old 1 4

Tag: "old" at medical news

Estrogen in Food Reduces Cancer Risk

...e study included 500 women between 35 and 79 years old who were diagnosed with endometrial cancer between 1996 and 1999. Study authors also included 470 healthy women. All of the women were questioned about their dietary intakes. Researchers specifically focused on three classes of phytoestrogens includi...

HRT: A Difficult Decision

...nd 50 percent of all women between 45 and 70 years old are taking HRT. The current research was set up to... cancer. One million women between 50 and 64 years old from the UK were recruited for the study between 1996 and 2001. Half of the women had used HRT, more...

Sage Improves Memory

...senses. "This proves how valuable the work by the old herbalists is, and that they shouldn't just be ignored because they were writing centuries ago," say researchers. These findings, coupled with earlier sage research, are encouraging scientists to look closer at sage as a potential treatment for Alzh...

Measles Risk in Transplant Patients

...transplantation, but since they were about 2 years old at the time, they were unable to have a preschool booster dose. The first dose of the vaccine is recommended at about 13 months old. The booster dose is then given between 3 and 5 years old. Authors of the letter write, "The reappearance of measles ...

Age Affects Lung Disorder

...nt of ARDS. They say older patients up to 69 years old are at a higher risk for ARDS, but the risk declines after that. They say patients between 60 and 69 were at greatest risk of developing ARDS. However, patients over 80 had the same risk of developing ARDS as teenagers. Study authors say since older...

Teens break bones 'due to lack of milk'

...erald a health crisis when they reached middle and old age. Bone mass development in childhood is critical to preventing the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis in later life....

Better Diet Even Late in Life May Prolong It

...festyle interventions started as late as middle or old age may be beneficial." For this study, Partridge and her colleagues studied almost 7,500 Drosophila fruit flies. In one experiment, flies were either "fully fed," constantly on a restricted diet, or fed a restricted diet from day 14 or day 22. Th...

Drug Users and Risk of Death

...001, 65 were female, 80 were younger than 25 years old and 112 were older than 34 years. Researchers then used published regional estimates to figure the expected drug-related deaths by region, sex and age group. Researchers report the risk of drug-related death was lower among female injecting drug-use...

Hormone Replacement Therapy -- What to do?

... group to treat right now is women around 50 years old who are first facing menopause. These women are likely to be suffering from symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats and for them, the treatment “may be safe and reasonable, but they’re made to feel if they take HRT they are taking cyanide.They ...

Don’t Blame the High Heels

... mass index at or above 25 between 36 and 40 years old were significantly more likely to have knee problems than those with a lower BMI during those years. They conclude, “Being overweight before the age of 40 considerably increased the risk of subsequent symptomatic [knee osteoarthritis] in women. Wear...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

...n Young Survival Coalition Group who were 40 years old or younger were surveyed. More than half of the respondents, or 57 percent, said they were concerned about being infertile as a result of cancer treatments they had undergone. Past research has revealed that few women in this age group go through me...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

...n Young Survival Coalition Group who were 40 years old or younger were surveyed. More than half of the respondents, or 57 percent, said they were concerned about being infertile as a result of cancer treatments they had undergone. Past research has revealed that few women in this age group go through me...

Insulin Resistance Linked To Difference In Gender

...e study included 307 healthy children 4 or 5 years old who will be followed until they are 16 years old. Researchers are keeping track of each child’s height, weight, physical activity, resting energy expenditure, and insulin resistance. Researchers have found, at 5 years old, insulin resistance was 35...

Onset Linked To Severity of Asthma

...o groups including those diagnosed before 12 years old and those who developed the disease later in life. The participants were evaluated for differences in allergic response, symptoms, lung function and pathology. Researchers found that patients whose asthma began in childhood were more frequently all...

Understanding Restless Legs Syndrome

...nts. The participants were between 20 and 79 years old and were randomly selected to participate. Doctors assessed whether each participant had restless legs syndrome and how it affected his or her quality of life. Researchers report the overall prevalence of restless legs syndrome was 10.6 percent. Th...

The Effectiveness Of Chickenpox Vaccine Questioned

...ess of the vaccine was lower in children 15 months old or younger (73 percent) than in children who were 15 months or older (99 percent) when they were given the vaccine. Researchers conclude, "…in the United States, deaths from varicella and other complications in immunocompetent persons still occur an...

Vitamin B12 Supplements Found To Improve Memory

...on interact to contribute to cognitive problems in old age.Scientists have known of a gene associated with higher risk for Alzheimer's disease, and they have also known that low levels of vitamins B12 and folate are risk factors for memory loss and Alzheimer's. However, they say this is the first study t...

The After Effects Of Pneumonia

... risk of early death among patients 41 to 60 years old who had no accompanying diseases .Investigators examined the survival of 386 community-acquired pneumonia patients who were hospitalized . After discharge, 125 patients died. Thus researchers conclude saying that although the natural course of some...

Complications Of Diabetes

About 20 percent of people over 65 years old have diabetes. A new study finds this group is at an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease.// The Study included 824 Catholic nuns, priests and brothers who were followed for more than five years. All of them underwent annual evaluations including...

Leveling Lupus Lesions

...ns on their face.// Now, there is a new use for an old treatment that eliminates the embarrassment of this common condition. Beverly Gibson says it's been tough living with lupus, a disease that causes the body's immune system to attack its own cells. "It's changed my life a lot," she says. The conditi...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10