Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...der workers would have to assume the job slots for younger workers ifthe number of younger workers decline.) "Furthermore, it may be that full-time employment at ages 65 to 70might be define...Premature Birth Sometimes Can Adversely Affect Infant's Ties To Mother
...w medical technology's ability tokeep increasingly younger babies alive may impact early cognitive development.Researchers gathered information about 37 babies, who weighed an averageof 2 pounds at birth and were born 13 weeks early in the normal 40-weekgestation period. The findings were detailed in the Se...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...oping countries die from cardiovascular disease at younger agesthan those in industrialized societies. In 19...disease deaths in developing countries were people younger than70, compared to almost 27 percent for industrialized countries. As a result,the World Health Or...Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
...tudies that have been done before on thislooked at younger children, and none has tested older children the way we did." "We strongly believe that if such programs were adopted statewide, inthe future we would see a reduction of heart disease in North Carolina." The UNC-CH study showed a larg...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
... those older than 60, but only 16 percent in those younger than 60. Onereason for the high death rate among p...days of symptoms or admission to the hospital. The younger patients werenearly twice as likely to get plasmapheresis, to get it early and to survive. ...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
...inimalcomplications. This group consists of those younger than 75 and those olderthan 75 with no additional stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure orheart disease. SPAF III studied the remaining 40 percent of atrial fibrillationpatients who had additional risk factors for stroke. The NIND...Stopping High Blood Pressure Drugs May Start A Stroke
... "Three groups are at particularly high risk -- younger people with highblood pressure, smokers with high blood pressure, and those who stop takingtheir blood pressure medications." These people have between five and seventimes more risk of suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage. The study did notdetermi...Remembering Your Medications: Older Are Wiser
...Perfect adherence was more common among older than younger adults, Parks found. Fully 47 percent of those over the age of 55 made no mistakes, compared withonly 28 percent of those between the ages of 34 and 54. What usually led to mistakes was being too busy, Park notes. Being slightlyunhappy also contribu......acutemyocardial infarction has been established in younger patients. This studyfound a similar benefit for Medicare beneficiaries 65 years old or older. Patients in the study receiving beta-blocker therapy at the time of dischargehad a 14 percent lower risk of death at one year after discharge. Th...Better Survival For Women With Breast Cancer -New Evidence On Chemotherapy
...t 10 years for every 100 womentreated. But, among younger women with no evidence of disease spread, thebenefits of chemotherapy were also substantial - about 7 fewer deaths per 100treated. Chemotherapy produced a small, but real, improvement in survival - ofabout 2-3 lives saved per 100 - for women in their......led in the study. Participants were younger than 16 years, had not been previously treated with protease inhibitors or NNRTIs, and were able to swallow capsules. The median age of the children was 8.0 years; the median CD4+ T cell cou...Prescription Counseling Necessary For Hospital Patients
... older were lesslikely than younger patients to know the purpose of their medications. The research appeared in a recent issue of the American Journal of Health System Pharmacy. Schommer said ...Medication Offers Hope For Relief From Burning Mouth Pain
... group that got the most relief were significantly younger thanthose in the group that had some relief, but side effects. Those who got the most relief also hadshorter histories of BMS and got relief with lower doses of clonazepam than either of the other twogroups. Since a total of 70 percent of subjects ex...Mechanism By Which Estradiol Protects Women From Heart Disease Suggested By Emory Team
...th widely varying levels of circulating estradiol: younger and older women, women at different days of the menstrual cycle, and women hyperstimulated withestradiol during in vitro fertilization. "Our results showed that estradiol at physiologic concentrations had no effecton oxidation, and LDL isolated from...Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women
...t country. However, if smoking continues toattract younger French women, female mortality rates attributable ...ercent), most of this difference being found among younger age groups,"King notes. "Almost half the French women surveyed between the ages of 18 and 24......ars of age to have a colonoscopy. Although younger people do not usually have colon cancer, three recentcases of physically fit patients in their mid-30s have focused attention on thedisease: Baseball players Eric Davis and Darryl Strawberry and model LeslieGlass. Glass, who was raised in Bal...New Book (And Web Site) Use 'Currency' Of Aging To Guide And Motivate Healthy Choices
...mething positive andimmediate, like being a little younger next Tuesday." "RealAge," he explained, "unifies an array of health topics by determiningexactly how they affect youth and vigor. It serves as a guide to makinginformed choices. RealAge places a value on those choices just as a pricetag reveals the v...Study Highlights Flu Risks For Women With Chronic Illness
...nza-associated hospitalizations occur among people younger than 65. The study tracked non-pregnant women under the age of 64 who were enrolled inTennessee's Medicaid program from 1974-1993. It was discovered that for every 10,000 women aged 15-44 deemed to be athigh-risk, 23 had cardiopulmonary hospitalizati...Exercise Is The Best Means Of Weight Control In Teenagers
...ly accounted for by the high rates of dieting at a younger age and psychiatric morbidity in girls. They say that in adolescents, controlling weight by exercise rather than diet restriction seems to carry less risk of developing eating disorders. Contact: Professor George Patton, Centre for Adolescent Healt...... similar to GBM."Patients may be eight to 10 years younger with a median survival of a few yearsrather than one year. But it's a high-grade tumor, and people with anaplasticastrocytoma can develop glioblastoma. So aggressive therapy is still required." Over 20 centers nationally are involved in the GBM phase...