Thursday, July 06, 2006

Research Reinforces Findings That Chinese Exercises Benefit Older Adults. New work by researchers at the University of Illinois lends strength to previous research documenting the health benefits of Qigong and Taiji among older adults who practice these ancient Chinese martial-arts forms.Qigong (chee-kung) and Taiji (tye-chee) - or Tai Chi, as it is more commonly known in the U.S. - combine simple, graceful movements and meditation. Qigong, which dates to the middle of the first millennium B.C. [click link for full article] [Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today] 10:41:59 AM    comment [] Prospects For Tomorrow's Elderly As Baby Boomers Head For Retirement. Though it is often assumed that children will be better off in retirement than their parents, in future this may not always be the case, according to a booklet published today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).Recent changes in the family, employment, and the benefit system, mean that some people born in the baby boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s could be less secure after leaving work than their parents' generation. [click link for full article] [Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today] 10:41:42 AM    comment [] Universal Health Coverage Does Not Require Single-Payer System, Op-Ed States. "Many proponents, as well as opponents, of health care reform equate universal coverage with a Canadian-style, government-run, single-payer system," but "a survey of successful health care systems around the world shows this is an incorrect assumption," Steven Hill, a director of the New America Foundation, writes in a San Jose Mercury News opinion piece. [click link for full article] [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 10:41:27 AM    comment [] Leaders In Patient Safety And Health Care Quality Call For Pilot Projects For Special Health Courts. Common Good, the bipartisan legalreform coalition, announced today that six leaders in patient safety andhealth care quality are calling for pilot projects for special healthcourts. The idea of special health courts, being championed by Common Good, hasgenerated bipartisan support as a way of restoring reliability to medicaljustice. Both U.S. [click link for full article] [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 10:41:09 AM    comment [] Man Emerges From 19 Years In Minimally Conscious State As Brain Repairs Itself. Three years ago, 39-year-old Terry Wallis who had persisted in a minimally conscious state (MCS) for 19 years after a traumatic brain injury resulting from a motor-vehicle accident, recovered basic motor function and the power of speech. [click link for full article] [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 10:40:56 AM    comment []

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