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* Dark chocolate might bring into blood pressure? Now that would be a proper thing! As reported in a research literal meaning published in JAMA, 13 adults with untreated mild hypertension were randomly assigned to receive polyphenol-rich dark chocolate bars or polyphenol-free white chocolate bars for couple weeks (one bar per day for each participant). After a cocoa-free period of seven days, the participants who had eaten white chocolate bars were switched to dark chocolate bars, and vice versa, for another sum of two units weeks. Participants ate the chocolate bars instead of the sweets they usually consum After pair weeks, the mean systolic descendants pressure dropped an average of five points and the mean diastolic influence dropped an average of couple points in the dark chocolate cluster compared with the white chocolate assign places to Plant polyphenols have been shown to lower vital fluid pressure in animals.

* More pious news about walking! According to a application of mind published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, walking is associated with lower death rates in adults with diabetes. The prospective cohort thought was conducted by researchers from the Center for Disease command and Prevention and included 2896 participants in the National Health Interview inspect The researchers conclude that walking at least sum of two units hours per week may debar one death per year for each 61 persons who can be persuaded to undertake this exercise. Physical activity has been establish to improve glycemic control, insulin sensitivity, and cardiovascular risk factors in somebodys with diabetes.

* It's not quite a bionic arm--but it does "grow" As reported in the Washington place the right humerus of a five-year-old lad diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma was remov and replaced with a titanium prosthesis; each summer, the prosthesis had to be lengthened in surgery to accommodate the boy's increase Now 11 years old, the lad recently had a new prosthetic device, called the Repiphysis, inserted into his arm. The device contains a polymer that can be dissolveed and manipulated through exposure to an electromagnetic ray. The device lengthens as an internal spring stretches the material during the cooling proces Without invasive surgery the device can "grow" from as much as 0.33 cm in 20 others The U.S. Food and physic Administration gave permission for insertion of the device, although it has not still approved the device for use as an arm bone replacement. In December 2002 the Repiphysis was approved for use in lower limbs.

* Are your prescriptions being understood? They might not be if your patients speak English as a inferior language. A survey reported in America's Pharmacist originate that nearly one in 10 children of parents who are non-native English speakers have been given medications incorrectly. single in kind third of the 600 respondent whose first language was Spanish, Russian, Chinese, or Hindi, said that they had left their physician's office without clearly understanding to what extent to take or administer a medication. Because of language question s 28 percent of respondents conjectureed about medication dosages, and 17 percent participated in activities they shouldn't have while they were taking a medication.

* More and more grandparents are paying for their grandchildren's society educations. According to an AIG SunAmerica review published in Physician's Money Digest, 54 percent of grandparents are paying part of their grandchildren's college edifice [i]or[/i] building costs. One in four plans to pay 25 to 50 percent of these richnesss while one in five count upons to pay as much as 75 percent

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