Age in Medical Technology

Brain Fitness Makes Boomers Age Younger

Posit Science Study Shows Ten Year Improvements in Memory and Attention SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Baby Boomers will age differently, according to experts gathered at the Sixth Annual Boomer Venture Summit at Santa Clara University . And, it's not just that they will act yo...

Research Explores the Effects of Stem Cell Source and Patient Age on Stem Cell Transplantation Outcomes

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 Socie...

Task Force Says Men Age 75 and Older Should Not Be Screened For Prostate Cancer

/CAUTION -- ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT MONDAY, AUG. 4/ /ADVANCE/ ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 4 -- Men age 75 and older should not be screened for prostate cancer, and younger men should discuss the benefits and harms of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test with their clinicians before be...

AstraZeneca Submits an sNDA for SYMBICORT(R) for the Treatment of Asthma in Children as Young as Age Six

WILMINGTON, Del., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced that it submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of a new indication for SYMBICORT(R) (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) In...

St. Jude Finds Young Age May Give Survival Advantage to Children With Certain Brain Tumors

The improved survival of children under 3 years old with diffuse pontine glioma compared to older children suggests that the biological properties of this cancer may be distinct in young patients MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investiga...

Epeius Biotechnologies Applauds the Belated Scholarship of Their Academic Contemporaries in 2007, As Targeted Gene Therapy Comes of Age in Clinical Medicine

SAN MARINO, Calif., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation announced today their appreciation of the accomplishments of their contemporaries in 2007, a truly remarkable year in terms of biomedical research, scholarship, and gonzo journalism. It was a year in which a definit...

Adding Thalidomide to Standard Therapy Improves Survival in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients Over Age 75

Phase III Clinical Data on Thalidomide in Multiple Myeloma Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 43rd Annual Meeting CHICAGO, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmion Corporation today reported the final results of a Phase III study demonstrating that the addition of Thali...

Geron Corp. Licensee TA Sciences Announces Landmark 7/07/07 Teleconference to Answer Questions About TA-65, Their Telomerase Activator With Proven Age Management Benefits

NEW YORK, June 15, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Telomerase Activation Sciences, Inc. (T.A. Sciences) recently announced the results of the Pivotal 2005 Anti-Aging Trial of TA-65, the first human trial ever to show demonstrated, measurable and positive anti-aging benefits from a Telomerase Activator. Stati...

Arterial Plaque Significantly Reduced in Women Age 50-59 Taking Hormones, Says New Analysis of Women's Health Initiative Data

Fourth Study to Indicate that Early Use of Estrogen May be Cardio-Protective PHOENIX, June 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysis of Women's Health Initiative data published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows significant reduction in calcified plaque for women aged 50 to 59 ...

UCB Announces Positive Top-Line Phase III Results for Keppra as Adjunctive Therapy for Partial Onset Seizures in Paediatric Patients from One Month to Less than Four Years of Age

UCB Announces Positive Top-Line Phase III Results for Keppra® as Adjunctive Therapy for Partial Onset Seizures in Paediatric Patients from One Month to Less than Four Years of Age BRUSSELS, Belgium - April 20, 2007 - UCB today announced positive top-line results from a phase III, double-blin...

Regular Yoga Practice Is Associated With Mindful Eating

... and weight-loss programs, among other venues. More than 80 percent of the study participants were women, well-educated and Caucasian, with an average age of 42. Participants provided self-reported information on a number of factors, including weight, height, yoga practice, walking for exercise or transp...

TWO NEW KLRI PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: Hormone Therapy May Reduce Atherosclerosis in Women Close to Menopause; Growth Hormone May Increase Risk of Diabetes, Improve Lipid Profile in Men

...al practice--beginning trials on women of a median age of 63, as opposed to 51 (the average age of menopause in the United States). Younger women ...healthy, ambulatory men and women over 65 years of age for a period of six months. The study found that G...

Study Results Show That Minimally Invasive Therapy is Successful for Over Two-Thirds of Stroke Patients Treated Outside the Standard Eight-Hour Window

...ke centers across the United States. Of the 237 study participants, 49 percent were males and 51 percent were females, with a mean (or average) age of 64 years and whose mean time from last seen well to t reatment was 15 hours. On the standard National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) -- ...

Is Your Hair Taking a Break?

...ay be used off-label to treat female hair loss, including finasteride (which is FDA-approved for male-pattern hair loss) for women of non-childbearing age only, and the anti-androgens spironolactone and flutamide that work by blocking the male hormone testosterone at the cellular level of the hair follic...

