New Book (And Web Site) Use 'Currency' Of Aging To Guide And Motivate Healthy Choices
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...ndomly assigned to one of two groups, onethat will get a soy protein dietary supplement and another that will get casein(milk) protein supplement. The study will be conducted through one of the major national cance...Flu Shots Keep Health Workers On The Job
...health workers likely spread less diseasewhen they get influenza vaccine and stay healthy. In a r...ommended since 1981 that health care professionals get the flu vaccine, ratesof influenza vaccination among health care professionals are consistently low,...Study Highlights Flu Risks For Women With Chronic Illness
...ounger high-risk patients, only 30 percent of whom get inoculated each year.The study's authors say that stronger efforts to reach these populations forannual influenza immunization is needed. "At the very minimum, targeted efforts to improve influenza prevention amonghigh-risk young and middle-aged adul...Space Research May Accelerate Development Of Flu-Fighting Drug
...wn crystals of the influenza virus, we were ableto get a clearer picture of the virus' structure," said DeLucas. "NASA'ssupport for this research project probably saved considerable time needed todevelop this new drug." Called "structure-based drug design," this research focuses on howmolecules ......na, a condition in which the heart muscle does not get an adequate supply ofblood or oxygen. "Doctors often recommend hospital admission for patients whose cause of chestpain is unclear," Dr. Laudon notes. "This practice results in an estimated costof $10 billion to $13 billion per year. Our study shows ...T-Cell Memory Finding May Provide Key To Cancer, AIDS Vaccines
...rsity of Chicago. "But it also shows us how we can get around the problem." Ashton-Rickardt's team -- inc...tiply and attack the infectingforeigner. Once they get the upper hand, most of these T cells are no longerneeded and die off. A small percentage, however, ......o wake up. "The most important signal you get to your biological clock is light,"said Allen. "There's a direct connection between our eyes and the clock. Infact, the orphanin system is found in the retina as well as the SCN. We don'tknow the exact mechanism that keeps the clock adjusted to natur......d to miscarry havealready done so by the time they get to 16 or 17 weeks. There is a higherbaseline risk ...aby. But if the patient has CVS at 10 weeks, wecan get preliminary results within a couple of working days. She gets her goodnews at 10 1/2 weeks, and that...Study Of Women And Hearing Reveals Need For Routine Hearing Tests
...th "good hearing"for their age experience, as they get older, increasing difficultiescomprehending conversation in the presence of background noise. "By age 55, about 13 percent of all women have impaired hearing," saysGarstecki. Yet fewer than 20 percent of the women studied in the 55-65 age groupsaid t...Tobacco Control Is Global Challenge, WHO Director Says
...hange the trends, Dr. Brundtland noted,"We need to get smokers to quit and non-smokers not to pick up the addictivehabit." Dr. Brundtland asked the assembled leaders to act against tobacco. "Thoseactions, both personal and official, will decide if tobacco shall claim newmillions of victims in your home ...New Drug For Recurrent Brain Tumors In Tests At UNC
...ministered intravenously. Initially, patients will get a doseevery day for four days and then once a week for up to a year. Patients with agood response can continue on the medicine beyond that, as long as they're doingwell, Ewend says. Adverse effects from the drug include headache, confusion andsleepin...Slowing Excess Weight Gain In Childhood Appears To Reduce Adult Heart Disease Risk
...ice to eat sensibly, stay away from junk foods and get more exerciseis still the best, but "the truth is all these things take great effort," hesays. Co-authors of the study are Richard P. Donahue, Ph.D., State Universityof New York at Buffalo; David R. Jacobs Jr., Ph.D., and Ronald J. Prineas, M...'Motion Blindness,' Not Just Poor Memory, Causes Alzheimer's Patients To Lose Their Way
...t interprets motion. "People with Alzheimer's get lost not because they can'tremember where they've been, but because they can't see wherethey're going," says lead author Charles Duffy, a neurologist atthe University's Strong Memorial Hospital whose team made thefinding using computer patterns that ......th his glasses. What we hoped to accomplish was to get him to see as well ashe did with the glasses, but ...ell," she said. "And when he was batting, he would get hit moreoften than other kids would because he couldn't judge the distance. Now hisdepth perception ...The Whole Truth From Five-Year-Olds
...t understand how to approach the child, shedoesn't get to speak her piece. It's incrediblyunfair." This a... attorney who hassuccessfully used the test. "Kids get it. Thejudges find it useful." By turning the child's attention to a storycharacter, the test sidest......e clearestdemonstration yet that you don't have to get cardiovascular disease."...Wake Up To Stroke -- Night Strokes Linked To Long Delays In Care
...at all," says Rosamond. "Fifty percent don't even get to thehospital within four hours. Then you must a...oms andtreat them as a dire emergency so they will get to the hospital sooner, and weneed to find new ways to improve care for the one-third of patients wh...Postmenopausal Women Reap Heart Benefits From Foods Containing Vitamin E
...min Eto protect against heart disease than you can get from food, but our datasuggest that the potential benefits of antioxidant nutrient intake may bederived from food alone." In a study of 54 postmenopausal women, a higher intake of vitamin E from foodwas linked to reduced oxidation of low-density lipo...Brain Activity Differs In Introverts And Extroverts, UI Study Shows
...sociallyactive and sensation seeking. "Introverts get more of their stimulation internally, whereas extroverts seekoutside sources," Johnson said. "Extremely introverted and extrovertedpersonalities are two ends of a continuum, with most people falling somewhere inbetween." Johnson added, "The implicati...