If you want to judge the quality of a nursing home, here is an insider’s
tip: Ask how many residents are treated with psychotropic agents, such
as Haldol, Risperdal, Seroquel and Zyprexa. The fewer the better.
These psychotropic agents initially were developed to treat
schizophrenia. They help
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (UPI) — One relatively inexpensive plum
contains about the same amount of antioxidants as a handful of more
expensive blueberries, U.S. researchers say.
Dr. Luis Cisneros, AgriLife Research food scientist, and Dr. David
Byrne, AgriLife Research plant breeder, judged more
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CHICAGO (UPI) — People trying to lower their blood pressure
should also boost their intake of potassium, which has the opposite
effect to sodium, a U.S. study suggests.
Senior author Dr. Paul Whelton, an epidemiologist and president of
Loyola University Health System, and colleagues found that
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NEW YORK (UPI) — U.S. hospitals that use health information
technology have fewer deaths, fewer complications and lower healthcare
costs, researchers said.
Study leader Dr. Ruben Amarasingham of the Parkland Health & Hospital
System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and Dr.
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NEW YORK (UPI) — School children in third grade who receive
more recess behave better and are likely to learn more, U.S. researchers
found.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
in New York evaluated data on approximately 11,000 third-graders
enrolled in the
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SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — A blood vessel disorder that can cause
fatal hemorrhagic strokes, seizures or paralysis in mice can be treated
with statin drugs, U.S. researchers have found.
University of Utah Health Science researchers said that if the results
of a study in mice are confirmed in a
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SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — U.S. researchers have found children
with inflammatory bowel disease have surprisingly high folate levels.
Dr. Melvin Heyman and colleagues at the University of California in San
Francisco and University of California at Berkeley said children with
newly diagnosed cases of
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TEL AVIV, Israel (UPI) — Tel Aviv University researchers
discovered a link between balance and anxiety in children and that
improving balance may ease anxiety.
Dr. Orit Bart at Tel Aviv University’s School of Health Professions and
colleagues found that a simple course of physical treatment for
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If you’re a woman embarking on the journey through menopause, you
probably realize that the change of life will be challenging. The good
news is that by the end of the trip, the most annoying symptoms,
including hot flashes and night sweats, will be gone.
The bad news is that the weight gain
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MADISON, Wis. (UPI) — Children who suffer short gaps of
coverage are vulnerable to not receiving needed healthcare, U.S.
researchers said.
The study found children who are uninsured for as few as four months had
a 2.8 percentage point decrease in the likelihood of having a healthcare
visit.
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