Obesity in middle age may drastically raise future medicare expenditures
... severely obese men.Approximately 130 million U.S. adults are overweight or obese. At the same time, the U.S...th Statistics indicate that the proportion of U.S. adults aged 65 and older will increase from about 12 percent currently to 20 percent by 2050. ...Health care charges higher for older adults who were overweight or obese when younger
...eart disease (CHD). Approximately 130 million U.S. adults are currently overweight or obese, defined as havi... and greater, respectively. The proportion of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older is estimated to increase from 12 percent currently to 20 percent by 2050. Ob...Accumulated lead exposure may be an important risk factor for cataracts
... Exposure has not been totally eliminated and most adults continue to have substantial levels of lead in the...ead exposure, such as that commonly experienced by adults in the United States, may be an important, unrecognized risk factor for cataract. This research sugg...Bulimic teens also likely to suffer from depression
...he says. Perez says that it is possible for adults to suffer from both disorders, but she notes that ...making major depression more likely to co-exist in adults than dysthymia. She reasons that as the course of bulimia progresses, the social support n...Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease varies by ethnicity
...tty liver disease in nearly one third of American adults in a large urban population sample. The prevalence of the disease varied significantly among ethnic groups. Hispanics had a higher prevalence than whites, while blacks had a lower prevalence than whites. The study is found in the December 2004 issue ...Sleep loss boosts appetite, may encourage weight gain
...rome and diabetes." In the last 40 years, American adults have cut their average sleep time by nearly two hours. In 1960, U.S. adults slept an average of 8.5 hours a night. By 2002, that had fallen to less than seven hours a night. ...Generic drug use varies widely by state, study reveals
...t FDA-approved generic medications to lower-income adults and children for health problems such as diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, breast cancer and depression. Medicines through Rx Outreach cost $18 for a three-month supply or $30 for a six-month supply. Rx Outreach offers significant savings. Witho...New tipifarnib (R115777) data in AML presented at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
...y 65 percent of new cases are expected to occur in adults age 65 or over. AML is expected to claim an estimated 8,870 lives in the U.S. in 2004. Tipifarnib was discovered and developed at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development. Administered orally, tipifarnib is believed to inhibit farn...Diabetics with mental disorders at increased risk for diabetic complications
...surance claims data from more than 26,000 diabetic adults between the ages of 18 and 64 living in Iowa. "Even when we controlled for utilization of healthcare services, diabetics with mental disorders did less well at controlling their diabetes and had more complications than diabetics who had no mental he...Study shows haploidentical natural killer cells may provide hope for some patients with AML
...nosed with AML this year, about 90 percent will be adults age 65 and older. Approximately 8,870 people with AML will die this year. Miller and his research team found in previous studies that natural killer cells derived from the patient did not provide the anti-tumor effect. In...Ongoing transfusions needed to avoid strokes in children with sickle cell disease
...rst Food and Drug Administration-approved drug for adults with sickle cell disease, which is still under study in children. The drug raises the level of fetal hemoglobin, which cannot sickle. Another approach is modifying the transfusion program to deliver less iron. Dr. McKie, Professor Emeritus of Pediatr...The impact of body weight on the progression of knee osteoarthritis
...(OA) of the knee affects an estimated 6 percent of adults over age 30. AT present, no treatments are available that have been shown to impede the destructive course of this disease, apart from knee replacement surgery. Numerous studies have shown that being overweight increases the risk of developing knee...NIAID seeks applicants to lead revamped HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
...the discovery of antiretrovirals to treat HIV-1 in adults and children; the development of strategies to successfully prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission; and the significant progress in the global search for an AIDS vaccine. This newly designed clinical research structure will now provide us with the ...Brain remapping may be key to recovery from stroke
... simulated a learning problem by having 17 healthy adults wear a synthetic glove with fiber-optic cables on their dominant hand. The glove translated hand movements into signals, which were sent to the computer and transformed into the two-dimensional position of a cursor on the computer screen. The subject...Parents failing to recognise obesity in their children
...e authors. With more than half of British adults overweight, and obesity among preschool children up by 70% in a generation, these findings are alarming say the researchers. The apparent lack of parental concern about their overweight children is probably due to a lack of awareness, they conclude, ...Decline in cardiovascular disease reported in patients with diabetes
...he last 50 years. However, it is uncertain whether adults with diabetes, who are at a two- to four-fold incr...amingham Heart Study in order to determine whether adults with and without diabetes underwent similar declines in CVD. Two sets of study participants, aged 45...More muscle means better regulation of blood pressure, study finds
...etween lean body mass and higher blood pressure in adults and children. And when the MCG researchers started analyzing their data on how 127 young adults with normal blood pressure responded to stress, they found the same thing. "I thought the data was w...Study finds mental health needs of older adults substantially underserved
...g Use and Health, the researchers found that older adults were three times less likely than younger adults (individuals aged 18-64) to receive outpatient mental heath care. Only 2.5% of older adults through...Low-glycemic load diet may improve ability to stay on diet longer
...llel-design study of 39 over-weight or obese young adults aged 21 to 40 years who received an energy-restricted diet, either low-glycemic load or low-fat. Participants' body composition, REE, blood cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose and insulin levels were measured and studied before and after 1...... opportunities to explore treatments to help older adults maintain their function." A primary component of the renin-angiotensin system is ACE, or angiotensin converting enzyme, which converts angiotensin I, an inactive protein in the blood, to angiotensin II, a protein that constricts blood vessels. Angiot...