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Low-impact yoga and exercise found to help older women manage urinary incontinence.
12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary inconsinence by more than half .
The benefits are on par with the effects of medications used to address incontinent, the researchers said.
Incontinence is stigmatized because of many ways it interferes with people's lives.
The two treatments are about equally effective, with both approaches reducing episodes of incontinence by around 60% .
Patients who would like to try these approaches can search for low-impact Iyengar yoga classes in their communities or online.
" One of the take-home messages from this study is 'Be active!".
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A new study led by Stanford Medicine scientists found that certain changes in neural activity predicted which patients would benefit from a type of cognitive behavioral therapy.
Problem-solving therapy is designed to improve cognitive skills used in planning, troubleshooting and tuning out irrelevant information.
The researchers think this may be due to their brains working smarter through the therapy.
The depression symptom most relevant to cognitive control — “feeling everything is an effort’ — benefited from the more efficient cognitive processing gained from the therapy.
Some participants reported that problem-solving therapy helped them think more clearly, allowing them to return to work, resume hobbies.
Brain scans showed changes in cognitive control circuit activity in the therapy group.
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Nigeria eradicated wild polio in 2020 , but poliovirus type 2 variant reemerges.
More than 50 cases of the type 2 strain were reported between January and May .
Efforts focus on improving surveillance and expanding vaccination coverage.
Bill Gates , a key global funder of Nigeria 's polio fight, said eradicating this strain is a top priority.
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USC Dornsife study suggests that when older adults fall for financial scams, it could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers used MRI scans to find that older adults with thinner brain regions linked to memory and decision-making were more likely to be vulnerable to financial scams.
Financial vulnerability could be used as a simple screening tool to help identify early signs of cognitive decline, especially in people over 70 .
Nearly 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's.
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The DEA says it will increase the allowed production amount of lisdexamfetamine by roughly 23.5 percent .
This week , the DEA also allowed for a corresponding increase in d-amphetamine, which is needed for production.
The FDA and DEA said they would work with manufacturers to ensure they would ramp up production of drugs in short supply.
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U.S. News and World Report ranked Oklahoma City as nation's 16th best place to live in quality of life.
LZ Granderson: Oklahoma City has the nation’s 10th fastest-growing housing market.
He says the state has done a terrible job in investing in opportunity for all, which is something we could afford to do.
Granderson says state government seems to ignore predictions that Oklahoma is ranked fourth -worst in terms of drought threats.
So, I hope a new wave of headlines will come to the state because we learned from Oklahoma City and started building on our strengths, rejected the politics of retribution, and invested accordingly. John Thompson is a former award-winning teacher at the former John Marshall High School and Centennial Mid-High School. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman : Oklahoma City’s success in attracting talent should be lesson for state leaders to learn.
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China is set to raise its statutory retirement age to 65 years old for all citizens.
The country's retirement age is currently among the lowest in the world, at 60 for men, 55 for women and 50 for blue-collar women.
The new retirement age has not yet been confirmed, but reports in state-run media suggest it is likely to be raised to 65 .
China 's population of 1.4 billion people is declining and aging, in part due to the one -child policy.
Chinese citizens from rural areas have significantly worse health outcomes than urban people, including life expectancy.
Rural pensions are meagre, with the minimum set at 123 yuan ($ 25 ) a month.
Chinese pensions are based on an internal passport system known as "hukou", which divides the population along urban-rural lines, creating vast differences in access to social services.
China expert suggested the government may choose to emphasise a culture of volunteerism and mimic the "barefoot doctors" program of the early Communist Party reign.
Mao Zedong sought to address a critical shortage of medics in rural areas by giving basic training to an army of village doctors.
Dr Johnston said she wondered if the Chinese government may similarly create a "kind of barefoot aged care" workforce.
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100x improvement in sight seen after gene therapy trial Patients with a rare inherited disease affecting their sight experienced quick vision improvements that sustained for the full year-long study.
Some patients even experienced a 10,000-fold improvement in their vision after receiving the highest dose of the therapy.
The treatment success in our most recent clinical trials together with our earlier experience brings hope for a viable treatment for about 20 percent of infantile blindness caused by inherited retinal degenerations.
The focus now is on perfecting the treatments and treating earlier manifestations of these conditions once safety is confirmed.
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The Biosecure Act is scheduled for a vote on Monday by the U.S. House of Representatives .
The legislation would restrict business with China 's WuXi Biologics , BGI and other biotech companies on national security grounds.
Supporters say the legislation is needed to protect Americans ' personal health and genetic information.
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The germ, dubbed Wetland virus ( WELV ), was first detected in a hospital patient who was treated in Jinzhou , China .
It can sometimes cause neurological disease, scientists say.
WELV had not previously been seen in animals or humans.
Researchers found it in ticks and animals in northern China , including in the wetland park the man had visited.