Opportunities and Threats of wearable health technology
article by;J. Leonard Lichtenfeld MD Deputy Chief Medical Officer American Cancer Society in Medpage today
new study: statin therapy may be associated with a 46% increase in diabetes risk men
“http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-04/cholesterol-cutting-statins-found-to-raise-diabetes-risk-by-46-” time.com/3732605/statins-may-seriously-increase-diabetes-risk/ From DIA daily: Time adds “For patients who may not yet be diabetic but are vulnerable to developing the disease and also may need a statin Dr. Neil Stone lead author of the 2013 American College of Cardiology…
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Announcement: 2nd Winter Symposium of The Human Motion Project 6.3.2015 in Munich
Link to program:;http://www.thehumanmotioninstitute.org/sites/default/files/2nd%20Winter%20Symposium%20of%20the%20human%20motion%20projectflyer4.40.pdf Guest post at PeerJ – The Human Motion Collection:;http://blog.peerj.com/post/111268144058/human-motion-project-guest-post Link to human motion institute:;http://www.thehumanmotioninstitute.org/node/185
“Fitness schuetzt vor Chromosomenschaeden” in bionity.com
www.bionity.com/de/news/151726/fitness-schuetzt-vor-chromosomenschaeden.html?WT.mcid=ca0264 Interesting links to relevant papers: Franzke B et al.; The impact of six months strength training nutritional supplementation or cognitive training on DNA damage in institutionalised elderly. Mutagenesis. 2015; 30(1):147-53. Franzke B et al.; The influence of age and…
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in “Clinical Interventions in Aging”: Effectiveness of exercise programs to reduce falls in older people with dementia living in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis
www.academia.edu/10714856/Exercisetoreducefallsforcommunitydwellingpeoplewithdementia Exercise might help to decrease fall risk. Standardized outcome measures ; larger sample sized needed in future trials.
Biological vs Psychosocial explanation of disease – impact on empathy
www.wissenschaft-aktuell.de/artikel/TherapiepsychischerStoerungenSchadetdieKenntnisbiologischerUrsachen1771015589703.html Original article: Effects of biological explanations for mental disorderson clinicians” empathyMatthew S. Lebowitz1 and Woo-kyoung Ahn www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/11/25/1414058111; “Significance:;This suggests that biological explanations might actually decrease empathy. Indeed we find that biological explanations significantly reduce clinicians” empathy. This is alarming…
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Growing Commitment towards Physical Activity – WHO and European Commission
www.icsspe.org//content/growing-commitment-towards-physical-activity
Bonus vs. healthy life style in health insurance – SZ 21.11.2014
“Neues Krankenversicherungsmodell: Generali erfindet den elektronischen Patienten” www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/neues-krankenversicherungsmodell-generali-erfindet-den-elektronischen-patienten-1.2229667
“Seniors who jog can walk like 20-somethings: study”: “Running for Exercise Mitigates Age-Related Deterioration of Walking Economy”
Original article in PLOS One Nov. 20 – 2014 www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0113471 ; Article in Relaxnews news.yahoo.com/seniors-jog-walk-20-somethings-study-105012426.html ;
New in NEJM: “Asthma and Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Athletes”
Louis-Philippe Boulet M.D. and Paul M. O”Byrne M.B. N Engl J Med 2015; 372:641-648February 12 2015DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1407552 Link:;http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1407552?query=TOC ;