Day: January 5, 2011

In an analysis that included data from 9 studies, having higher measures of walking speed among older adults was associated with increased length of survival, according to a study in JAMA. “Remaining years of life vary widely in older adults,…

      Images: Freedom Innovations Sean Reyngoudt, the world’s only amputee professional kiteboarder and waverider, is featured in a new television action-adventure series, “Catching Air,” which premiered Jan. 6, 2011 on the Discovery Channel’s HD Theater. All six episodes…

Physicians now have help in their battle against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a potentially deadly infection that initially was limited to hospitals and health care facilities but has become a growing problem in healthy children and adults. The Infectious…