Age in Medical News

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Michigan Attorney General and Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation Near Agreement on Rate Increases on Under Age 65 Individual Products

DETROIT, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), the Michigan Attorney General and the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation are near an agreement that would conclude the Attorney General's and Office of Financial and Insurance Regu...

Colonoscopy Risks Increase With Age and Illness

Other screening methods for colon cancer may be safer for some older patients, researchers say,, MONDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Screening colonoscopies for colon cancer may be too risky for some elderly patients, a new study finds. Of all the screening methods for colon cancer,...

Survey finds that cosmetic ear surgery has the youngest age of patients

Chicago, IL (June 10, 2009) So many classic childhood movies (Dumbo) and sing-a-longs (Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?) emphasize large and protruding ears. But it turns out that having protruding ears is often-times a humiliating feature for a teenager. According to the A...

Survey Finds That Cosmetic Ear Surgery Has the Youngest Age of Patients

CHICAGO, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- So many classic childhood movies (Dumbo) and sing-a-longs (Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?) emphasize large and protruding ears. But it turns out that having protruding ears is often-times a humiliating feature for a teenager. ...

Chicago-area Infertility Specialist Richard Sherbahn, MD, Reports a Woman's Age Affects Her Chances of Successful Pregnancy from Egg Donation

Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that the age of a woman receiving donated eggs significantly affects her chances of implantation and successful pregnancy. Gurnee, Ill. (PR...

WWII Veterans Compete in National Veterans Golden Age Games

Annual Games Mark 23 Years of Sports Competition WASHINGTON, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty World War II Veterans are reuniting at the world's largest sports and recreational competition for senior Veterans June 1-5 in Birmingham, Alabama, at the 23rd National Veterans Golden Age Gam...

New Market Research Study Shows Lung Cancer Treatments Differ Significantly by Both Age and Geography

New Merck KGaA Study Reveals Wide Variations in Therapy Regimens, with Monotherapy Most Common in Elderly Patients and Triplets Most Prevalent in the US ORLANDO, Fla., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- There are striking differences in treatment regimens for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, ...

Compliance and cost: Bitter pills to swallow in the age of oral chemotherapy

(ORLANDO) Though the growing shift toward oral chemotherapy agents offers cancer patients greater freedom and independence during their treatment, physicians say use of the new medications also poses more chances for patients to skip doses, miss prescription refills, and take their drugs in a da...

The Age of Good Health? Healthy Lifestyles on Decline in U.S.

MUSC researchers urge people, especially the middle-aged, to adopt healthier lifestyles CHARLESTON, S.C., May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite the well-known benefits of physical activity, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, maintaining a healthy weight, moderate alcohol use and...

Study: Lower Legal Drinking Age Increases Poor Birth Outcomes

Amid renewed calls to consider reducing the legal drinking age, a new University of Georgia study finds that lower drinking ages increase unplanned pregnancies and pre-term births among young people. Athens, Ga. (Vocus) May 21, 2009 -- Amid renewed calls to consider red...

Study: Lower legal drinking age increases poor birth outcomes

Athens, Ga. Amid renewed calls to consider reducing the legal drinking age, a new University of Georgia study finds that lower drinking ages increase unplanned pregnancies and pre-term births among young people. "Our findings suggest that a lower drinking age increases risky sexual behavior am...

Old Age Isn't a Disease But Arthritis Is - Online Content From Morris Animal Foundation Helps Pet Owners Prevent and Treat Disease That Affects Thousands Each Year

DENVER, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Veterinary researchers estimate that 20 percent of adult dogs suffer silently from osteoarthritis and 45 percent of cats endure arthritic pain. To educate pet owners about arthritis -- and ways to prevent and treat it -- Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) developed ...

Younger Age of More Severe Swine Flu Cases Worries Experts

Average age of those hospitalized in U.S. is 15, CDC says WEDNESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- While the large majority of U.S. cases of swine flu continue to be mild, those who are hospitalized with more severe disease appear to be atypically young, federal health officials said Wedne...

