New study indicates arsenic could be suitable as first-line treatment in type of leukaemia
... people of all ages, although it is more common in older people. The five-year survival rate for patients receiving the current optimum treatment of chemotherapy plus ATRA (All Trans-Retinoic Acid a vitamin A-based substance) is between 60 and 80 percent. "There have been a few studies done using arsenic ...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...ique pathology compared with changes that occur in older adults without dementia. "We're getting a better...ral lobe. Comparing volume in young adults, older adults without dementia, and individuals with mild dementia of the Alzheimer type, they found clear ...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
...s of trees that produce higher levels of VOCs than older growth forests. In the South, pine plantations used for their fast-growing supplies of timber have proven to be havens for sweetgum trees, which are major producers of VOCs. Indeed, virtually every tree that grows fast -- a desirable quality for fore...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...onstrictor responsiveness appears to be greater in older men during exercise. 4.17 Adrienne Visocchi, et al. (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) The effect of isometric arm or leg exercise on resting blood pressure and arterial distensibility in persons medicated for hypertension. Isometric handgrip...Fortifying food with folic acid benefits babies
...se women and of the sample of seniors 65 years and older increased significantly. The incidence of neural tube defects in the province reduced from an average of 4.36 defects per 1000 births between 1991 and 1997, prior to fortification, to an average of 0.96 defects per 1000 births between 1998 and 2001, ...Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease
...million Americans. The number will increase as the older segment of the population increases. If there are no significant improvements in treatment, there will be a three-fold increase in the number of persons with Alzheimer's disease in the U.S. by 2050....New sign language suggests children create language's fundamentals through learning
...are the most fluent users of the language, not the older adults," Senghas said. The researchers studied a trait central to all developed languages called "discreteness," meaning that information is packaged into separate elements that can be put together according to various rules. For example, no matter w...Researchers identify distinctive signature for metastatic prostate cancer
...f the indolent form, for example, were detected in older men, it might not be as necessary to perform a prostatectomy, since there would be little likelihood of metastasis. "This finding also suggests that it may be possible to treat the metastatic disease with inhibitors of the Hedgehog pathway," said Be...Joslin Diabetes Center adds first affiliate in California at Irvine Medical Center
...Previously considered a disease of middle aged and older adults, type 2 diabetes is associated with overeating and inactivity. In an effort to decrease the incidence of the disease, they're investigating innovative ways to increase physical activity and optimize nutrition education programs in schools. A...New evidence of radiation risk in childhood leukaemia
...sentations of new data as well as fresh reviews of older data. Both pre-conceptual and in utero exposure will come under scrutiny today, with factors such as cigarette smoke, electromagnetic fields and use of medication being presented for discussion. It is hoped that out of the conference which has attr...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
...leagues have extended their cancer-risk studies to older Chernobyl survivors and are investigating how the damage caused to DNA by radiation influences the risk of developing thyroid cancer. This work is part of Fred Hutchinson's Global Health Initiative, which focuses on international collaboration to und...DHA-rich diet protects brain from Alzheimer's damage, UCLA study shows
... acids. They divided the animals into two sets of older mice, which already showed brain lesions but displayed no major loss of brain-cell activity. The researchers placed both groups on the new diet, but fed the second group DHA supplements from algae. After five months, the researchers compared eac...Modest climate change could lead to substantially more and larger fires
...ll likely reduce the number and size of patches of older forests, the authors say. Corridors of wild areas between forests, through which species might migrate if their home territory goes up in flames, also could be affected, possibly eliminated. "The winners after fires in these cases are the weedy, ada...Regular physical activity really does boost immune system in older men
...SDA, MD (August 24, 2004) As they get older, many older people, mostly men, are fond of saying something a...set some of the immune function decline in healthy older people. However most earlier studies tested the effect of exercise on immune function using in vitro...Infant rats eagerly accept high concentrations of alcohol upon first exposure
... we know how the infant brain differs from that of older rats, so we can now begin to identify which age-related differences in the brain might account for the age-related differences in alcohol intake. In the long run, this could help us somehow control, pharmacologically, that part of the brain that dis...Fundamental change to Immunology 101
...d to be difficult to reconstitute, particularly in older patients. What about this process of T-cell produc...hese questions. Does this process change as we get older and what can we do about it?," asks Bhandoola. ...Transcriptional gene silencing in nucleus shown by UCSD/VA medical researchers
... area outside the nucleus. The new technique, and older gene-silencing methods that have given rise in recent years to a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical industry, utilizes ribonucleic acid (RNA), the cousin of DNA. Specifically, researchers use synthetic, short pieces of RNA called short interfering ...Oldest evidence for processing of wild cereals: starch grains from barley, wheat, on grinding stone
...l be exciting to continue to analyze some of these older artifacts, to see if we can find evidence that they were used to process plants. We're trying to find answers to two big questions: When were the first wild grains systematically collected as food and when did people begin to process seeds and und...New UCF researchers, college will help fight Alzheimer's disease, cancer
...ere injected into their brains. In some cases, the older rats began to perform as well as young ones in the maze. Sugaya plans to continue using rats to test the viability of injecting stem cells into brains. "This could be the fountain of youth if you can do it safely," said Sugaya, who is the founder of ......study wheelchair propulsion and balance control of older adults. And the pair collaborate with Rick Naill, a musician and master teacher at the Colburn School of Music, and Anna Pattison and Peggy Tsutsui of the USC Dental School, who are training the next generation of dental hygienists. "If we understan...