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Quality of lives of older people

...ion, a group of older people have been studied for nearly 20 years. Within 20 years, half the babies born on the planet can expect to live till they are 70. The physical, mental and economic needs// of our rapidly aging population will be known based on this study. In an attempt to answer some of these ques...

Watching television linked to smoking

... who watched five hours or more of TV per day were nearly six times more likely to start smoking than those who watched less than two hours a day. Results also show those who watched four to five hours of television a day were more than five times more likely to start smoking than those who watched less tha...

Overweight can affect sex life

...e. Men with a waistline measuring 40 inches were nearly twice as likely to suffer erectile dysfunction compared with men whose girth measured 30 inches. Even after adjusting for age, smoking and hypertension, men with a larger waistline were more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction, the study said....

Errors in medication

According to a new study it was observed that nearly one out of every five medication doses delivered i...high volume nursing units. The investigators found nearly 25 percent of the doses were in error. The most common errors were: wrong time of delivery (36 perce...

Memory loss always goes hand with Depression

...t disease and stroke in those over 60. It involves nearly 3,000 people in the US, some of who had a MRI scan which could indicate mild cognitive problems, such as memory loss. Researchers at Wake Forest University now report on this sub-group, observing that around 35 per cent also had psychiatric symptom...

Early therapy aids eyesight

...eatment. The most common form of glaucoma affects nearly 1.0 million people over age 45. While doctors find treating eye pressure may help slow the disease, they do not believe elevated eye pressure necessarily is the cause of the disease. Further research will be done to continue to understand the cause....

Regular exercise linked to extended menstrual cycles

...n who had participated in separate US studies. The nearly 550 women in both studies had provided information on their exercise habits and menstrual cycles. The researchers found that exercise, particularly vigorous activity, was associated with a somewhat longer menstrual cycle or time between periods. In...

Swelling increases stroke risk with high B.P.

...asma proteins (ISPs). The men were followed up for nearly 19 years, during which time 200 strokes occurred. Men with high levels of ISPs and high blood pressure were four times more likely to have a stroke than men with normal blood pressure and ISPs. When blood pressure was elevated, but ISPs normal, the...

Smoking may be influenced by Parents

...smoke cigarettes. In addition, the report revealed nearly 25 percent of students who smoke tried their first cigarette by age 10....

Staying agile reduces hip fracture risk

...id no other exercise, four hours of walking a week nearly halved their risk of hip fracture. The message is clear - to keep your bones strong and intact, you should keep moving and include as much walking as you can in your weekly routine....

Causes of weakness in the aged

...rt from the Cardiovascular Health Study, involving nearly 6,050 people aged 67 or older. This shows that those who are frail are more likely to have inflammation, altered carbohydrate metabolism and increased blood clotting activity....

Colon cancer linked with common virus

...ncer samples. The JC virus is expansive, affecting nearly the entire human population from childhood onwards. //It's imparted in the air, and maybe also through contaminated food and water. Normally the JC virus is completely harmless, but in people with weak immune systems it has been known to increase the...

Psychiatric disorders among juveniles

...ter eliminating factors such as conduct disorders, nearly 55 percent of males and over two-thirds of females suffered from one or more mental or substance abuse disorders. Researchers found more than 20 percent of females and older youth had a major depressive disorder. Teenage boys were found to have highe...

Nurses competing with junior doctors in some assessments

...es, the rate was one in eight. The doctors ordered nearly twice as many unnecessary tests as the nurses. However, it's unlikely that nurses can completely replace junior doctors in doing this kind of work, because it's a vital part of a doctor's career development. But it's useful to know that a nurse can p...

Gardeners, Beware of your back!

...and up having severe back pain. A recent study of nearly 2000 people showed that nearly 40 per cent of those surveyed complain of back problems. Out of this, nearly 45 per cent admitted th...

Diabetics & Foot infections

...a Diabetes Research Centre in India has shown that nearly 80 per cent of diabetic patients with foot infections had considerable improvement when they followed safe practices advised by their doctors. The study was conducted// as a result of doctors discovering that many patients came to the Centre with adv...

Women on HRT should avoid alcohol

...day, those who used HRT for more than 5 years were nearly twice as likely than non-HRT users to develop breast cancer. Scientists, who have long since established the risk of women who consume alcohol, for breast cancer, claim that the possible reason for such an effect could be due to a steady supply of a...

Effect of alcohol drinking on breast cancer

...ewed the results of 65 separate studies, involving nearly 200,000 women say they are sure that it is the alcohol that matters. They looked at two issues. The first was how much a woman needed to drink to increase her chance of breast cancer. The second was whether smoking increased this risk. They found th...

Wash your hands to keep healthy!

... and low cost way of cutting rates of infection by nearly half. A recent American study included a huge number of Navy recruits who were made to wash their hands five times a day for a year and the rate of illness was measured. The researchers found that at the end of the hand washing program after one yea...

Glaucoma & Ocular Hypertension more likely in patients with refractive errors

...ucoma, in Caucasians. The study was conducted with nearly 5000 participants, aged between 43 to 84, who received baseline assessments of refractive error (nearsightedness and farsightedness), intraocular pressure and glaucoma, and five-year follow-up measurements of intraocular pressure and ocular hypertens...

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