Learning to cover up reduces risk of skin cancer
Educating children in primary school and adults at the beach about the benefits of wearing sun-pro...her studies offered useful evidence for persuading adults to cover up at recreational and tourist settings like beaches, zoos or resorts. Interventions tested...Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
...ir conclusions from information provided by 73,003 adults aged 50 to 76 who lived in western Washington state. The researchers correlated obesity with 41 health conditions, including life-threatening conditions like heart failure; some, like high blood pressure, that increase the risk of more serious diseas...Researchers recommend vaccinating adolescents against whooping cough
Experts are recommending that adolescents and some adults be vaccinated against whooping cough to help preve...the symptoms can be as mild as a persistent cough, adults may not even realize that they are infected. The Global Pertussis Initiative (GPI), an internatio...Rush University Medical Center testing magnetic stimulation for depression
...ports that depression affects more than 18 million adults every year. Even with recent advances in antidepressant medications, a significant percentage of patients experience treatment-resistant or recurrent episodes of depression. Some patients cannot tolerate medications. This new research study, which in...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
...e prevalence of overweight and obesity among older adults has been dramatic. In 1999-2002, 69 percent of Americans age 65 and over were overweight or obese. In the last 2 decades, the increases among those age 65-74 have been especially striking. Between 1976-1980 and 1999-2002, the percentage of people age...African children with HIV would benefit from daily doses of cheap antibiotic
...imoxazole; no trials of this drug for HIV-infected adults or children have been done in areas with high levels of bacterial resistance to co-trimoxazole. Diana Gibb (Medical Research Council, UK) and colleagues studied 541 children with HIV symptoms aged between 1 and 14 years living in Zambia (a country w...Social supports lessen effects of maltreatment on children vulnerable to depression
...ed with the development of depression, but only in adults with histories of childhood maltreatment or recent stressful life events. After the release of serotonin from a cell into the synapse, this transporter takes the extra serotonin back into the cell so it is not degraded. In genetic pre-disposition to ...Data suggest ADDERALL XR significantly improved simulated driving in young adults with ADHD
...ly improved simulated driving performance in young adults aged 19 to 25 years with attention-deficit/hyperac...gnificantly improved ADHD symptom control of young adults with ADHD as compared with placebo. This preliminary, six-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled cr...Capsules may be effective in treating bipolar disorder
...practice in Raleigh. More than 2 million American adults are estimated to have bipolar disorder in any give..., recent research suggests approximately one in 30 adults suffer from bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is character...Location of body fat may be important in disability risk
...Nev. Houston and colleagues found that middle-age adults who had the highest levels of abdominal fat reported having the most difficulty performing such daily tasks as cooking, getting dressed and walking across a room, when they were surveyed nine years later. Adults who had both high abdominal fat and hi...Smoking not linked to hearing loss
...ng loss is one of the most common conditions among adults 65 years and older. Several studies have linked cardiovascular disease with hearing loss, and others have shown that hearing loss may be affected by cigarette smoking, a known cardiovascular disease risk factor. David M. Nondahl, M.S., of the Univ...Diabetes among older adults imposed an estimated $133.5 billion cost in 1990's
...nteeism among a national household sample of older adults interviewed over an 8-year period as part of the HRS. Since 1992, HRS has conducted interviews every 2 years with a nationally representative sample of 22,000 Americans age 50 and older to assess major trends in health and economic well-being. Betwe...Good intentions versus bad habits: Why the old ways win out
...s may help explain why it can be so hard for older adults to "learn new tricks" and maintain them over time. The findings are presented in an article, "Which Route to Recovery? Controlled Retrieval and Accessibility Bias in Retroactive Interference," which will appear in the November issue of Psychologic...Millions who suffer from nut and milk allergies could benefit from Stanford researcher's test
...d. Food allergies occur in 1 to 2 percent of adults and up to 8 percent of children age 8 or younger. "Currently, the only treatment is to avoid the relevant food," said Umetsu. "Unfortunately, that's often difficult." Accidental exposures happen because peanut and milk products are present in many p...Vegetable lovers should be viewed as different from fruit aficionados
...f the American Dietetic Association. It found that adults who preferred vegetables to fruits ate more spicy ...The study was based on a random selection of 2,000 adults who were mailed a survey. The 770 people (38 percent) who completed the survey had an average of 1....Study shows high-dose vitamin E supplements may increase risk of dying
...sease, the study's application to younger, healthy adults may be limited, the Hopkins researchers point out. Current United States dietary guidelines do not recommend vitamin E supplementation; however, the guidelines do set an upper tolerable intake limit of up to 1,500 IU per day. "Policy makers and gover...Adolescent gamblers often suffer psychiatric problems
...mbled legally in the past year, and, although most adults gamble responsibly, about nine million are classif...The data was compared with 299 adolescents and 187 adults who are not gamblers. Adolescent and young gamblers were more likely than non-gambling peers to repo...News tips for Tuesday, November 9, 2004
...moking prevalence has decreased in black and white adults of all ages, and now is about equal in both groups. Overall, smoking by blacks declined from 34 percent to 26 percent, and by whites from 29 percent to 26 percent. Smoking prevalence was higher in black men than white men (33 percent versus 28 perc...Asymptomatic cardiovascular changes are powerful predictor of future heart disease
...inal study of coronary heart disease and stroke in adults over age 65 sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. "Now we can identify older men and women who don't have any clinical disease or other risk factors, and yet who are at very high risk," said D...Study reveals link between cardiovascular risk and cognitive decline
... United States, affecting an estimated one in four adults and 40 percent of people over the age of 40. It is defined as a cluster of five simultaneous disorders: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood triglycerides (fats), low levels of HDL -- the so-called "good" cholesterol -- and high blood g...