Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
... Manton added. Workers could be encouraged to take leaves from careersin mid-life to be retrained or to return to college. "That may becomea necessity, if the rate of technological change is rapid enough,"he said. And the federal government may need to mandate other changes to keep olderpeople in the workf...Program Provides Treatment For Prison-Released HIV-Positive Women
...an's discharge planis carefully crafted before she leaves prison and is reinforced by the doctorand other team members." All but two of the 41 women in the program were incarcerated for drug orprostitution charges or both. Thirty-three of the women had been jailed morethan twice. "Success in the program i...Stress: It's Not Just All In Your Head; Scientists Map The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life
...can lead to suppression of the immunesystem (which leaves us open to infection and infectious diseases), aswell as bone loss, muscular weakening, atherosclerosis and increased insulinlevels that cause higher levels of fat deposition in the body, especiallyaround the abdomen. "People end up with that 'appl...Rats Receiving Ginkgo Biloba Learn Quicker, Live 20 Percent Longer Than Controls, UB Study Finds
... complex mixture of chemicals obtained from ginkgo leaves -- to treat age-related deterioration in brain function. Several human trials there have shown positive results, but little research has been done to replicate these findings in animals, Winter said. Winter's earlier research with rats showed ...X-Rays: How Big A Risk To Kids? UF Researchers Seek Answers
... differenttypes of X-ray exams, an area that often leaves worried parents withunanswered questions. The project will measure radiation doses and calculate risks from suchexams as general purpose X-ray exams; CT scans, which provide athree-dimensional picture of a part of the body; and fluoroscopy, ......n measurement for clinical trials, anendpoint that leaves no room for disagreement among physicians, the researcherssaid. "However, in the 1990s, we started using such endpoints as recurrentinfarction (heart attack) to determine whether or not a drug was effective,"Mahaffey said. "While most cases...ACE-Inhibitors Score High In Reducing Heart Attack Deaths
...h treatment could bere-evaluated before the person leaves the hospital or after a few weeks andcontinued long-term only in those at high risk due to other health problems. Asecond strategy is to use the drugs early only in certain high-risk individualssuch as those with irregular heart rhythms, heart failu...... chemotherapy because ittargets leukemia cells and leaves normal cells alone," explained Druker. "When I was diagnosed with leukemia four years ago I beganchemotherapy," said Romine. "But I never went into remission. Then I read aboutBrian Druker's work in The Oregonian and I wrote him a letter." ...Remembering Your Medications: Older Are Wiser
...und," saysPark. "Having a life that's overly full leaves little time to attend to healthconcerns." For doctors, the implications of the research are clear. "Consider prescribingsimpler drug regimens for busy, middle-aged patients, not for older patients,"says Park. For middle-aged people too busy to take ...Study Finds Less Intensive Treatments May Not Maintain HIV Suppression
...taining HIV suppression with antiretroviraltherapy leaves little margin for error. Poor adherence to even one component ofa regimen may result in viral load rebound. "Although the results of this trial are somewhat disappointing," notes Dr.Havlir, "they should not discourage future attempts to simplify th...Serious Crime Victims Risk PTSD, Multiple Disorders
...rrently fromPTSD, a severe reaction to trauma that leaves people emotionally numb and overlyaroused and leads them to reexperience the traumatic event repeatedly. Crimevictims were also more likely to develop depression, agoraphobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder, and social phobia, the researchers found. ...Encapsulating Insulin-Producing Cells For Possible Diabetes Therapy
...nd that was very encouraging," Grinstaff said. "It leaves a lot morequestions for us to go after, and a lot more work for us to do." If islet transplantation ever becomes a reality, Hatchell said pigswould likely be the "donors of choice." That's because "porcine insulin is whatdiabetics took for ye......ntrolled so that drugs will be made only after the leaves have been harvested and taken to a regulated manufacturing facility, Cramer said. Some tobacco plants have been modified to produce an enzyme that can be used to treat Gaucher Diseases, a rare and often fatal condition. Other plants have been modif...WFU And IntraVec To Develop Innovative Cancer And HIV Treatments
...major advantage, however, couldbe that the therapy leaves the patient's immune system intact and functioning.This responds to opinions expressed at a recent International AIDS Conferencethat new therapies should focus on strengthening patients' immune response toHIV. Annette M. Tobia, J.D., Ph.D., I......dicare's rules in Florida. Medicare policy leaves it up to the Medicare insurance carriers inindividual states to decide whether to implement the rule, said William O'Neill,the director of practice issues for the American Academy of Dermatology. "Whatcauses frustration is this crazy quilt of states ...New Book Says Cross-Train Your Brain To Increase Mental Function
... "Or when you learn to associate the smell of leaves with autumn, whichbrings back all these unconscious associations with the feel and colors of dryleaves, of apple-picking, of going back to school. It just comes back like that.And you've made all these associations by just living. Just experiencing l...Study Finds Lymph Node Surgery Unnecessary For Many Breast Cancer Patients
...t information gained from this surgery, whichoften leaves a patient with scars and nerve damage, is not always crucial, givennew ways of combating breast cancer. Knowing lymph node status was also unlikelyto affect survival, they concluded in a study published in the May issue of theJournal of Clinical Onco...Impulsive Children More Prone To Injuries
...whose impulsiveness and desire for novelsituations leaves them at higher risk of injury. The data collected at age 6 was supported by a Spelman Rockefeller seed grantfrom the University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies. The datacollected at 33 and 46 months were collected in a separate investig...Report: tuberculosis control programs inadequate in developing countries
...disease. Because HIV weakens the immune system and leaves patients susceptibleto the tuberculosis bug, the wet, persistent coughing and cold night sweatstuberculosis brings on are often the first clinical signs of AIDS. Moreover,tuberculosis in much more deadly in people with HIV and is the leading cause of......ame firstleads players through the mazes, and then leaves them to find their own waythrough a sometimes baffling set of twists and turns. The key to success in thegame is remembering where you've been and how you got there. The teen navigators suffered from very severe epilepsy, a disorder in which somebrai...