Tagged with: bladder Cancer frankincense oil research Science Daily reports on a University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and VA Medical Center research trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Frankincense oil on bladder cancer cells.
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Frankincense!
Tagged with: bladder Cancer frankincense oil research Study shows women can decrease their risk of heart attack with “mindful lifestyles”!
Tagged with: healthy lifestyle research study The researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden have followed 24,500 women aged 50+ for six years to see if they could identify a healthy lifestyle.
Ever wonder why some people don’t want to get exercise?
Tagged with: AMPK genes exercise lack of exercise research study Not exercising leads to more lack of exercise!
ROLY- Robotic Assisted Learning for Young drivers
Tagged with: children driving learning powered wheelchairs research tool Since the standard approach to teaching children how to drive a new powered wheelchair is both time intensive and expensive, the researchers at the University of California, Irvine developed a new tool that they hope make learning to drive a power chair as much fun as an amusement park ride. That’s ROLY!
Why we eat more than we think!
Tagged with: diet food health research New studies in movie theaters, at holiday parties and in people’s homes have uncovered a disappointing fact: when people are eating low-fat foods that they believe are better for their health, they eat 28% more calories than when they are eating regular foods that they believe are “too fattening”.
Small sized treadmill helps babies learn to walk, step by step
Tagged with: babies development research treadmill walk Kinesiologist Dale Ulrich at the University of Michigan and his team have developed a small treadmill that they use in a program designed to help babies with Down Syndrome to learn how to walk.
Opportunity in Disguise III-Christopher Reeve
Tagged with: advocate assistive technology awareness disabilities disability programs research spinal cord injury wheelchair How would you like to be told you could be superman, the actual superman, a character that has been around since 1932 and known all around the world? Well, a man that did not take anything for granted had that very opportunity.
A Disability, Perhaps an Opportunity in Disguise
Tagged with: advocate athletes awareness diagnosis disabilities disability life research When you were a child, didn’t you grow up wishing you could “be somebody?” Somebody that people would recognize, look up to, admire, almost idolize. Ever since I was a small child I desperately wanted to be something great, probably as most children do. Maybe go to the moon, run for president, play professional sports, become an award winning singer or actor, anything!! Every child’s dream is to be: GREAT.
Pregnant Women with Physical Disabilities: Almost an Invisible Population Making Research Nearly Impossible
Tagged with: awareness disability health Healthcare Professionals parents research spinal cord injury Pregnancy in women with any sort of physical disability is unfortunately uncharted territory. The reason for this is first of all, the research sample is very limited. They have to be women of child bearing age and the research, outcome, and treatment will be highly dependent upon the type of physical disability that the woman presents with.
