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Superpill prevents 88% of heart attacks and 80% of strokes Life-Tech Urodynamics Systems are firmly established as a leader in the UK Genesis Erection Assistance devices are on prescription Arrange for 24 hour care for Granny Improve your memory - take a nap! Placebo vs apomorphine for Parkinson's Parkinson's and constipation connection GENESIS MEDICAL LTD REPRESENTS LIFE-TECH INC Life-Tech is the largest provider of Urodynamics Systems in the USA and is rapidly growing in Europe. Life-Tech has an established presence in the UK and Eire and in August 2002 Genesis Medical assumed responsibility over the equipment and service infrastructure to ensure excellent support for present and future users in these countries After two years Life-Tech has been firmly established as a leading supplier for new Urodynamic systems in the UK. The Life-Tech systems cover a full range of capabilities and lower level systems can be upgraded whenever further functions are wanted. The Life-Tech products will be added to the Genesis Medical web site and meanwhile the products can be viewed on www.Life-Tech.com or details may be requested from us directly. GENESIS ERECTION ASSISTANCE DEVICES ARE ON PRESCRIPTION The three Genesis erection assistance devices are available on prescription in England, and Scotland with Wales and Northern Ireland. We could not ask for a clearer endorsement of the value of Genisis erection assistance devices by the Department of Health! Details of the devices Genesis Medical has installed Orthospec shock wave system in London at The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in St John's Wood. Several hundred patients with shoulder problems, plantar fasciitis, achillodynia, patella tendinitis, tennis and golf elbow, non-union fractures etc. have been treated. Private insurance companies will cover the cost of the treatment after consideration of each individual case. For treatment in London call the Physiotherapy department on 020 7806 4000 for appointments with Karina Ryan. The hospital is conveniently located in North London SUPERPILL PREVENTS 88% OF HEART ATTACKS AND 80% OF STROKES A team from St Bartholomew's Hospital and the London Medical school under the direction of Professor Nicholas Wald has shown that taking one pill a day combining aspirin, folic acid, statin, and high blood pressure compounds cuts down the incidence of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, blood stickiness and homocystene in people over 55 years old. The editor of the British Medical Journal hails this as the most important idea they have published in the last 50 years. GENESIS MEDICAL WAS OR WILL BE AT THESE CONFERENCES 24-28 June 2002 British Association of Urological Surgeons Glasgow 28-30 August 2002 International Continence Society conference Heidleberg 14-15 November 2002 BAUS Section of Oncology 5th Annual Meeting Bournemouth 7 December 2002 The Society of Orthopaedic Medicine and the British Institute of Musculoskeltal Medicine Combined Symposium London 13 January 2003 Seminar on the Principles of Neuromuscular Stimulation and Biofeedback and Clinical Applications - London (a Genesis Medical seminar) 12-15 March 2003 XVIII Congress of the European Association of Urology Madrid 25-26 March 2003 Urodynamics Course, Bristol Institute of Urology 23-27 April 2003 International Continence Symposium (UK section) Leicester 24-27 June 2003 British Association of Urological Surgery - Conference Manchester
A ROBOT TO CARE FOR THE VULNERABLE Mitsubishi has developed a three-foot talking robot named "Wakamaru" to provide 24 hour care for the elderly. It can be programmed to roam the house constantly, keeping an electronic "eye" out for its master. If, for example, the owner falls or does not get out of the bathe, it will call for help. It can be taught to recognise up to 10 faces and contact a security firm if a stranger enters the house. If it senses a problem with the owner it can ask "Are you OK" and if the response is not satisfactory it will summon help. A camera implanted in its head allows carers to monitor the situation through images sent over a mobile phone. This round the clock help will cost less than £10,000. A ONE HOUR NAP A DAY IMPROVES THE MEMORY Researchers at Harvard University led by Sara Mednick have shown that a one hour nap can be as beneficial as a full night's sleep. Two groups were studied. The first group had a daily nap and the second did not. Each participant was shown bars on a computer screen and then recall the positions. By the end of the day the nappers had improved their performance and the no-nappers had deteriorated. After a good night's sleep for both groups, the nappers performed 50% better than the no-nappers the next day. PLACEBO PROVES AS EFFECTIVE AS APOMORPHINE FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE At the University of British Columbia, Jon Stoessl and his team gave 6 patients a placebo and Levodopa in a double blind study. They found that every patient on placebo had a substanrial release of dopamine comparable to the levels reached with Levodopa. The patients expected the drugs to help them and they did. Science (vol293, p1164) PARKINSON'S INVOLVES MORE THAN THE BRAIN Robert Abbott at the University of Virginia School of Medicine looked at long term data from 6790 men in Hawaii and found that men who had less than one bowel movement a day were 2.7 times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those who averaged one movement a day regardless of dietary and environmental factors. See Neurology, vol 57, p 456. It has long been known that wine drinkers suffer less cardiac problems than others. Now a survey of a large number of people in Spain has shown that those who drink over 14 glasses per week have 40% less colds than non-drinkers. |