Older patients ' diet restrictions are controversial, because of the weight loss weight loss, loss of muscle and bone and fat lead. But a new study shows that dieting and exercise together can be significantly better than either the obese older adults alone. Obese patients in the study, 107 more than 65 randomly to one of the four groups were assigned — one that changes in the diet, one that changes the use of patterns, one that changes the diet and exercise, and a control group, which is made is not a lifestyle changes. Each group was estimated at 6 and 12 months after using the frailty and the operational status of the run.
Diet and Exercise-group participants increased by an average of 21% of the test, a physical fitness center, 12% of the diet group, and 15% of the Training Group and their strength, balance, and also improves the gait. Overall, the body weight decreased by 9% in the diet and Exercise group and 10% in the diet group, but remained constant, the other two groups. Diet and used to keep the group is also controlled by the weight of one year. Dr. Dennis Villareal Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, investigation, he said, to convince the parents of obese people who diet and use the hopes are viable alternatives to keep the overall physical health.
BOTTOM LINE: Exercise and diet, a combined overall physical fitness may be obese older adults, the better.
Warnings: The sample size is small and any included more than 74 years old.
Where to FIND it: New England Journal of Medicine, March 31
The "digital divide" of the people who have easy access to the Internet and those who do not Own the health information network extends to a new report. Together with the health network, an unidentified researchers compared to patients who use the network, with records that do not. 43% of the patients network 75,056 create the account yourself to trace medical basic information, such as prescription refills and laboratory tests, as well as to their doctors or to use the credible information online. Blacks, Hispanics and lower-income people were less likely to be higher than whites, and the return of people to set up a user account. The investigation showed that blacks were the parties liable for use on the network, the personal health information, the white and Hispanics were in the two-thirds of likely.Dr. David Bates at Brigham and women's Hospital, one of the authors, said, the personal health information are similar to findings in other studies of the digital divide. When the patient had created an account, the researchers found no race or socio-economic differences in the number of log-ins, or the system time.
BOTTOM LINE: Black and Hispanic patients were equally likely to Use health records than whites.
Warnings: This research has been the only one of the network of health care providers.
Where to FIND it: Archives of internal medicine, March 28
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