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FDA Warns About Antipsychotic Drugs and Elderly

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a public health advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and patient caregivers to new safety information concerning an unapproved (i.e., "off-label") use of certain drugs called "atypical antipsychotic drugs." These drugs are approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and mania, but clinical studies of these drugs to treat behavioral...

High-dose flu vaccines appear to safely boost immunity in elderly

High-dose influenza vaccines may increase elderly patients' immune response without significant adverse effects, offering this vulnerable population additional protection against the flu, according to an article in the May 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Vaccines containing inactivated influenza virus have been available for 50 years to prevent...

Elderly mice yield clues to the process of growing old

Delving deep into the molecular subtleties of a strain of mice engineered to age rapidly, scientists have found that an accumulation of genetic mutations prompts a cascade of programmed cell death that seems to underpin the aging process. Writing today (July 15, 2005) in the journal Science, a team of scientists led by University of Wisconsin-Madison geneticist Tomas A. Prolla describes a...

In-home sensors spot dementia signs in elderly

An Oregon Health & Science University study shows motion and door sensors placed in elders' homes can help track activity patterns thought to relate to memory changes that are early signs of dementia. The study results, presented last week at the 10th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in Madrid, show that continuous, unobtrusive monitoring of in-hom...

Elderly spinal cord injuries increase five-fold in 30 years, Jefferson neurosurgeons find

The number of spinal cord injuries among senior citizens (age 70 and above) has increased five times in the past 30 years, as compared with younger spinal cord injury patients, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson's Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley recently reported. As the population within the United States ages, it is estimated that...

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vitamin D needed in elderly for bone development

Vitamin D has an important role to play in proper development of bones in infants, thereby it is procured by sunlight exposure.// But a study says that a greater need is there in elderly especially when exposure to sunlight is limited. The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) today issued physician recommendations to generate greater understanding of the role of vitamin D in bon...

Depression a possible danger in elderly

According to a new study elderly patients who are depressed are more likely to be re-admitted to hospital. It has long been known that depression is linked to poor physical health, and this relationship may be especially common among older people. Researchers in Switzerland, studied over 300 patients on hospital admission, tested then for depression and then followed them up for six month...

More Elderly Take Inappropriate and Harmful Medications

More than one in five elderly Americans living on their own takes a medication that could put them at risk for injuries and illness. According to the report, more than 21% of elderly Americans--representing nearly 7 million// individuals--had received at least one of these 33 potentially inappropriate medications in 1996. Nearly 3% used a medication that elderly people should always av...

The elderly can sleep better now!

Researchers from Hong Kong have found from a recent study that auricular therapy may help the elderly who have trouble in getting a good night's sleep. Auricular therapy is an ancient treatment, similar to acupuncture, which is intended to stimulate certain nerve endings, particularly in the ear. The treatment is done by placing magnetic pearls on various points on the ear.// One hundr...

New method of measuring arterial stiffness in elderly hypertensives

Researchers have now discovered a new method by which arterial stiffness in elderly hypertensive patients can be evaluated, using the "arterial stiffness index", which is measured by computerized oscillometry at the upper arm. The researchers from the Osaka University Medical School in Japan studied 42 patients, 26 of whom were over 60 years of age. They evaluated arterial stiffness index...

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Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Vion Pharmaceuticals Presents Clinical Data from a Phase II Trial of Cloretazine (VNP40101M) in Elderly AML Patients with Unfavorable Cytogenetics at EHA Meeting

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VionPharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it presented clinical data ina poster session at the 12th Congress of the European HematologyAssociation (EHA) Meeting in Vienna, Austria on its lead anticanceragent Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M) as a single agent in amulti-center international Phase II clinical trial in a subset ofelderly pat...

Mircera Effective in Stabilising Haemoglobin Levels in Elderly Patients With Kidney Disease on Dialysis

Findings Illustrate Role of Innovative New Treatment in PopulationMost Affected by Chronic Kidney Disease BASEL, Switzerland, April 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new RochePhase III analysis shows once-monthly MIRCERA, a continuouserythropoietin receptor activator, effectively treats renal anaemiain one of the fastest growing groups of patients with chronickidney disease (CKD) -- elderly pati...

GTx Announces Ostarine Improved Insulin Resistance among Elderly Patients in a Recently Completed Phase II Clinical Trial

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 17, 2007 - GTx, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTXI) announced today that data from a recently conducted Phase IIOstarine(TM) clinical trial of 60 elderly men and 60 postmenopausalwomen revealed that insulin and glucose levels were reduced andinsulin resistance was improved among subjects receiving the 3 mgdose of Ostarine compared to baseline. These observations were even...