Archive: 13/01/2016
Study highlights scale of health support needed by military veterans
Almost one in 11 UK military veterans who served in the regular Armed Forces between 1991 and 2014 will need significant physical or mental health support now or in the years to come, according to a new report by King's College ...
Jan 13, 2016
Emotion dysregulation in borderline personality disorder: A problem of too much drive and too little control?
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a diagnostic label applied to people who have problems regulating emotional mood swings. This emotional instability leaves such individuals vulnerable to emotional upheaval that puts ...
Jan 13, 2016
The cellular protein shredder is impaired by cigarette smoke and in COPD patients
Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München, together with an international team and colleagues from the University Hospital of the University Munich (LMU) and the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), have shown for the first ...
Jan 13, 2016
Virtual reality for motor rehabilitation of the shoulder
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a virtual reality system for motor rehabilitation of the shoulder. The prototype, which includes a built-in movement sensor, allows the user to do controlled ...
Jan 13, 2016
Evidence suggests sugar consumption plays greater role in heart disease than saturated fat
Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is responsible for one in every six deaths in the United States as well as being the leading cause of death throughout the developed world. Healthcare professionals have for many ...
Jan 13, 2016
Common gene mutation bad for liver values, good for blood lipids in children
A common mutation in the TM6SF2 gene raises liver values but at the same time improves blood lipid values in healthy children, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. Children who carry the gene ...
Jan 13, 2016
Veterans' needs drive the development of new nursing competencies
As the daughter of a 27-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and herself an intensive care nurse for more than 20 years, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Professor Jacqueline Moss, Ph.D., is familiar with ...
Jan 13, 2016
Physical activity may help keep fat children fit
A recent Finnish study shows that high body adiposity, low physical activity, and particularly their combination are related to poorer physical fitness among 6-8 year old children. The results also suggest that physically ...
Jan 13, 2016