Author Archive for: ‘toddmckee’

Older smokers are at greater risks from smoking, because they have smoked longer– an average of 40 years. They tend to be heavier smokers and are more likely to suffer from smoking-related illnesses. In addition, these smokers are also significantly less likely than younger ones to believe that smoking harms their health. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body …

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This Fall we successfully finished the first three one-hour video teleconferences (VTCs)devoted to Alzheimer’s Disease. We are now planning the three that will take place spring of 2013. The dates are: January 25, February 22 and April 5. These three VTCs will broadcast to multiple sites across Arkansas from Room 8240 (Auditorium), College of Public Health, UAMS. The scheduled time …

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When Robert Pirsig, narrator of the classic novel, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes his motorcycle into the shop for diagnosis and treatment of symptoms reportedly similar to seizures, he is less than impressed by the team of professionals.  Not only do they not fix his bike; they make the problem worse. “The radio was a clue. You …

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Rotigotine is a non-ergoline D1-D5 dopamine agonist with the highest affinity for the D3-receptor and has been tested in patients with and without concomitant levodopa therapy. The Rotigotine Transdermal System (RTS), with the trade name of Neupro™, is a once daily transdermal patch first released in 2007 for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. However, …

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The experience of violence is a major threat to the safety and quality of life of elders. Domestic violence is an escalating pattern of violence or intimidation by an intimate partner who seeks to gain power and control. Domestic abuse of the elderly may be manifested in many ways including the following: physical or sexual abuse, financial abuse or exploitation, …

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The easiest way that to define burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is to think of it in two categories. Primary BMS is defined as burning of the oral mucosa and perioral areas, but there are no known clinical or laboratory findings that are associated to it. Secondary BMS is used when there is a defined clinical abnormality that can be associated. …

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Within the Speech and Hearing Center at ASU-Jonesboro, the College of Nursing and Health Professions recently opened an Assistive Listening Device (ALD) Laboratory. In it ALDs, developed for use in specific situations by individuals with hearing impairments or age related changes , are on display and available for trial. The main difference between ALDs and hearing aids is in their …

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Statins have been and continue to be widely used for the treatment of dyslipidemias because they have been shown effective in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. The FDA has recently released a consumer and healthcare provider update expanding their advice on the risks associated with statin use. Among these risks is a possible negative effect on cognition. Reports of …

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Current research at the University of Central Arkansas places speech pathologists on the forefront of identifying individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). That is because small changes in language function have emerged as an early sign of (MCI) and language testing shows promise as a simple way of identifying affected individuals. Early identification of MCI is critically important because it …

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Inspissated oral secretions, more loosely known as dried oral secretions, may seem harmless at first, but, as with most things in our body, too much of anything can be a detrimental to our health. Most of us who have worked in a long term setting have encountered these secretions, but may not be aware of their consequences or how to …

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