It is commonly accepted that aquatic exercise is helpful to those living with arthritis. This new study, incorporating high intensity, interval aquatic training, demonstrates that even better outcomes can be attained for arthritis patients around the world.
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The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's, accounting for about two thirds of cases, but it's currently impossible to detect what form of dementia someone has while they're alive. While we are not anywhere near a cure, the ability to deal it earlier would still be useful. http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2014/jul/21/detecting-dementia-dignity-alzheimers
A day-care and recreation centre for senior citizens is set to come up in Mysore. Thanks to the ‘success’ of similar centres in Bangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Gulbarga and Belgaum, the Directorate for the Welfare of Senior Citizens and Disabled has proposed the centres in the remaining districts, including Mysore. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/daycare-centre-to-be-set-up-for-the-elderly/article6268729.ece
A number of schools in Delhi will be among the first in India to receive information and training on how to educate teachers, students and parents on diabetes (type 1 and type 2). A joint initiative by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth), the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Sanofi India Limited, the KiDS (Kids and Diabetes in Schools) 'School Diabetes Information Pack' was released last week in Delhi. …
"Patients with psoriatic arthritis who smoke have worse patient-reported disease features at baseline and don't respond as well as nonsmokers to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) treatment, a Danish study found." Patients who had stopped smoking more than 4 years before beginning treatment showed very similar rates of adherence to treatment as did those who had never smoked. So its never too late to quit smoking. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Dermatology/Psoriasis/46969
Parents of diabetic kids need to communicate with the school teachers so that the teachers can take extra care http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Diabetic-kids-need-extra-care-at-school-say-doctors/articleshow/39197728.cms
"In Tamil Nadu, it was found that 2,66,661 women above the age of 30 years were diabetic,," the health minister said. Terming diabetes as a killer disease, he recommended that people should exercise more regularly. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Trichy/Number-of-women-affected-by-diabetes-on-the-rise/articleshow/38768515.cms
Nikolay Nikolov, a rheumatologist and clinical team leader at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says that children with juvenile arthritis and their parents have reason to be optimistic. http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm403578.htm
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the inhaled human insulin product Afrezza (MannKind Corp) to improve glycemic control in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Afrezza is a rapid-acting inhaled insulin to be administered prior to meals or within 20 minutes of starting a meal. It is not a substitute for long-acting insulin, and must be used in combination with long-acting insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes. It is not recommended for the treatment of…
