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Risk of Dementia Increased With Secondhand Smoke

...udy, researchers evaluated 3,602 people age 65 and older in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Of those, 985 ...and tobacco smoke as a risk factor for dementia in older adults," said study author Thaddeus Haight of UC Berkeley. The study also found that exposure to s...

Negative Emotions Affect Old and Young Differently

...in young adults there was less activity seen among older people. Gregory Larkin and colleagues at Stanford University in California compared the way people over 65 years responded to losing and winning to the reactions of those aged between 19 and 27. Participants were shown cues telling them that th...

Sugary Foods Turn Kids Teeth Rotten in US

... rose among the younger children but not among the older children. Others experts agree diet is at least part of the explanation for the rising cavity rates. "The same things contributing to the obesity epidemic can also contribute to tooth decay," said Dr. Gary Rozier, a dentist who teaches public hea...

Significant Rise in Proportion of Chronically Ill Children Dying in Intensive Care

...an twice as likely to die in intensive care, while older children with cancer were more than six times as likely to die in other hospital wards. The authors say that guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, published in 1997, specifies what sorts of conditions merit withdrawing of...

Arcoxia Slammed –Nothing Better Than Vioxx Says FD

... never been shown to be better pain relievers than older NSAIDs like ibuprofen. Yet doctors eagerly prescribed them in part because they tend to cause fewer ulcers and less gastrointestinal bleeding. There is nothing special about this drug that would warrant giving it to patients and putting them at ri...

Cancer Patient’s Life Improved With Anti-reflux Valv

...in the United States each year, most frequently in older people. Surgery to remove the tumors is generally the best treatment, but often the disease has progressed too far to consider surgery. Consequently, a stent, a tiny, hollow tube, is inserted using a minimally invasive procedure to help improve th...

Force-feeding a Scourge Among Mauritanian Nomads

...be fat like their cousins who are only a few years older then them. They said they want to be 'a normal size' like the Lebanese pop stars. 'Now Mauritanian men are looking at Lebanese singers and starting to compare them with us,' said 19-year-old Aicha. 'The men say to their wives 'why are you fat, wh...

Food Preparation may Play a Bigger Role in Chronic Disease

...n the blood of healthy people, and even more so in older individuals than in younger people. Of particular ...flammation and oxidative stress are more common in older age, so the goal of the study was to assess whether AGEs played a significant role in age-related in...

National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine Report Calls for More Dairy Foods at School

...e Dietary Guidelines recommend children ages 9 and older consume three servings of low-fat or fat-free and milk or milk products each day. And, children ages 2-8 can consume three child-size servings of milk to add up to a total of 2 cups, or equivalent, of dairy foods per day. Together milk, cheese and ...

Simple System Accurately Predicts Weight-loss Surgery Risk

...higher-risk category as they gain more weight, get older or develop hypertension. In these cases, delays can make surgery even riskier," DeMaria said. For patients at highest risk, DeMaria said, the best approach may be for them to spend some time losing weight before the surgery. Alternatively, surgeons...

One-Third of Sexually Active Older Adults With HIV/AIDs Has Unprotected Sex

One out of three sexually active older adults infected with HIV has unprotected sex, acco...ersity researchers//. A survey of 260 HIV-positive older adults found that of those having sex, most were male, took Viagra and were in a relationship. AID...

Lower the wages, the faster one ages, UK study shows

...nly early life or childhood. 'We need to improve older people's lives and make sure they have a good income in retirement, but also ensure they have good access to improve their health - a good diet and social activities.' GPL/V...

Teens can Perform CPR as Well as Adults and Should Be Taught from an Early Age

... correct rate of compressions) just as well as the older children. This suggests that chest compressions can be introduced early in school CPR training programmes, say the authors. Source-BMJ SM/V...

Low Dose Aspirin Does Not Protect Women Against Cognitive Decline

Taking low dose aspirin does not protect older women against cognitive decline, finds a large stu...Other methods for preserving cognitive function in older people need to be investigated.” Source-BMJ...

Pneumonia Strains Not Covered by Vaccines on the Rise

...e people include those who are 65 years of age and older or people with special health problems like heart or lung diseases or HIV. In 2000, the PCV7 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine first became available for infants and children. The vaccine includes the seven strains or serotypes of the bacteria that co...

Food Ads Prompts Children to Eat More

...should be banned from watching television and that older children should face severe rationing. Over 2,000 obesity experts are attending the four-day congress in Budapest, and doctors there have warned that Europe may be on the verge of a major health and social crisis due to rising obesity. Source-IA...

Surge in Senior HIV Survivors Prompts New Treatment Studies

...ground to treat the growing number of HIV-positive older adults. Timothy Heckman, an Ohio University health...n the forefront of research involving HIV-infected older adults. Heckman recently received a $1.5 million, four-year grant from the National Institute of...

Qigong Help Chronically Ill People to Cope With Anxiety and Discrimination

...d gentle exercise at a time when they were getting older and their health was deteriorating. · They felt Qigong was more effective than biomedicine, especially when they saw little improvement in their condition using conventional methods. · Qigong provided a way of coping with the emotional burden of...

Statisticians Alarmed As Canada Zooms Towards Labour Shortage

...extending the “normal” retirement age, encouraging older workers to stay on the job, as well as tapping into underused labour pools such as aboriginals. Experts also suggest the use of foreign visa holders as well as temporary visa holders. <B...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Disability in Older Adults

...iet and not getting enough exposure to sun may put older adults at an increased risk for poor physical perf..., according to// a new research. "With a growing older population, we need to identify better ways to reduce the risk of disability," said lead author Deni...

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