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Woman Falls Victim to Travel Points Scheme, Calls NBC 5

March 16, 2018 Loknath Das5%;, Calls, Falls, NBC, Points, Scheme, to, travel, victim, woman

A North Texas grandmother just wanted to take her grand kids to Disney World. She thought she was buying travel points at a huge discount, but she said the person selling the points took her money and ran. Kids can be a handful, but Lynn Hermann wouldn’t have it any other way. “I’m the vacation planner. We love vacations,” she said. “This year we have nine babies, eight adults. We’re going to need a lot of space. I didn’t have enough points in my own account to use for that…

Politics and medicine: Vaccine attitude rises and falls with ideology

February 2, 2018 Loknath Dasand, attitude, Falls, ideology, medicine:, Politics, Rises, vaccine, With

Political views and a person’s trust in the government play a role in whether or not they get vaccinated, a study has found. A person’s ideology directly impacts who they trust, allowing the person to selectively credit information related to vaccine risks and benefits in ways that reflect their ideology, said researchers at the University of Idaho in the US. An individual with strong conservative political views is less likely to vaccinate than a person with strong liberal political views, according to the study, as is someone who holds lower…

Senior citizens, beware: Ageing can delay your perception of falls

October 22, 2017 Loknath Dasageing:, beware!, Can, citizens, Delay, Falls, of, perception, Senior, Your

Delay in perception of falls is part of getting older which thereby increases the risk of injury or death in seniors, says a recent study. The findings will help shape the development of wearable fall prevention technology and allow clinicians to more accurately identify at-risk individuals. “Falling threatens one’s survival,” said Michael Barnett-Cowan, a kinesiology professor at Waterloo and senior author on the study. “When the nervous system’s ability to detect a fall and compensate with protective reflexes diminishes, the risk of injury or death increases significantly. “Age and associated…

Brain Activity May Predict Risk of Falls in Elderly

December 10, 2016 SrijitaActivity, Brain, elderly, Falls, In, May, of, Predict, Risk

Measuring the level of brain activity in healthy older adults while they are walking can predict their risk of falling, suggests a study led by an Indian-origin scientist. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among older adults and all too often lead to physical decline and loss of independence. “Previous studies have shown that when older people perform cognitively demanding tasks, their brains are required to become more active to handle the challenge,” said lead author Joe Verghese, Director at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in…

U.S. Breast Cancer Deaths Drop; Rate Among White Women Falls Most

October 15, 2016 SrijitaAmong, Breast, Cancer, Deaths, Drop, Falls, Most, Rate, U.S., White, Women

U.S. death rates from breast cancer have dropped, although the decline was still greater among white women than black women, according to a study released Thursday. From 2010 to 2014, there were approximately 41,000 deaths each year from breast cancer, the second-most deadly cancer for women after lung cancer, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. While total death rates dropped during the five-year period, the decline was greater for white women at 1.9 percent per year compared with 1.5 percent per year for black women, the study…

Virtual reality, treadmill training may prevent falls in elderly

August 12, 2016 Srijitaelderly, Falls, In, May, Prevent, Reality, Training, treadmill, Virtual

Virtual reality, treadmill training may prevent falls in elderly (Getty Images) Combining virtual reality and treadmill training is likely to help prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, suggests a research. The intervention, which combines the physical and cognitive aspects of walking, consists of a camera that captures the movement of participants’ feet and projects it onto a screen in front of the treadmill, so that participants may ‘see’ their feet walking on the screen in real time. “Our approach combines treadmill exercise and virtual reality to…