Breast cancer in Asian Americans is rising faster than in any other ethnic group
...disease have dropped 16.3 percent since 1988. Both declines are more rapid than those seen in any of the other major ethnic groups, according to research reported today at the 5th Asian American Cancer Control Academy. The meeting is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and its Asian American Network fo...Major overhaul needed in end-of life care for patients with dementia
...ith long periods of stability punctuated by sudden declines and partial recovery. The proximate cause of death is usually a complication of the dementia, such as pneumonia or other infection, often triggered by the decreased mobility that comes with advanced dementia. A second barrier is the inabilit...Epilepsy study shows memory loss after brain surgery
...dies to what extent an SAH can lead to significant declines in memory functions, which memory functions are at risk of becoming impaired, and which determinants of outcome can be discerned," observed author Ulrike Gleissner, PhD. As a type of epilepsy surgery, SAH was originally developed to spare unaffect...Latest Public Policy & Aging Report forecasts possible US labor shortage
... productivity to rise sufficiently to fully offset declines in the size of the labor force. While employers may have some means to address likely labor force shortfalls, the authors see difficult choices ahead, especially those that may pit retirees against current workers. On the other hand, Peter Cappelli o...Northwestern Memorial named one of nation's top 12 hospital-affiliated infertility clinics
...in their late thirties and forties, when fertility declines markedly. Our mission was to acknowledge the immense challenge, the hope and the heartache that the journey into ART treatment often brings, and to arm our audience with the latest, most important information to help them make the best decisions for...Study says widely reported side effect of chemotherapy may be overestimated
...impairment "may overestimate the true incidence of declines in cognitive function secondaryto chemotherapy" and dismiss all too easily the impact of cancer on neuropsychological function....Uppsala scientists behind acclaimed health site
... "It turned out that DHEA, a hormone that normally declines with age, did not go down in the group that received treatment," adds Bengt Arnetz. PQL, which was developed with research funding from Alecta, is in use as of this year as a health-promoting tool at the university, based on a decision by the univer...Prevalence of HIV among childbearing women has declined in New York
..."White and Hispanic women experienced the greatest declines in NYC (68 percent and 61 percent, respectively),"...omen in NYS. "Throughout this period, significant declines in HIV prevalence have been observed in New York among childbearing women," the researchers write. ...Lower temperatures improve outcomes after bypass surgery
...ne-third of heart patients suffer from significant declines in cognitive abilities after undergoing major open heart surgery, Grocott said. "We are very close to putting this issue of the role of temperature on cognitive decline to rest," Grocott continued. "With this knowledge, we can now focus on the other ...'Use it or lose it' warning rings true when it comes to exercise
... "It's solid evidence that across-the-board declines occur when people stop exercising," said Charles E...ter the initial 10-week session showed significant declines on all mental and physical tests. "The non-exercisers returned to their pre-study levels of cogn...Eye disorder that can cause blindness is high among people with type 1 diabetes mellitus
.... "The prevalence of DR in the general population declines thereafter, reflecting a decreasing prevalence of type 1 DM in older age groups (possibly due to early mortality among persons with type 1 DM)." The authors conclude: "The prevalence of DR is expected to increase substantially by 2020, driven by an i...Duration of hospital stay has shortened for patients with heart attack
...1986 to 1999. The researchers observed significant declines in the average length of stay between the 1986-1988 period (which included 896 patients) and the 1997-1999 period (which included 1,330 patients), from 11.7 days in the earlier period to 5.9 days in the later. Patients who stayed in the hospital lon...Gaining health while giving back to the community
...Experience Corps improves key aging risk factors declines in physical, cognitive, and social activity a research team designed a two-year pilot study that compared 128 Experience Corps volunteers, ages 60 to 86, to a comparable control group. Participants in the study, predominantly African-American wom...Loss of smell linked to key protein in Alzheimer's disease
...linical signs of such diseases. If smell function declines as the levels of this protein increase in brain regions associated with smelling, the research could validate the use of smell tests for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. Their findings appear in the March 12th issue of the journal Brain Research, the...Evidence suggests that the brain can switch to 'automatic pilot' during learning
...wever, if performance improves and neural activity declines because we rapidly recover our previous responses, then this sort of change should severely disrupt performance and preclude neural activity reductions because the subjects can't use their earlier responses when the question direction changes." The r...Thursday, March 4, 2004 news tips
...d worse than men in '90s. Researchers say overall declines in coronary heart disease mortality mask key differences in trends by age and sex in the 1980s and 1990s, especially for "baby-boomers" -- those born between 1946-1964 and aged 36-55 in 2000. U. S. statistics show that overall CHD mortality per 100,...UF professor: Living choices need new terms for aging baby boomers
...frail and vulnerable elders, who have to deal with declines in their abilities to live independently and who sometimes require group housing options, such as congregate living, assisted living and continuing care communities." Golant has coined the term DOUERs, pronounced dooers, for deliberately occupied bu...Link between sleep, cancer progression explored by Stanford researcher
...l, which normally reaches peak levels at dawn then declines throughout the day. Cortisol is one of many hormones that help regulate immune system activity, including the activity of a group of immune cells called natural-killer cells that help the body battle cancer. One study found that people who are at hi...Sleep shortage takes toll on middle schoolers
...he average hours of sleep, which apparently led to declines in self-esteem and grades and a rise in depressive symptoms. Girls had a harder time than boys in getting enough sleep, she says. They got more sleep than boys as they started middle school, possibly because girls enter puberty earlier, creating a gr...Lifetime stroke risk higher for women, those with high blood pressure
...about the same, although while the risk for stroke declines slightly after age 85, the risk for Alzheimer's disease is slightly higher after age 85 for both men and women." During the follow-up period 279 participants developed Alzheimer's disease. "Two hundred and three of the Alzheimer's disease patients...