Wednesday, November 30, 2005

pain Routine Tylenol for nursing home residents with dementia increases activity. Nursing homes should consider the potential benefits of routinely giving over-the-counter painkillers to residents who have dementia and are likely to have from chronic pain, Saint Louis University research suggests. The study, published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, finds that nursing home residents with moderate to severe dementia who were given acetaminophen were more socially active than those who received a placebo. [Science Blog -] 6:33:39 PM    comment

search podcasts Podcast Chaos Be Gone. The anarchic state of audio on the internet is about to become more organized. A handful of new technologies scan entire podcasts for specific words. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News] this will be disruptive big-time because now the oral traditions and the spoken word can be found and used much more easily.  Some of the obvious applications are digital meeting notes that are searchable and verifiable -- your really said that? Combine this with VoIP telephony and integrated information searching takes on new dimensions and conference calls may even become managable in real time with additional processing. 6:28:03 PM    comment