'Use it or lose it' warning rings true when it comes to exercise
...ly cause physical setbacks, but also psychological setbacks as well. Researchers looked at the exercise habits of a group of older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a lung disease that kills some 120,000 people every year in the United States. All of the participants co...Vitamins good for some older women/bad for others
...lain why vitamin therapy produces such significant setbacks in diabetic patients with atherosclerosis, Levy says. Levy's team is currently investigating the effect of other vitamin doses in much larger groups of people with diabetes, some 10,000 patients in all. The new studies target men and women and those ...International study of children and adolescents reveals major trend toward overweight and obesity
...cent decades, whereas Russia faced severe economic setbacks during the 1990s. Improvements in economic welfare have brought with them more secure food supplies, more energy-dense diets, and increases in inactive leisure time. Declines in physical activity are particularly associated with television watchin...Obese lung-transplant recipients at higher risk of death
...s make it very difficult for them to recover after setbacks such as pneumonia or rejection, complications that are probably better tolerated by patients that are not obese, Baz said. Rodrigue suggested that additional research studies on obesity and lung-transplant recipients should include a larger group of ...30 years of fighting cancer: Forum discusses future of war on cancer
...nical and policy experts will discuss progress and setbacks in the fight against cancer at a national forum sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Americans for Medical Progress Educational Foundation (AMP). Experts also will comment on just-released policy recomme...U.S., British scientific societies honor penicillin as International Chemical Landmark
...ery human enterprise, filled with all triumphs and setbacks of men and women trying to understand the world and make it better," said Ed Wasserman, Ph.D., president of the American Chemical Society. A plaque, to be erected at the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, gives credit to all who participated. It r......atible kidney donor. Despite several more physical setbacks forElaine, the mother-to-daughter transplant was finally completed on Dec. 2. "We were both in the surgery prep room around 7 or 7:30 that morning," saidScarlett. "And I knew that it would be fine. We prayed together and she told methat she hoped tha...