Metabolic syndrome associated with cognitive decline in elderly persons
Elderly individuals with the metabolic syndrome, a grouping of several common conditions including abdominal obesity, low level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL, the "good cholesterol"), hypertension, and high triglyceride and blood sugar levels, are more likely to expe...Abdominal fat decreases, insulin action improves when elderly take hormone
...and Villareal and Holloszy are actively recruiting individuals in the 65 to 75 year age range to participate in this new study....Study of Big Ten football injuries shows NCAA rule change did not reduce injury rates
...e in maintaining the surveillance database. "These individuals are dedicated to improving the safety of all college sports and learning how to take better care of injuries that occur," Albright said....Low cost drug helps reduce deaths, repeat heart attacks
...0 patients for a week would prevent about 15 to 20 individuals from dying or suffering a new heart attack. The st...t has the potential to benefit more than a million individuals annually." In a companion study, also presented today at the American Heart Association meeting, Dr...Good fats decrease multiple heart disease risk factors
...rol and LDL cholesterol and were representative of individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease. On average their total cholesterol was 225, LDL cholesterol 154, HDL cholesterol 45 and triglycerides 137 mg/dl. The participants ate three experimental diets that provided about 35 percent of total calories as ...HIV-1 protease inhibitors: Effective against malaria?
...ovirals by the year 2005. The authors suggest that individuals treated under programs such as this may also gain an anti-parasitic benefit. At the same time, they acknowledge that their study does not address the concern that protease inhibitors may have immunological side effects that could hamper parasite remo...Maintaining stable weight, even in the obese, reduces heart risks
...rome, while maintaining a stable weight -- even in individuals considered obese significantly reduces those risks, according to a study led by a Northwestern University researcher. Donald Lloyd-Jones, M.D., assistant professor of preventive medicine and of medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg Scho...Obesity linked to another cancer - leukemia in older women
...urvival rates for AML are extremely poor for older individuals makes identifying people who are at increased risk for this cancer of public health importance," Ross says. "Given that about 65 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, the projection we can make from our study is that about 3...Rehabilitation professionals in nationwide survey cite barriers to assistive technology transfer
... Shepherd provides state-of-the-art technology for individuals in need of greater independence and productivity with the ability to participate more fully in society. Click here to view Sally Gammon's presentation, relevant fact sheets, bios and other information about the (BATTS) survey http://goodshepherdreha...Study: Physical activity in middle age cuts risk of early death
...activity for most high cardiovascular disease-risk individuals probably outweighs the risks. "For these people, the risk of having an acute problem brought on by exercise is small compared with the much higher risk of remaining sedentary," says Richardson. She is currently leading a VA-funded multicenter randomi...South Florida's Small wins The Gerontological Society of America's 2004 Margret M. Baltes Award
...n from any discipline in the social sciences. Only individuals who have received their doctorate within the last ten years are eligible. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting the following year. The award is given by GSA in conjunction with the Baltes Foundation....Boston College's Mahoney to receive GSA's 2004 Maxwell A. Pollack Award
...ch provides assistance and consultation to elderly individuals and their families to assist them in identifying services that best meet their needs and preferences regarding long-term care. This endeavor is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Maho...GSA confers 2004 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award to the Michigan's Jackson
... Mentorship in Gerontology. This honor is given to individuals who have not only fostered excellence in the field, but have made a major impact by virtue of their mentoring, and whose inspiration is sought by students and colleagues. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 57th Annual Scientific Meeting,...New brain cells develop during alcohol abstinence, UNC study shows
...nsistent with changes that are known to occur when individuals are able to stop drinking," said Crews. For decades, neuroscientists believed the number of new cells, or neurons, in the adult brain was fixed early in life. Adaptive processes such as learning, memory and mood were thought tied to changes in synaps...Tuberculosis drug combined with virtual reality therapy is effective in treating fear of heights
...y uses a process called 'fear extinction' to treat individuals with phobias, as well as more complicated problems, such as post-traumatic stress syndrome," said Dr. Davis. "Fear extinction involves repeated exposure to a fearful memory or object, in the absence of adverse consequences. Because it was known th...FDA buys technology that identifies drug toxicity to heart
...s work focuses on developing the tools to identify individuals with either form....... an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among individuals who had eczema during childhood." However, other a...gnosed with a blood cancer during that time. These individuals had all answered a questionnaire sent out by the Swedish Twin Registry in 1967, which included quest...Annual vaccination against influenza associated with decreased risk of death in elderly
...ty and mortality increase with age, especially for individuals with high-risk conditions," the authors provide as background information in the article. "The effectiveness of vaccination has been reported to decrease in high-risk persons. Annual influenza revaccination has been proposed as a strategy to increa...Study looks at events that lead to disability among the elderly
...currently more than 7 million chronically disabled individuals aged 65 years or older in the United States. "Dis...and long-term care for newly disabled U.S. elderly individuals is estimated to be $26 billion per year." Thomas M. Gill, M.D., and colleagues from Yale Univers...Jefferson neuroscientists studying new type of Alzheimer's drug to halt disease progression
...id plaques and the progression of the disease in individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's. Currently available medications such as Aricept, Reminyl, Exelon and Namenda treat only disease symptoms, explains Dr. Rovner. Alzhemed is designed to act differently. "What's exciting about Alzhemed is that it wor...