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A new smartphone application, developed by scientists at the University of Ulster, which could help older people engage fully in an increasingly self-serve society, may be ready for use by the end of the year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-scientists-smartphone-agent-older-people.html Health Thu, 23 May 2013 08:40:04 EST news288515439 Some memory problems common to older adults may stem from an inability to segment daily life into discrete experiences, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-older-adults-memory-lapses-linked.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 May 2013 12:24:02 EST news287148235 Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new stroke rehabilitation device which greatly improves recovery in stroke patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-newtherapy-device-enables-victims-recover.html Neuroscience Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:11:52 EST news284886701 A 20-page large-print booklet and a series of videos to help people adapt to life with low vision are available from the National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health. The materials were released during Low Vision Awareness Month, February 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-nih-resources-americans-vision-loss.html Ophthalmology Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:00:59 EST news278946052 (Medical Xpress)—Thousands of stroke survivors with visual problems could improve their sight from the comfort of their own home using two new web-based therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-web-based-therapies-thousands-survivors.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:45:09 EST news273221099 Amputees with a new prosthetic arm must learn how to use their device to perform everyday tasks that were once second nature. Taking off a shirt becomes a conscious, multistep effort: grasp the shirt, lift the shirt over the head, pull arms through the sleeves, place the shirt on the table, let go of the shirt. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-metric-track-prosthetic-arm.html Other Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:08:54 EST news270925721 An Indiana University study that examined the effect of age and physical activity on lower leg muscle reflexes and coordination concluded that participation in physical activity was beneficial for lower leg muscle coordination across both sides of the body in both young and older study participants. Lower limb muscle communication is essential for everyday tasks, such as walking, balancing, and climbing stairs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-physical-shown-young-elderly-alike.html Neuroscience Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:00:15 EST news269710425 (Medical Xpress)—A new study from Georgia Tech and the University of Toronto suggests that memory impairments for people diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's disease may be due, in part, to problems in determining the differences between similar objects. The findings also support growing research indicating that a part of the brain once believed to support memory exclusively – the medial temporal lobe - also plays a role in object perception. The results are published in the October edition of Hippocampus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-visual-clutter-people-mild-cognitive.html Neuroscience Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:38:27 EST news268310297 A surgical team closes an abdominal incision, successfully completing a difficult operation. Weeks later, the patient comes into the ER complaining of abdominal pain and an X-ray reveals that one of the forceps used in the operation was left inside the patient. Why would highly skilled professionals forget to perform a simple task they have executed without difficulty thousands of times before? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-failures-prospective-memory-range.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:57:40 EST news262965433 A new study finds an association between an increase in assisted living options, which provide older adults with an array of services such as help with everyday tasks in homelike settings, and a decline in nursing home occupancy. This shift in delivery of care has both positive and negative implications for seniors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-options-nursing-home-occupancy-declines.html Health Wed, 23 May 2012 11:00:12 EST news256988652 Northeastern University student-researchers have created a post-stroke rehabilitation glove designed to increase hand strength through finger extension and improve cognitive ability to complete everyday tasks such as picking up a glass, turning a doorknob or unscrewing a soda bottle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-brain-mechanical-glove.html Medical research Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:40:47 EST news249727239 Yoga can provide more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than more conventional methods, according to the UK's largest ever study into the benefits of yoga. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-yoga-aids-chronic-pain.html Health Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:00:11 EST news239289268 Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new University of Illinois study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition -- the amount of fat relative to muscle -- in better proportion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-protein-muscle-physical-function-dieting.html Health Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:16:08 EST news232208154