Younger Age of Severe Swine Flu Cases Worries Experts

Average age of those hospitalized in U.S. is 15, CDC says WEDNESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- While the large majority of U.S. cases continue to be mild, those who are hospitalized due to more severe disease appear to be atypically young, health officials said Wednesday. In fact, t...

Dog Lovers Share Memories of Beloved Pets Lost to Canine Cancer at Cure Canine Cancer Web Site - Disease Is No. 1 Cause of Death in Dogs Over Age 2

Sharing and Celebrating Dog's Life Eases Pain and Loss -- Canine Cancer Web Exclusive Provides Latest Information on Treatment Options DENVER, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dog lovers and pet parents whose dogs are suffering from or have been lost to cancer or whose dogs are successfully beati...

Don't Lower Age for Cervical Cancer Test, Study Urges

Researchers say older women need screening as much as younger ones,, THURSDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Cervical cancer screening should continue for women older than 50 -- even if they've had several negative test results -- because they have a similar level of risk as younger wom...

According To a New Study, Cognitive Abilities Begin to Deteriorate Around the Age of 27

NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Drs. Timothy Salthouse and Eric R. Braverman, the effects of the brain's cognitive abilities become less effective as early as our mid-twenties. A recent study by Dr. Timothy Salthouse, a University of Virginia professor of psychology and the study...

Ecumen Applauds GE-Intel Partnership in Helping United States Ride the Age Wave With Empowerment Technology

Minnesota-based Ecumen Featured in Today's GE-Intel Announcement MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecumen, one of the country's most innovative senior housing and services providers, and an early adopter of technology to help seniors enhance their lives, applauds today's $250 mil...

Advocates for Youth Applauds Court Ruling on EC Age Restriction

FDA Ordered to Make Decisions Based on Science, Not Ideology WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to restrict over-the-counter access to Plan B (the dedica...

TV viewing before the age of 2 has no cognitive benefit, study finds

Boston, Mass. -- A longitudinal study of infants from birth to age 3 showed TV viewing before the age of 2 does not improve a child's language and visual motor skills, according to research conducted at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. The findings, published in the March iss...

Views on Old Age May Become Reality Later

What you think now could determine your health as you age, study shows FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that young people who assume life is rough for seniors are more likely to suffer from heart attacks and stroke when they reach that age themselves. "If pe...

PREZISTA(R) Now Available for Pediatric Patients Six Years of Age and Older as part of HIV Combination Therapy

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Tibotec Therapeutics, a division of Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., today announced the availability of a lower-dose (75 mg) formulation of PREZISTA (darunavir) for pediatric patients with HIV. The announcement follows the FDA approval of PREZISTA,...

ANA and ISONG Co-Publish Genetics and Ethics in Health Care: New Questions in the Age of Genomic Health

SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nursesbooks.org, the publishing program of American Nurses Association, in collaboration with the International Society of Nurses in Genetics has just released a book exploring the current ethical challenges associated with advances in gene...

Inspirational Dancers 50+ Prove Age is Just a Number

The Move Free Dancers, Led by Celebrity Choreographer Johnnie P., Encourage Active Adults to Keep Moving SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Move Free Dancers, a recreational performing dance troupe of active adults, age 50 and above, were unveiled today by Schiff(R), the makers o...

With Age Comes Greater Risk of Hypothermia

Higher temperatures when inside and more layers when outside are advised SATURDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Older people often focus their wintertime worries on fears of slipping on the ice, but they ought to be equally concerned about the risks of being too cold, advises the U.S. N...

Control of Inflammation May Benefit Many of the Most Feared Illnesses in Middle and Old Age

Millions of Americans are affected by chronic inflammation without knowing much about it. FlameEz.com is launched to provide the latest information and innovative products for chronic inflammation, the root cause of many of the most feared illnesses in middle and old age. ...

