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Mouse Model Points to Strategy for Treating Rare Muscle Disease & Kidney Disorders

...atory to study the mutant mice until they reach an older age when researchers can assess any onset of muscle weakness. In addition, NHGRI clinical researchers recently observed a temporary, but significant, improvement in muscle strength among HIBM patients who received intravenous immune globulin G an ef...

Zambia Trying Hard to Tackle Crisis in Mental Health Care

...e presence of an extended family takes care of the older citizens suffering from dementia and depression for which treatment is given at home itself. Of course, the more serious cases are recommended to mental health centres. Zambia has only one mental hospital in Chainama Hills. And there is only one pr...

Storage of Firearms Unsafe in Most Families

...ore likely to store guns safely than families with older children.' 'Our primary recommendation is that parents should remove guns from the home,' DuRant said. 'However, if parents are unwilling to do that, they should lock all guns with gun locks and store them separately from ammunition.' Firearm own...

Researchers Identify Genetic Mutations for Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer

...ses of diffuse gastric cancer diagnosed in persons older than 50 years. Thirteen mutations (6 novel) were identified in 15 of the 38 families (40 percent detection rate). Two families from this study plus two additional families carrying the novel 2398delC mutation shared a common haplotype (a group of a...

Unhealthy Lungs Linked to Hostility?

...reater hostility predicts lung function decline in older men. This is the first study of young adults to offer a detailed examination of the inverse link between hostility and pulmonary function, states lead author and psychologist Benita Jackson, PhD, MPH, of Smith College. Its remarkable to see reductio...

Early Prostate Cancer: Specialty of Physician Influences Type of Therapy Received

...ts, reviewed the records of 85,088 men aged 65 and older who were diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1994 and 2002 using information from the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Medicare-linked database to determine the type of specialist they saw and the therapy they received. The treat...

Breast Cancer More Aggressive and Less Responsive to Treatment in Younger Women

...sive to treatment in women under 50 as compared to older women, and the study may lead to targeted therapie...unger women, while the same tumor cell activity in older women confers a better prognosis, demonstrating the need for age-appropriate targeted therapies. D...

Using Expired Make-up Leads to Serious Health Risks

...h new products that they never actually finish any older products. "These older cosmetics lie around for years, each one a little hothouse for bacteria," said Dr Blakeney....

Strict Exercise and Diet Regimens Might Lead to Osteoporosis in Women

... less dependent on energy availability in slightly older women after they stop growing, these women remain at risk for bone loss. Low bone density puts women at higher risk for stress fractures and can lead to osteoporosis. Appetite is not a good indicator of how much female athletes should eat, and ...

Low Levels of Testosterone may Increase the Risk of Death in Older Men

... belief that supplemental hormone therapy may help older men with low testosterone levels, those who practi... decline in testosterone is healthy and comes with older age. Maybe the decline is bad and is associated with chronic diseases of aging." The National Inst...

FDA Approves Divigel(R) for Treatment of Hot Flashes Linked With Menopause

...ced by a woman's ovaries before menopause. Certain older oral estrogen therapies contain conjugated estrogens derived from the urine of pregnant mares. Divigel(R) is a quick-drying gel that is odorless when dry, and is available in convenient, individual-use packets. One packet of gel is applied daily to a...

GAB2-A New Alzheimers Gene Identified

... form of disabling memory and thinking problems in older people. The progressive neurological disorder affl...or the harmful effects of APOE4 and other genes in older people and that the GAB2 risk gene lacks this protective effect. This discovery allows us to acc...

Professional Wrinkle Cream Launched With 6x the Elastin

...ood can maintain a youthful level of elastin while older consumers through continued regular application can eventually replenish elastin and protect against new wrinkles. Now continuous use of Bx Pro/Face for one year with higher doses of Elastatropin will diminish wrinkles even further as it provides s...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

... outside, but your arteries actually could be much older than one realizes," said Dr. Howard N. Hodis of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. "Once patients see how thick their arteries are, there is much more incentive for them to change their lifestyle with d...

National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery

...total thyroidectomy if they were African-American, older than 45 years, were Medicare recipients, had lower household incomes, or had less education. Moreover, patients treated at NCCN/National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers were 23 percent more likely than patients undergoing an operatio...

Drag Dad to the Doctor This Father's Day

...igh cholesterol, blood glucose, or blood pressure; older than 45; is from a high risk ethnic population; or if type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease run in your family -- it's time for a check up. Call the ADA's toll free number (1-800-342-2383) for a listing of diabetes specialists in your area. AD...

AIDS Incidence in India Far Lower Than Previously Estimated New Study

...ution, transactional sex between teenage girls and older men in return for money, food or clothes is much l...idered relatively accurate because the epidemic is older than Indias and population surveys have been done. In recent years, several prominent figures have...

Flush Water Pipes to Reduce Lead Contamination Risk, Schools Told

...ondominium, you wouldn't be worried ... If it's an older one, you can talk to your property-management comp...m to help low-income pregnant women and parents in older neighbourhoods buy water filters. Those rated to an NSF 53 standard, such as some types of Brita fil...

Breast Cancer Drug Curbs Heart Disease.

...man cells and rats. The drugs in question were the older drug trastuzumab, whose trade name is Herceptin, and the newer drug lapatinib, whose trade name is Tykerb. The results of the study appear early online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The main side effect of trastuz...

Milk Nutrients may Keep Cancer at Bay.

... cancer in premenopausal women and colon cancer in older women.Together, these findings give Americans even more reason to meet the recommended three servings of lowfat or fat-free milk each day, providing 900 mg of calcium and 300 IU of vitamin D daily....

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