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The weights improve the minds of older

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

minds of olderThe armchair is one of the worst enemies of the elderly. Except that it is the seat of a treadmill designed to do resistance exercises.

There is abundant evidence that aerobic activities are great for the brain of the elderly, but the benefits of lifting weights have been much less explored. We now know that older women who do this kind of training experience an improvement in cognitive functions. And this has been shown in females between 65 and 70 years who had not previously practiced. The work demonstrates just published in Archives of Internal Medicine.

The results are striking, since this is a clinical trial of 12 months duration, conducted in a controlled manner. Participants were divided into three groups. The first two made-legged endurance exercise once or twice a week. The third party executed only gym toning and balance. The researchers measured the cognitive abilities of all of them at baseline, after six months and one year. (more…)

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How to regenerate the breast after mastectomy

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

mastectomyAustralian scientists have developed a surgical technique that could allow women suffering from breast cancer regenerate their breasts after a mastectomy, as reported by the Institute of Microsurgery ‘Bernard O’Brien’ of Melbourne (Australia) where he investigates the new technique.

The procedure, which could begin human trials within three to six months, involves inserting a breast-shaped chamber, which contains a sample of adipose tissue of women under the skin of the chest. This infiltration is connected to a blood vessel adipose tissue, allowing this to grow and fill the chamber in an estimated period of six to eight months.

From the center, the operations director, Dr. Phillip Marzelle, said today that it is launching a “test prototype” in the coming months that may be implemented through a “proof of principle” with five or six women, so you can see that the body can regenerate its own supply of fat in the chest.

In addition, plans to build within two years a camera biodegradable dissolved when full. “We have proven in several animal models, so we have made sufficient preclinical testing to be sure now to give way to human trials,” he said. (more…)

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