his work titled “Secondary Implantation of the Array Multifocal IOL in Patients with Previous Monofocal IOLs” in the session on Intraocular Surgery and Presbyopia Correcting Lens Implants. Dr. D’Ambrosio, Jr.
THE AGITATOR'S DAUGHTER: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family
Sheryll Cashin
PublicAffairs
ISBN 978-1586484224
268 pages
$26
Reviewed by Denise Nicholas, the author of the award winning novel, “Freshwater Road”
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Hard to find healthy fast-food kids' meals
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Parents looking for healthy meals at many
U.S. fast food chains, don’t have a lot of choices, a U.S. food advocacy
group said Monday.
A report by the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest in
Washington found nearly every possible combination of the children’s
Source:Hard to find healthy fast-food kids' meals
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New Study Looks At Uninsurance Among Immigrants
Although U.S.-born residents still make up the majority of uninsured U.S. residents, the percentage of uninsured documented and undocumented immigrants is growing, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, the Kansas City Star reports. EBRI researchers analyzed U.S.
Legislation Would Protect Physicians Who Volunteer To Treat Low-Income, Uninsured Patients From Liability Claims
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ranking member Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) recently introduced a bill (S 3354) that would encourage physicians and other medical professionals to volunteer their services to patients who cannot afford or access care,