New Survey Reveals Majority of Women of Child-Bearing Age Unaware Folic Acid Should Be Consumed Before Pregnancy

Grain Foods Foundation Partners with March of Dimes to Remind Women of the Importance of Folic Acid in Preventing Birth Defects WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A new March of Dimes survey conducted by the Gallup organization and funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

CCHR Says New Mental Health Study on College Age Students Misleading

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) claims that a new mental health study on college-aged students published in the Archives of General Psychiatry is misleading by describing substance abuse as a mental illness to encourage the use of psychiatric drugs. ...

Brain starvation as we age appears to trigger Alzheimer's

CHICAGO --- A slow, chronic starvation of the brain as we age appears to be one of the major triggers of a biochemical process that causes some forms of Alzheimer's disease. A new study from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has found when the brain doesn't get enough sugar ...

Older age doesn't affect survival after bone marrow transplant

SAN FRANCISCO ― Age alone should not determine whether an older patient with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receives a blood stem cell transplant from a matched donor, researchers of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research reported today at the 5...

Research on the effects of stem cell source and patient age on transplantation outcomes

(SAN FRANCISCO, December 7, 2008) Two studies examining the effects of stem cell source and patient age on stem cell transplantation outcomes will be explored at a press conference taking place on Sunday, December 7, at 8:00 a.m., during the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematolo...

Escape cancer, but age sooner? The dark side of the tumor suppressing process

Cells shut down and stop dividing when their DNA is damaged, in a process known as cellular senescence, so as to prevent damaged DNA from leading to unregulated cell division and therefore cancer. However, a new study, published in this week's issue of PLoS Biology , has found that when these cel...

Funerary monument reveals Iron Age belief that the soul lived in the stone

Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body. University of Chicago researchers will describe the discovery, a testimony created by an Iron Ag...

'The Age Factor' on the Campaign Trail: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Keep Moving

New Survey Reports Sore Joints Won't Keep Seniors on the Sidelines SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Political pundits studying the Presidential candidates' every move on the campaign trail may ponder the impact of "the age factor," but seniors say sore joints won't keep America's agin...

Important Information, You Can't Afford to Miss ... NBC 10 and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Invite Local Families To Learn About FREE or Low-cost Health Insurance for Uninsured Kids and Teens up to Age 19

Join NBC 10 News Anchor Tracy Davidson at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for this FREE Seminar On Tuesday, October 21st, 6:30 - 8:00 PM BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Did you know that over 26,000 children in Greater Philadelphia are receiving FREE or low-cost health insura...

Study confirms colorectal cancer screening should start at age 50

Bethesda, MD (Sept. 1, 2008) Colorectal adenomas, the precursor polyps in virtually all colorectal cancers, occur infrequently in younger adults, but the rate sharply increases after age 50. Additionally, African Americans have a higher rate of proximal, or right-sided, polyps, and may have a wor...

Nearly half of US adults will develop painful knee osteoarthritis by age 85: study

Almost half of all U.S. adults and nearly two-thirds of obese adults will develop painful osteoarthritis of the knee by age 85, a study based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests. The study also found that a person's lifetime risk rose as their body mass index or BMI incr...

Thomas Jefferson University to Host Summit With National Experts to Discuss 'A New Age in Dementia Care'

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jefferson Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH) at Thomas Jefferson University, along with its soon-to-be-unveiled innovative Living Laboratory for Elder Care, will present the latest findings in dementia care at a summit it is hostin...

Global Leader In Age Management Announces New Indiana Medical Center

Cenegenics® Medical Institute, the world's largest age management practice, announced the opening of Cenegenics Indiana. The center is one of several the global leader is launching over 2008-2009. The new Cenegenics Indiana will complement the energetic lifestyle Bloomington is known for. Th...

Farming at young age may lead to bone disease in adulthood

Although farm chores are likely to keep young boys in shape and out of trouble, University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health experts caution that it could be harmful to overall bone health if done too often at a young age. A UC research team recently reported data suggesting that excessi...