ESC emphasizes underestimated effects of tobacco use
...k predicts that smoking will kill about one in six adults globally per year. The World Health Organization cites brief counselling by health professionals on the dangers of smoking and the importance of quitting as one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing smoking. In addition, health professiona...The Gerontological Society of America chooses 2005 Hartford faculty scholars
...he program aims to improve the well-being of older adults by increasing the number of adequately trained ger...l functioning, and depressive symptoms among older adults with major depressive disorder after acute psychiatric hospitalization. Suk-Young Kang Ariz...New NHLBI-sponsored study shows programs can teach children to eat healthier
... developing heart disease as adults. Children and adults can also lower their risk by maintaining a healthy...learn to make good food choices, parents and other adults need to take responsibility for ensuring that children have access to healthy foods at home, at scho...International conference on bipolar disorder June 16-18 a forum for new research
...ed exclusively on this disease, which affects both adults and children, devastates families and work relationships, accounts for nearly half of all suicides in the United States and costs billions in medical bills, missed work and lower productivity each year. The Sixth International Conference on Bipolar D...Skin infections caused by MRSA are cured more often when treated with Pfizer's ZYVOX
...isks. The most commonly reported adverse events in adults across clinical trials were nausea, headache, and diarrhea. To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of ZYVOX and other antibacterial drugs, ZYVOX should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are ...Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study
...Anyone who has had chickenpox--which includes most adults in the United States--could develop shingles, though not all will. The two major risk factors are increasing age and declining immunity. Half of all people who live to age 85 will get the disease. Experts estimate more than a million new cases of shi...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for June 2005 (first issue)
... PANIC DISORDER Based on a 21-year study of young adults from ages 19 to 40 that utilized regular follow-up interviews, researchers found a long-term (longitudinal) relationship between asthma and panic in a community sample of 591 men and women. The researchers found that asthma was more strongly associat...Research into the role of friendship among gay and lesbians
...y characterized as 'dependent,' specifically older adults and adults with chronic illness or disability. De Vries, who is based at San Francisco State University says th...Booster vaccine for adolescents and adults that includes protection against pertussis shows promise
...nus, diphtheria, and pertussis for adolescents and adults and was found to have a similar overall safety pro...oping cough reported to the CDC in adolescents and adults than in infants. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a respiratory disease. "Incompletely...JAMA study finds whooping cough vaccine effective, safe for teens and adults
...so dangerous to infants. Until recently, teens and adults have been unable to be vaccinated with available p...h age and often mistaken for bronchitis, teens and adults serve as reservoirs for infection in infants who are too young to be immunized. In addition, the com...Fitter by degress? Higher education no panacea for adult health
...ting more of us through university will not ensure adults are fit and well, according to new research sponso...ence that better health among more highly educated adults is linked to high intelligence as a child. The study argues that policies on reducing inequalities ...$3 million NIH grant focuses on workplace obesity
...bese. In Monroe County, an estimated 34 percent of adults are overweight and 22 percent are obese, according to a 2002 Monroe County Health Department survey. Because Kodak is a major employer in the Rochester area, the demographics of its workforce are similar to those of the local community. "The worksit...Overly tired teen? Sleepiness may signal serious health problem
...e to do with both biology and behavior, many young adults don't get the sleep they need. So our take-home me...t summarizes key research findings on teens, young adults and sleep. The paper notes, for example, that adolescents aged 13 to 22 need nine to 10 hours of sle...Study supports whooping cough booster shot for adolescents
...d acellular pertussis vaccines for adolescents and adults are available in Canada, Australia, and Germany. Led by Grace Lee, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School Instructor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention's Center for Child Health Care Studies, the researcher...Prevalence and severity of mental illness in the United States
...of the previous 12 months, more than one-fourth of adults reported having symptoms that would qualify them for a diagnosis of a mental disorder; and most of those disorders can be classified as serious or moderate, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Arc...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, June 7, 2005
...rand-Name Drugs Could Save $8.8 Billion/Year U.S. adults could save as much as $8.8 billion per year by usi...qual about 11 percent of all drug expenditures for adults in the United States each year and could reduce costs without hindering quality of care. * * * ...Study links regions of two chromosomes to susceptibility for type of autism
...y. As many as 1.5 million Americans - children and adults - are thought to have autism today, according to the Autism Society of America....African-Americans more prone to higher heart weight than whites, study shows
...ar. It's also the top cause of hospitalization for adults and accounts for more than $30 billion a year in health-care costs. The latest study looked at a large group of people in Dallas County in which 1,335 black and 858 white participants between the ages of 30 and 67 were assessed using cardiac magneti......soy-based, and one milk based in a group of obese adults for twelve weeks. Both groups lost weight. The soy-based group lost slightly more weight in any given week, and displayed lower serum cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels. Soy intake also produced small but significant reductions in serum glucose v......regions of Africa with low (less than 4 percent in adults 15-49 years) and high rates (4 percent or greater) of HIV infection. Detection of new smear-positive cases by DOTS programs increased from 11 percent in 1995 to 45 percent in 2003 (with the lowest case-detection rates in Eastern Europe and the highes...