"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
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Not for the Ticklish:Vibrating shoes that keep the elderly upright:
The vibration is actually at a very low frequency - so low, in fact, that the wearer does not notice it when the shoes are turned on.
In tests, 15 younger people and 12 older people aged on average 73 years were told to wear the shoes for just 30 seconds, and to stand still with their eyes closed.
The researchers looked for the 'degree of sway' from each participant, and found that use of the insoles substantially decreased this among the elderly participants, and even the younger ones.
In fact, the balance of the older people wearing the shoes was as good as a younger volunteer without them. posted by Sydney on
10/04/2003 12:35:00 AM
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