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Surprising Numbers Of People Misuse Condoms

February 26, 2012 / Staff

What seems like the simplest form of birth control and protection from sexually transmitted disease, condoms are actually more complicated than we thought.

“We chronically underestimate how complicated condom use can be,” University of Kentucky professor Richard Crosby, who co-authored the study, said in a statement. “It involves the use of a condom, while negotiating the condom use and sex with a partner all at the same time.”
With perfect use, condoms prevent pregnancy with 98 percent success, according to the World Health Organization. Typically, however, the rate of unintended pregnancy with condoms is around 15 percent.

With proper use, condoms offer excellent protection from disease and unwanted pregnancy.

Condoms are also a highly affordable form of protection with little to no side affects which are available to everyone.

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The Scent of Rosemary Could Give Your Brain A Boost

February 26, 2012 / Staff

Rosemary may help boost your brain.

Chefs and home cooks alike love the potent aroma of rosemary for savory dishes such as roasted chicken and red skin potatoes.

Rosemary steams are used therapeutically for decongestion and bronchitis and infusions are used topically as hair rinses.

But now a new study researches the affects of the pungent aroma, itself and it’s ability to improve cognition.

In the study, a cohort of 20 subjects were exposed to varying levels of the aroma, then given a battery of cognitive tests and mood assessments. Not surprisingly, the cognitive performance of the subjects increased, with a corresponding mood increase of lesser magnitude. However, the real surprise came when the blood tests were processed.

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Citrus Fruits Lower the Risk of Stroke in Women

February 25, 2012 / Staff

Citrus fruits may help lower stroke risk in women, study finds.

It is important to eat the whole fruit and not just to consume juice which also contains a lot of sugar.

Flavanones may reduce risk of stroke through several mechanisms, including improving blood vessel health and reducing inflammation.

In the study, women who ate the most citrus fruit had a 19 percent lower risk of having an ischemic stroke than women who ate the least. In an ischemic stroke, blood flow to the brain is blocked, sometimes by clogged arteries.

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Prisons Facing the Challenge of Caring for an Aging Population

February 25, 2012 / Staff

Dementia and Alzheimer’s among elderly inmates creates an interesting dynamic within the prison population.

Some of the most hardened criminals come to the aid of ailing inmates, helping them with the most intimate of care with compassion and patience.

Dementia in prison is an underreported but fast-growing phenomenon, one that many prisons are desperately unprepared to handle. It is an unforeseen consequence of get-tough-on-crime policies — long sentences that have created a large population of aging prisoners. About 10 percent of the 1.6 million inmates in America’s prisons are serving life sentences; another 11 percent are serving over 20 years.

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From Nursing Homes to Home Care

February 24, 2012 / Staff

Home care is expanding as the bulge of the population ages home care offers more care options for elderly who can no longer afford or need professional ’round the clock care.

Over the next three years, New York State plans to shift 70,000 to 80,000 people who need more than 120 days of Medicaid-reimbursed long-term care services and are not in nursing homes into managed care models, Mr. Helgerson said.

The move away from nursing homes was highlighted on Thursday when Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced that the Archdiocese of New York, one of the state’s largest providers of nursing home care, is selling two of its seven nursing homes and opening or planning to open seven new adult day-care centers over the next three years.

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