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Exercise Programs Focusing On Muscle Density Could Reduce Disability And Hospitalization Of The Elderly
Older adults who have less strength, poor physical function and low muscle density are at higher risk of being hospitalized compared to adults with more strength and better function. That"s the finding of a new study in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
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Spanish Study Finds Bullies Have Harassed 14 Percent Of Workers Over Past 6 Months
Although it is a relatively widespread phenomenon, the experts have still not been able to come up with an all-encompassing and precise definition of workplace abuse or bullying. Basing their work on previous literature, David González, of the High Court of Justice of Madrid and José Luís Graña, of the Faculty of Psychology at the Complutense University, have defined it in their study as a "process of systematic and repeated aggression by a person or group towards a workmate, subordinate or superior". Their research has been published in the latest issue of Psicothema.
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August 1-7, 2009 Is World Breastfeeding Week
This week long observation of the importance of breastfeeding is organized by the World Breastfeeding Week organization (worldbreastfeedingweek.org). The theme this year is the importance of breastfeeding during emergency situations. It is important that when natural or man-made disasters strike that all involved remember the importance of maintaining and supporting breastfeeding of infants affected by the disaster.
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Dying At Home: A Trend That Could Make Hospitals More Efficient

Hospitals across Canada are seeking ways to free up beds. University of Alberta researcher Donna Wilson has a suggestion: people should be encouraged to die at home rather than in hospital. She looked at statistics dating back to 1950 and has found that there"s been a dramatic change in the location of death of Canadians. Up until 1994, about 80 per cent of people dying each year were passing on in hospital. Now that number is down to 61 per cent, and Wilson is hoping the trend continues. She"d like to see only 40 per cent of people passing on in hospital because, with an aging baby boom population, this could reduce wait lists and free up hospital beds for those who need life-saving treatment or surgery. In most cases, she says, it"s also a much more dignified death for a family member. Wilson says in the next 20 years the number of people dying could double and if death rates in hospital stay at 80 per cent. those numbers mean a potential tie-up of every single bed in Canada for three days of the year, because each person takes up a bed for an average of 10 days. The professor in the Faculty of Nursing wants to see governments put more money into developing hospices, nursing homes and training for home care. Quinn Phillips University of Alberta


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