Teenage girls lacking in vitamin D
...arch, a time of the year when the nutrient usually falls to its lowest level over the course of the year. In September, when the nutrient is usually at its highest level, 17 percent also fell below the standard, currently 20 nanograms per milliliter of blood. As scientists uncover more details about the ...Air pollution may significantly worsen respiratory allergies in individuals with genetic risk
... enzyme at all. About 50 percent of the population falls into this category. Meanwhile, the GSTP1 gene can occur with a common variation called ile105. People born with two of the ile105 form of the gene produce a less-effective form of the GSTP1 enzyme. This less-effective form occurs in about 40 percent...Cobblestone mat walking shows health benefits for elderly
...orted greatly improved perceptions of control over falls and had reductions in resting diastolic blood pressure. "These are very exciting results," notes John Fisher, Ph.D., one of the lead scientists on the study. "We know that exercise improves the health of older adults, yet many conventional exercis...Beers criteria for medications to avoid in the elderly updated
...dverse drug events, such as depression, confusion, falls and even death. "I don't know that there is enough evidence to tell us exactly what the reasons are, but my theory would be because generally older people are on more medicines, because they have more chronic diseases, so it's an interaction of multi...Lack of sun poses danger in our twilight years
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to falls and injuries in elderly women living in residentia... to show that vitamin D levels predict the risk of falls among such women. "The solution to vitamin D deficiency may simply be supplying safe and readily av...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, November 18, 2003
...clude that delaying HAART until the CD4 cell count falls to 200 does not increase the mortality rate if the patients comply with the drug regimens. Adherence to the medication regimens is the critical determinant of survival, not the CD4 cell count when HAART is begun, they say....Vibrating insoles could improve balance for elderly people
...ple--withimplications for an eventual reduction in falls and consequences such asbone fractures. The somatosensory nervous system (providing touch and position sense)deteriorates with age, and is associated with the impairment of physicalbalance. James J Collins from Boston University, USA, and colleaguesi...Deaths after fracture have not declined in 20 years
... the need for measures to prevent osteoporosis and falls and their consequences in elderly people, they conclude....Chronic diseases linked to falls in elderly women
.... In fact, chronic diseases may account for 30% of falls in this group. Researchers at the University of Br...taken may be a more useful strategy for preventing falls in elderly people, conclude the authors....HIV researcher at Rush awarded grant from Doris Duke Foundation
...kers when an HIV positive patient's CD4 cell count falls under 200, which is when the patient needs antiviral therapy. For this study, Landay's team has selected Bali, a country off the coast of Australia. Many countries like Bali do not have the infrastructure to support more sophisticated HIV and CD4 ce...Extended, progressive physical therapy aids stroke survivors mobility
...eading cause of disability in older Americans, and falls are a major problem for stroke survivors, according to Duncan. "After hospital discharge, stroke survivors continue to improve," she says. "But available therapy is highly variable. Additional therapy often lasts only a few weeks and lacks progress...Household falls may produce more severe brain injuries in infants than previously thought
...by's head contacts a hard surface during household falls may result in diffuse brain injuries. The finding...ion earlier assessments of the seriousness of such falls by young infants, previously viewed by some as unlikely to cause widespread brain injury. The result...Injuries cost China over $12 billion a year
... vehicle crashes, suicide, drowning, poisoning and falls accounted for 80 percent of the productivity lost from injury-related death. Car crashes made up 25 percent of all injury deaths. The annual PPYLL from injuries was 12.6 million years. Respiratory disease accounted for an annual PPYLL of 10.2 millio...Laser measurements reveal biological basis of distance perception
...esult of logical calculations about the image that falls on the retina of the eye as such. Rather, they hav...le set of basic distance judgment phenomena simply falls out of the measured distances that typically exist in the environment," said Purves. "All these pecu...Colonoscopy far more cost-effective against colon cancer than promising Cox II drugs, study predicts
...cent -- as colonoscopy, and the price of the drugs falls to 25 cents per day, the cost-effectiveness of the drugs may approach that of the screening for those with average cancer risk," says Ladabaum. "And the drugs would have to cut risk by 60 to 70 percent and be priced at 50 cents a day to be comparable...Alcohol makes auto crash injuries worse for drivers and passengers, study finds
...ries that result from some sort of impact such as falls or assaults may also be affected by alcohol intake, Maio suggests, though further research is needed. And, as society grapples with measuring and reducing the impact of alcohol-related crashes, the researchers say their data should be taken into acc...Drotrecogin alfa (activated) is a cost-effective treatment for severe sepsis patients
...per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). This figure falls below the widely accepted threshold for cost-effectiveness of $100,000 per QALY. A separate analysis of severe sepsis patients at high risk of death, the group for which the FDA recommended treatment, showed that drotrecogin alfa (activated) cost $27...Lesson improves rural students' knowledge of farm safety
...on Florida farms were machinery related, including falls from tractors; horses (being trampled, struck or entangled in ropes); and drownings. Working with the MORE HEALTH community health education program of Tampa General Hospital, Dr. Liller and colleagues developed, implemented and evaluated a farm safe...Study: ER could be front line for stroke prevention
... who had bleeding and liver problems, a history of falls or problems walking, or uncontrolled high blood pressure. A total of 240 patients weren't eligible for warfarin under these guidelines, and even some of the patients who were found to be on warfarin would have been ineligible under the guidelines. O...Tired medical professionals working long hours may put patients at risk
... is rare for something bad to happen when a doctor falls asleep for a few seconds or a few minutes, although there are case reports of just that occurring," Gaba said. "But just as it is unacceptable to muddle through medical work while impaired by alcohol, it should be equally unacceptable to work while i...