Neurointerventionists Expand Research to Quality of Life in Aneurysm Patients Following Minimally Invasive Coiling Treatment

...sels with dye in order to clearly visualize the vessel structures), study authors evaluated 30 subjects (including 12 males and 18 females ranging in age from 24 - 73 years of age) who were selected from their database of 248 coiled patients and who underwent the procedure in 2006 and 2007. Study subje...

Economy is Driving Many Osteoporotic Women to Retire Later - But Their Ability to Work May Be Undermined by Sub-Optimal Management of Their Disease

...is Foundation's (NOF) first prevalence report published in 1997. This report, like the 1997 version, highlights the estimated number of women and men age fifty and older in the United States who have or are at high risk for developing osteoporosis due to low bone mass. Prevalence estimates are based on...

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for INTUNIV(TM) (guanfacine) Extended Release for the Treatment of ADHD in Children and Adolescents

...esults from the national comorbidity survey replication. Am J Psychiatry. 2006; 163:716-723. 16. Annual Estimates of the Population by Selected age Groups and Sex for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 (NC-EST2005-02). U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/N...

Wyeth Reports Publication of Phase 3 Data for Bazedoxifene/Conjugated Estrogens, an Investigational Compound Being Studied for the Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms

... women in the placebo treatment group lost BMD. About Menopause Approximately 40 million women in the United States are of menopausal age (45 to 64 years). Of these women, 17 million experience vasomotor symptoms; 9 million experience moderate to severe symptoms. Menopause is different f...

Takeda Provides Update on the Investigational Fixed-Dose Combination of alogliptin and ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl)

...atients with type 1 "juvenile" diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. ACTOS has not been studied in children and is not recommended for children under the age of 18. ACTOS may be taken alone or with a sulfonylurea, metformin, or insulin. I mportant Safety Information About ACTOS ACTOS is not...

Schering-Plough Announces U.S. Filing of Mometasone Furoate/Formoterol Fumarate Combination for the Maintenance Treatment of Asthma

...enance treatment of asthma in patients 12 years of age and older. Mometasone furoate/formoterol...ent of asthma in patients younger than 12 years of age and for use in COPD is currently in Phase III deve...tenance treatment of asthma in patients 4 years of age and older. ASMANEX TWISTHALER will not relieve sud...

July 2009 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights a Positive Outlook, Bell's Palsy and Heart Valve Repair

... from the Women's Health Initiative, a study involving nearly 100,000 women age 50 and older, recently found that women who have an optimistic outlook live... Bell's palsy can affect anyone, at any age. The risk rises until about age 40 and then begins to decrease. The condition is most likely to occur in pe...

Mayo Clinic Study Finds Earliest Evidence of Memory Decline in Middle-Aged People at Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

...associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease and a slightly younger age at the onset of clinically significant memory and thinking problems. ...ion." Alzheimer's disease afflicts about 10 percent of people over age 65 and almost half over 85. With the skyrocketing number of people living t...

Results From Drug Trials and New Risk Factors Announced at International Alzheimer's Conference

...zheimer's and Dementia Continue to Rise, Even Past age 90 The number of people with Alzheimer'...eimer's Association International Conference. This age group is the fastest growing segment of the popula...level off and perhaps even go down a bit in people age 90 and above. Post Traumatic Stress Dis...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Commences Phase 1 Study of KRX-0401 (Perifosine) in Recurrent Pediatric Solid Tumors at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

...y solid tumor that has failed standard therapy. Patients up to 18 years of age with a performance status of greater than 40% are eligible for this study. ... Approximately 12,400 children and adolescents younger than 20 years of age are diagnosed with some type of cancer each year. Among these, approximatel...

PTSD Associated With Higher Alzheimer's/Dementia Risk; Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Lower it

...in the recognition, management, or prevention of Alzheimer's. Mean age of the population was 50 years, the range was 30-85 years; 76% of responden...epartment of Veterans Affairs National Patient Care Database. Mean baseline age of the veterans was 68.8 years and 97% were male. They followed the veteran...

Risks of Delaying ACL Reconstruction in Young Athletes May Be Too High, Study Shows

...pairing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in young athletes under the age of 14. "The risk of inducing a growth disturbance with early reconstru...Medicine. Researchers analyzed the records of 69 patients, 14 years of age and younger who had undergone ACL reconstruction between 1991 and 2005. Dat...

Shoulder Surgery Doesn't Prevent Return to Sports

... respondents regularly participated in sports prior to surgery. The average age of the patients was 68.5 with an age range from 47-93. Patients were followed for a minimum of one year. Re...

