Press Conference set to announce cervical cancer prevention program
...untries, cervical cancer generallystrikes women in midlife when they have completed their child bearing and areplaying an increasingly important economic and social role in their families andcommunities. Unlike many other health problems of large magnitude, earlyidentification and treatment of precancerous c...An active life helps to ward off Alzheimer's
...utside work, either physically or mentally, in the midlife years may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 52nd Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, April 29 -- May 6, 2000. Researchers found that people with higher levels of non-occupational acti......ys. "We want to see if there are any links between midlife hormonal changes and memory loss and if estrogen therapy can play a role in helping stave off or prevent memory deterioration." The Melbourne Women's Midlife Health Project began in 1991 and since then has identified those symptoms that can truly be ...Caregiving for spouse prompts women to retire earlier
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Working wives in late midlife are five times more likely to retire early to care...uch caregiving influences whether an adult in late midlife will retire soon or not, however, largely depends on the strength of the relationship between the wo...Simple, easy acts in pregnancy and childbirth might protect against incontinence
...ivities during pregnancy and childbirth to prevent midlife urinary incontinence. The study, which is recruiting participants, eventually will include 400 women in their first pregnancy, working with them throughout pregnancy and following them for at least one year after birth. Research has shown that giving...Midlife brain crisis spawns late-life Alzheimer's
...ging developed by a UCLA neuroscientist identifies midlife breakdown of myelin, a fatty insulation coating the brain's internal wiring, as a possible key to the onset of Alzheimer's disease later in life. Detailed in the January edition of the peer-reviewed journal Neurobiology of Aging, the model presents o...American genetic abnormality also discovered in the Netherlands
...patients with the DFNA9 syndrome deteriorates from midlife onwards. People with this abnormality also suffer from balance disorders. Kemperman worked together with patients from Dutch families in which hearing impairment was inherited. The most extensive study was with patients with BOR syndrome (Branchio-o...NIA establishes new demography centers to enhance knowledge about older americans
...ological research on health and aging, focusing on midlife development and aging, the economics of population aging; inequalities in health and aging; comparative international studies of population aging; and links between social-demographic and biomedical research in population aging. RAND Corporation, ...New UCLA study develops links between socioeconomic status and poor health
...dividuals with high overall cardiovascular risk in midlife can be identified by relatively higher risk factors when they are younger. They found also that young people from families with a lower SES experienced greater increases in those risk factors than people higher on the scale. Also, the researchers fou...Cardiovascular risk factors in midlife strongly linked to risk of dementia
...sion, high cholesterol, and smoking) identified at midlife (age 40 to 44) was associated with a 20 to 40 perc... likely. Participants who reported ever smoking at midlife were 26 percent more likely to develop dementia. The effects of CV risk factors on prevalence of dem...Over-the-counter supplement appears effective in treatment of midlife-onset depression
...evaluate DHEA as a treatment for depression with a midlife onset. Peter J. Schmidt, M.D., from the Behavioral..., evaluated 23 men and 23 women aged 45 to 65 with midlife onset major or minor depression of moderate severity. They were randomly assigned to either receive ...