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Probiotic Drinks can Stave Off Hospital Infection

...ssociated with antibiotic use, mostly occurring in older people after they have stopped taking their antibiotic course, the researchers noted. Dr Hickson said: "We are not saying that a probiotic can cure C diff because the trial was to prevent the diarrhoea associated with it from happening. The trial f...

Young Adults Seldom Try Proven Methods to Kick the Butt

...rs compared young adult smokers (ages 18 to 24) to older smokers (ages 25 and older). The researchers noted that though approximately 70 percent in both age groups said they wanted to completely quit smoking, but only 4 percent to 5 percent of smokers in both age groups use any evidence-based behavioura...

Depression Drugs Could Make Bones Fragile

... studies have shown. Depression is common among older people and doctors often prescribe a class of anti... American Medical Association, have now found that older men and women taking SSRIs had more bone loss than those not taking the drugs, reported science port...

Single Americans Vote Less, but Lean Towards Democrats: Study

...hed Friday. Single Americans 15 years of age and older now account for 45.2 percent of the US population, against 34.4 percent in 1960, Women's Voices Women Vote said in its study titled "Unmarried America 2007: America's New Majority." "Unmarried America represents the biggest change in American polit...

Many People With Early Dementia Can Drive Safely, Say Experts

Society's perception of older drivers tends to be negative, write Professor Desm...e mobility and safety in the growing population of older drivers, they say. They review the evidence and find that the risk of crashes in patients with deme...

Girls With Cancer Given Fertility Hope

...ed. The same technique could also be employed on older women with cancer, some of whom cannot be given hormonal drugs to stimulate the ovaries before egg collection. Dr Ariel Revel, who led the team, said: "No eggs have yet been thawed, so we do not know whether pregnancies will result. But we are enc...

Depression Therapy Reduces Suicide Attempts

...adolescents and young adults (up to age 24) as for older adults. The study sheds new light on the black b...ice as common among patients up to age 24 as among older adults. However, the time pattern was the same for both age groups, regardless of the type of treatm...

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...

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...

Women Unaware of When Breast Cancer Risk is Greatest

Only one per cent of women know that older women - those 80 or older - have the greatest risk of developing breast cancer according to new research published today. W...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...oung adults are more likely to commit suicide than older adults, so a young adult should be particularly cl...udies have not shown this increased risk in adults older than 24 and that adults 65 and older taking antidepressants have a decreased risk of suicidal though...

Cats at Home Poses Allergy Risk in Young Children

...nsitisation of children up to the age of two. For older children , however, the influence of the environme...him Heinrich. Due to their greater range of action older children also come into contact with animal hair, when they are with friends and relatives, in child...

Higher Intake of Calcium and Vitamin D Linked With Brain Lesions in Older People

...xtremely miniscule ones often seen in even healthy older persons, but those who reported consuming more cal...he effects of too much calcium, particularly among older adults, given the current emphasis on promoting high intakes of calcium and vitamin D.' Dr. Payne ...

Barbeque Lovers Warned To Load On Fruits And Vegetables

Its bad news for older women who like their meat smoked or barbequed. A study by American scientists has shown that post-menopausal women who consumed the most grilled, barbecued or smoked red meat over their lifetime have a 47 percent increased risk of breast cancer. ...

Major Change Needed to Achieve Dignified Care for Older People

...d practice is needed to achieve dignified care for older people, says an editorial in this weeks BMJ. The welfare of older people who live in care homes has raised concern for decades in many countries, write Marion McMurdo...

Cause of Gender Differences in Blood Pressure, Kidney Damage Under Study

...ypertension are similar in men and women and that older women tend to have higher blood pressures than age-matched men. Dr. Sullivan earned her Ph.D. at Albany Medical College in New York before becoming a postdoctoral fellow at MCG in 2000 and joining the faculty in 2003. She received the American ...

Preserving Kidneys on a Pump May Promote More Organ Sharing

Preserving the kidneys of deceased older donors on a pump as opposed to the conventional m... kidney transplant patients receiving kidneys from older deceased donors based on whether organs were preserved by pump or cold storage. The critical organ...

Many Elders in US Not Treated for Glaucoma

Almost one-third of older Americans diagnosed with primary open angle glauco...ication use and surgeries among adults aged 65 and older by analyzing data collected from 1992 through 2002 as part of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Surve...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

...ome high blood pressure medicines may help protect older adults from declines in memory and other cognitiv...t might contribute to Alzheimer's disease. "For older adults who are going to take an ACE inhibitor drug for blood pressure control, it makes sense for th...

Health Budget Must Focus On Access To Medical Services, Fitness And Nutrition

...g needed to improve access to medical services for older Australians and country people, and the AMA is also asking for funding to improve patient access to consultant physician services. We want to see a restructuring of Medicare items to allow more efficient use of the specialised services in geriatri...

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