Study identifies predictors of Alzheimer's disease longevity
...similar age in the U.S population. Women tended to live longer than men, surviving about 6 years compared to men who lived for about 4 years after diagnosis. But this gender gap narrowed with age. Age at diagnosis was also a factor. Those who were diagnosed with AD in their 70s had longer survival times t...Institute of Medicine advisory: April 8 news conference on health literacy
...ose who cannot attend the briefing may listen to a live audio webcast and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org . (The webcast requires RealPlayer, available free at http://www.real.com/player . For more information on setup and hardware requirements, see the Real.com ...New study adds weight to link between passive smoking and death
Adults who have never smoked and who live with smokers have a 15% higher risk of death than those living in a smoke-free household, according to new research available on bmj.com on Monday 5 April 2004. The study took place in New Zealand and involved all adult census respondents who had n...National Academies Advisory: April 1 Public Briefing on Safety of Dietary Supplements
..., D.C. Reporters who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast of the briefing and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org . (The webcast requires RealPlayer software, available free at http://www.real.com/player . For more information on setup and hardware requirem...Mayo Clinic researchers discover green tea component helps kill leukemia cells
...the pace at which it progresses. Some patients may live with it for decades and not require treatment, while others need immediate treatment, and some die within months despite therapy. Because the course of the CLL is so individualistic and unpredictable, physicians have historically adopte...March/April 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... Weight Through a prospective cohort study of 162 live births in a low-income population, Keeley and colleagues found that maternal happiness about a pregnancy and her report of the father's happiness were strong predictors of birth weight and the risk of low birth weight. Specifically, the researchers f...Chronic stress researcher to speak at NCCAM's Distinguished Lecture Series
... free and open to the public and will be videocast live at http://videocast.nih.gov. WHY: Dr. McEwen, head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University, has done extensive research on the impact of stress on brain structure and neurochemistry....NYU Child Study Center and The Bear Stearns Charitable Foundation launch outreach campaign
... constant indications about the dangerous world we live in are difficult to cope with. This campaign, which has been generously supported by Bear Stearns, hopefully will serve as a reminder that we all must remain mindful of the potentially negative impact these images have on the youngest and most vulne...Mild noise damage can be detected by cells in the inner ear
...Rather than trying to study this subtle process in live animals, the work was done using tissue preparations, but published experiments from another ear research group have shown that the levels of ATP inside the ears of animals exposed to loud (110 dB SPL) noise for only 15 minutes increased to just the ...New drug may help fight some lung cancers
...erapies such as this." Patients with BAC generally live longer than those with more common non-small cell lung cancers, but BAC tumors are often multifocal and not appropriate for surgery. Many oncologists feel that BACs are less responsive to existing chemotherapeutic agents. About 3 percent of all lung...Older people lose out all round in breast cancer treatment and care
...hanges which mean that the people will continue to live longer, means that there is an urgent need to deal with this problem." The prognosis for older people did not seem to be explained by the tumour factor, he said. It used to be believed that it was related to less developed resistance but many peop...Life expectancy of diabetics 12 years less than others
Ontario diabetics live 12 to 13 years less than people without the disease, says a new study - a finding which is one of the factors prompting the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to investigate additional strategies for diabetes management and prevention. The study,...Atherosclerosis more common, progresses quicker in HIV patients
...ments have been successful at helping HIV patients live longer, these patients are facing a new health challenge high rates of rapidly progressive atherosclerosis, researchers report in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "Our finding suggests that it wo...Disability researchers identify barriers to independent living
...p than they are receiving - particularly those who live alone. The study, the results of which have been p...met, people living alone fare worse than those who live with others. Those living by themselves receive only 56 percent of the help they need, while those l...Electronic device standards to yield choicer chops
... electronic methods used to determine the value of live animals, carcasses and individual cuts. The approved standards outline requirements for installation, operator training, operation, verification, inspection, maintenance, design and construction of devices or systems. The remaining two standards, exp...Effectiveness of safer smallpox vaccine demonstrated against monkeypox
...eficient. Licensed in 1931, Dryvax is made from a live form of vaccinia virus that, although related to the smallpox virus, cannot cause smallpox. (Smallpox is caused by the more dangerous variola virus. The ability to prevent smallpox by injecting a person with either cowpox or vaccinia virus was demons...Study shows 'gaming' in heart transplant system
...th the highest priority given to those expected to live less than six months without a transplant. General...highest priority reserved for patients expected to live only one month. Doctors are required to recertify their patients on this list every seven to 14 days...New policy stops transplant heart gaming put potential still exists
...s, with the highest priority for those expected to live less than six months without a transplant. "In areas with more than one heart transplant center, this left a high possibility of the exaggeration of patients' conditions or even the admission of patients to an ICU prematurely in order to boost their...Abortion may not, after all, affect birth weight of future babies
... weight, researchers analysed approximately 13,000 live term births over a 31-month period. The researchers compared the rates of Low Birth Weights in the first subsequent pregnancy of women with a history of 1 medically-induced abortion and those with no abortion history. No statistically significant d...Internet program and videos net nutritional benefits for kids
...decrease for the controls. "Most of these children live in areas where they may have limited access to safe, affordable places to exercise, so we had them make their own suggestions for exercising," Frenn said. "They came up with ideas such as jumping jacks or push-ups while watching television or videos...