Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...g -- as well as information on Social Security and disability insurancepayments. On average, they said, increasi... nearly as great if there were a large increase in disability paymentsfor workers once they pass age 65, but that has not been the case, the researcherssaid. The...New Ultrasound Technique Is Alternative To Cerebral Angiography
...ose who are at riskof stroke, the leading cause of disability in the United States. But cerebral angiography, the current method which uses dyes in theblood to assess blockage before deciding whether to operate, can itself provokea stroke. This new method would reduce the need for cerebral angiography ...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
... strokes are taking an increasing tollof death and disability in the United States. CHF deaths increased 115.7 percentfrom 1979 to 1995, and hospitalizations rose 131.3 percent. Stroke-relateddeaths are up 10 percent since 1991, and hospitalizations from stroke haveincreased 24 percent from 1979 to 1995. "If w...Study Finds Incidence Of Stroke Over 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Stated Figures
...search on stroke, which ranks as the No. 1cause of disability in the United States and the nation's No. 3 cause of death. Prior to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky study, it was already knownthat stroke severely affects the African-American population. Death rates forstroke are 97 percent higher for b...... "If you're more fearful of having a permanent disability than you are ofdying, you tend to listen very closely and learn to do things to prevent astroke," he says. In their two-phase study, the researchers assessed public knowledge ofstroke by randomly sampling 1,314 people by telephone in the cit...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...tion -- could makecardiovascular disease death and disability numbers rise at even more alarmingrates than those predicted on the basis of the aging population. "The industrialized nations had both the means and the time to cope withtheir epidemic; the developing countries have neither," he says. Calli...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
...an in 1928. Films that had a majorcharacter with a disability traditionally served in special education --emotio...iatric disturbances, byfar the most common type of disability portrayed in the films studied by Safran,followed by physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, me...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...en one symptom of stroke -- thenumber one cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in thiscountry. And the people most likely to suffer a stroke -- those over 75 yearsold -- are the least likely to know the symptoms of stroke and whether they're atrisk for having a stroke. In interviews with mo...New Stroke Treatment Likely To Decrease Health Care Costs And Increase Quality Of Life
... a stroke. Stroke is the numberone cause of adult disability in the United States, costing the nation more than$40 billion a year, and is the third leading cause of death. The NINDS is the nation's principal supporter of research on the brainand nervous system and a lead agency for the Congressionally ...ACE-Inhibitors Score High In Reducing Heart Attack Deaths
...e of heart failure -- a major causeof heart attack disability -- by six cases per 1,000 in the first 30 days. Oneof the four studies, which formed the basis for this data, the GISSI-3 study inItaly, found that ACE-inhibitors given for 42 days reduced heart failure at arate of eight per 1,000. Heart failure is...World's First Producer To Repair Brain Damage From Stroke
...g cause of death and the most common cause ofadult disability in the United States, according to the National Institutes ofHealth. Each year, 700,000 Americans suffer a stroke. Thirty percent die and20-30 percent become severely and permanently disabled. The total cost forcaring for all aspects of stroke is ...Orlistat Is Not A Miracle Diet Pill
... health care costs and a substantial proportion of disability pensions. In this week's BMJ John Garrow, a former Professor of Human Nutrition, notes that there have been misplaced claims that the new obesity drug orlistat, will enable fat people to eat what they like and still lose weight. He stresses that thi...Exercise Can Help To Exorcise Stroke Risk
...ting of the blood." Strokes, the leading cause of disability in the United States, occur when bloodflow to the brain is blocked by a blood clot or when fat-filled plaque clogs thevessels leading to the brain.Although this study looked almost exclusively at whether a correlation existedbetween physical activity...Comprehensive Effort Needed To Prevent And Treat Traumatic Injuries
...ases." Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among people under age 35in the United States. They result in nearly 150,000 deaths, 2.6 millionhospitalizations, and 36 million visits to emergency rooms each year. The lostproductivity and hospital costs resulting from injuries top $260 billionan...Growing Younger By Keeping Up Regular Physical Activity
...walking several days a week decreasedtheir risk of disability and improved their ability to walk distances, climbstairs, stoop, crouch, kneel, and carry objects. The risk of disabilitydecreased by one-third for whites and two-thirds for African-Americans. Older people not only can slow down aging by m...UF Researchers Cite Possible Link Between Autism, Schizophrenia And Diet
...to theAutism Society of America. The developmental disability typically appearsduring the first three years of life and is characterized by problemsinteracting and communicating with others. Many individuals exhibitrepeated body movements such as hand-flapping or rocking and may resistchanges in routine. In som...Wake Up To Stroke -- Night Strokes Linked To Long Delays In Care
...ke is the No. 3 cause of deathand a major cause of disability in the United States. About 600,000 strokesoccur each year, 160,000 of which are fatal. In the study, 559 patients with stroke-like symptoms were questioned uponarrival at hospital emergency departments in North Carolina, South Carolina andColorado ...Tip Sheet: Think About Your Health In April
...elieve that aging isinvariably related to disease, disability and dementia," Kaplan said. Kaplanand colleague William J. Strawbridge, a research scientist at the HumanPopulation Laboratory in Berkeley, found the cumulative experience (threedecades) of heavy drinking, smoking, lack of physical activity and dep...Disabilities Don't Raise Insurance Costs
...managers has found thatcompanies' health, life and disability insurance costs rarely rise because ofhiring emplo...eyed alsoreported that: their companies now have disability management programs and that suchprograms really help the companies comply with ADA regulations; th...New Three Year Follow-up Data Of Novantrone In Multiple Sclerosis
...ityprogression in MS clinical trials. It measures disability based on the level ofneurologic impairment by rating a patient's level of function from zero (normalneurological exam) to 10 (death due to MS), with every half-point increase onthe scale representing a progressive deterioration of ability. Ov...