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Long-term health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention among people aged over fifty: modelling the results of a randomized controlled trial
Conclusion: A tailored PA intervention in a printed delivery mode, without environmental information, has the most potential for being cost-effective in adults aged over 50.Trial registration: The current study was registered at the Dutch Trial Register (NTR2297; April 26th 2010).
Source: BMC Public Health - October 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Denise PeelsRudolf HoogenveenTalitha FeenstraRianne GolsteijnCatherine BolmanAart MuddeGerrie Wendel-VosHein de VriesLilian Lechner Source Type: research

Fractures are major cause of older women’s hospitalizations
(Reuters Health) - For U.S. women age 55 or older, bone fractures due to osteoporosis lead to more hospitalizations and greater healthcare costs than heart attack, stroke or breast cancer, according to a new study.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Our Sedentary Lifestyles Cost About 5 Million Lives A Year
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A study of one million people has found that physical inactivity costs the global economy $67.5 billion a year in healthcare and productivity losses, but an hour a day of exercise could eliminate most of that. Sedentary lifestyles are linked to increased risks of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, researchers found, but activity - such as brisk walking - could counter the higher likelihood of early death linked with sitting for eight or more hours a day. Such inactivity is estimated to cause more than 5 million deaths a year - almost as many as smoking, which the World Health Organi...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Prevention of depression in adults with long-term physical conditions
CONCLUSIONS: Based on evidence of very low certainty, our results may indicate the benefit of pharmacological interventions, during or directly after preventive treatment. Few trials examined short-term outcomes up to six months, nor the follow-up effects at six to 12 months, with studies suffering from great numbers of drop-outs and inconclusive results. Generalisation of results is limited as study populations and treatment regimes were very heterogeneous. Based on the results of this review, we conclude that for adults with long-term physical conditions, there is only very uncertain evidence regarding the implementation...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hanna Kampling Harald Baumeister J ürgen Bengel Oskar Mittag Source Type: research

Rapid MRI protocol leads to reduced image acquisition times
A rapid lumbar MRI protocol that uses 3D imaging and deep learning reconstructio...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Reducing use of sedation for pediatric MRI cuts healthcare costs Ultrafast MRI shows promise in predicting DCIS upstaging Ultrafast DCE-MRI helps predict breast cancer treatment response Is abbreviated MRI useful for women at average breast cancer risk? Rapid MRI for ED stroke evaluation cuts costs, hospital length of stay
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 6, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news