ASMANEX(R) (Mometasone Furoate Dry Powder Inhaler) Now Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma in Adult Patients

... is approved for the maintenance treatment of asthma in patients 4 years of age and older. ASMANEX will not relieve sudden asthma symptoms and is not for c...ise. The most common side effects with ASMANEX in patients 12 years of age and older include headache, allergic rhinitis, sore throat, and upper respi...

Neuroscience Researcher Has Positive Message for International Alzheimer's Awareness Week, July 6 - 12: 'Even Though World Economy is Declining, Alzheimer's Research is Advancing'

... own calcium-binding proteins but we gradually stop producing them at about age 40, and that's when our neurons start to weaken and we begin to experience ...he discovery, development and commercialization of novel medicines to treat age related memory loss and the diseases of aging. The company's therapeutic pr...

5-Year Study Published in Diabetologia Demonstrated Long-Term Safety of Lantus(R) Compared to NPH

...ield stereoscopic fundus photographs was used. Main characteristics of the population were the following and well balanced between groups: : mean age 55, 54% males, mean baseline HbA1c 8.4 vs 8.3% (glargine vs NPH) diabetes duration 11 years, and about 70% of the population was already treated with ...

Number of Patients With Dementia on the Rise

...hly 50 percent of people who reach 85 will become demented, according to studies conducted by investigators at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. By age 100, the number spikes to 60 percent. Of those who develop dementia, roughly 60 percent will prove to have Alzheimer's disease. It's predicted that th...

MedImmune Funds Study to Help Gain Insights Into Full Burden of RSV Disease Among Premature Infants

...st observational prospective study designed to assess the burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among preterm infants 32-to-35 weeks gestational age (GA) in outpatient settings during their first year of life. The study also seeks to gather virology data regarding the national onset of the RS...

SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP for Once-Monthly Subcutaneous Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

...sing spondylitis is a painful and progressive form of spinal arthritis, and symptoms of inflammatory back pain often first present in people under the age of 35 years. On the European continent, it is estimated that prevalence ranges from 0.2 to one percent of the entire population. It typically begins i...

Responses After Completion of Therapy Increase Pixantrone Complete Remission (CR)/Unconfirmed Complete Remission (CRu) Rate to 24% and Overall Response Rate (ORR) to 40% Compared to 7% and 14% for Comparator Agents in Phase III EXTEND Trial in 3rd Line Th

...or group were observed consistently across all of the following subgroups: age (<65 or >= 65 years old); whether the patient was refractory to last ... greater than or equal to 2. Patients greater than or equal to 65 years of age that received pixantrone achieved a CR/CRu rate of 26.1% (6 of 23 patients)...

HEALTHPOINT-Sponsored Venous Leg Ulcer Clinical Trial Enrolls First Subject for Second Phase II Study

...d Europe, according to Mr. Baugh. About the Study The study is a randomized, double-blind, dose-finding study involving subjects 18 years of age and older who have had venous leg ulcers for a minimum of six weeks and a maximum of 24 months. The ulcers must be between 2 cm2 and 12 cm2 in area at...

Neurocrine Biosciences Presents Elagolix Data

...yperplasia. About Endometriosis Endometriosis is a painful gynecological disease that affects approximately 7.5 million women of reproductive age in the United States alone. The pain caused by endometriosis can be related to menstruation (dysmenorrhea), sexual intercourse (dyspareunia) as well a...

Study Suggests Vitamin D Screening and Appropriate Supplementation Indicated for All Cancer Patients

... status and categorizes into three distinct classes of nutritional status: well nourished, moderately malnourished and severely malnourished. The mean age at presentation was 55.7 years (SD = 10.2) and the most common cancer types were lung (133, 18%), breast (131, 17.8%), colorectal (97, 13.2%), pancrea...

Researchers Say More Aggressive Vitamin D Supplementation Needed in Obese Cancer Patients

...s evaluated a group of 740 cancer patients seen at CTCA from January 2008 to June 2008. Of the 740 patients, 303 were male and 437 female, with a mean age at presentation of 55.7 years (SD = 10.2). The mean BMI was 27.9 kg/m2 (SD = 6.7). The most common cancers were lung (134, 18.1%), breast (131, 17.7%)...

FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Zyprexa for Two Adolescent Indications

...phrenia experience onset of the disease before the age of 19(5). Studies have suggested that early-onset ...dults, or about 2.6 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year(7). It has an estimat...st manic episode during adolescence, with the peak age of onset for this group of patients occurring betw...

Two-Year Data Show Patients Receiving SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) Experienced Sustained Improvement in Signs and Symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

...ondylitis AS is a painful and progressive form of spinal arthritis, and symptoms of inflammatory back pain often first present in people under the age of 35 years. It typically begins in the late teens and early twenties and in severe cases can result in fusing of the spinal vertebrae and cause stru...