Study shows ramelteon reduced insomnia symptoms in elderly
...from insomnia, and approximately half of all older adults experience one or more symptoms of insomnia at least a few nights per week....Johns Hopkins study shows home test kits highly effective against sexually transmitted diseases
...ol students in Baltimore, Md. "Teenagers and young adults are frequently left unaware for years that they have Chlamydia because symptoms may not appear for long periods after infection," says Gaydos. In the case of Chlamydia, for example, 80 percent to 90 percent of those infected develop no symptoms, p...Discovery may prevent life-threatening wasting disease in patients with chronic kidney disease
...ition and physical wasting away -- in children and adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study is published in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Although the exact cause of cachexia -- a common life-threatening complication of CKD, cancer, AIDS and heart failure patients -- is...Adults and children use over-the-counter hydrocortisone creams in safe amounts
...in the household. In all, 396 (20 percent) of the adults in the study reported using over-the-counter HC in... bites and itchy skin. Researchers found that when adults were using HC, they did so an average of twice a day, and 98 percent of them used it four or fewer t...Physiotherapist' advice may be as good as physical treatment for low back pain
... pain is one of the most common symptoms prompting adults to seek health care. In the UK, primary-care guide...riers to recovery. The investigators recruited 400 adults with low back pain between 2000 and 2002 from 28 general practices in the UK. Clinical outcome was t...Shrinking brains but healthy memory - does brain matter matter?
...heterosexual study participants. Young Australian adults are the least likely to obtain GP care, compared t...er education and to be living with children. Young adults were also identified as having poorer physical health, more chronic diseases and higher levels of su...Variations in four inflammatory genes may predispose Mexican Americans to insulin resistance
...es and heart disease and affects about one in four adults in the United States. But exactly how inflammation triggers insulin resistance is not fully understood. Now, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California, Los Angeles, have found that variations in four genes that ...Search for bipolar gene, toll of disease topics of conference call briefings June 16, 17
...research into bipolar disorder, 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 Conference will be held June 16 18 a...Diabetic retinopathy occurs in pre-diabetes
...d teens in recent years. About 40 percent of U.S. adults ages 40 to 74--41 million people--have abnormal blood glucose levels without having diabetes. Many will develop type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years. (In the DPP, about 10 percent of participants in the placebo group developed diabetes each year.) ...National medical and public health groups sue EPA
...ired hearing and vision, and motor disturbances in adults linked directly to exposure from eating contaminated fish. Mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants make up more than 40% of all emissions into the U.S. environment, the largest source of uncontrolled mercury pollution in the U.S. The Cle...Canadian study demonstrates new approach to achieving diabetes control
...nth leading cause of death in Canada, and Canadian adults with diabetes are twice as likely to die premature... levels and estimates that at least 30 per cent of adults with diabetes are unaware they have the condition. Health Canada also states that healthcare costs ...Medication orlistat appears helpful in improving weight management for obese adolescents
...e at a 15-fold greater risk of becoming overweight adults compared to children and adolescents not overweight. Pediatric obesity can be particularly difficult to treat, with long-term success depending on the type of therapy used. Orlistat is a gastrointestinal tract lipase (an enzyme) inhibitor which decr...Research: Noise, visual cues affect infants' language development
...earing loss encounters at a cocktail party. "Older adults who are hard of hearing use their other senses, such as vision, to better understand speech," Hollich says. "We thought this might be what infants do when they are in a noisy environment. Struggling to hear can be annoying for adults, so just imagine...The bigger the serving, the more young children will eat
...erent co-author, reported that the more food young adults are served, the more they eat. Childhood obesity is now considered an epidemic in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Health, the number of children who are overweight has doubled in the last two to three decades; currently on...Key milestone in antifungal treatment for severe asthma
...c fibrosis and chronic sinusitis. Severe asthma in adults affects 10 - 20% of the UK's 5m asthmatics, and skin tests indicate that up to 70% of these sufferers are allergic to one or more common fungi in the air. Previous studies have shown the benefits of one antifungal drug [itraconazole or Sporonox] fo...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for June 2005 (second issue)
...ary disease (COPD) which affects 11.2 million U.S. adults and cost the nation $37.2 billion during 2004. Published in the second issue for June 2005 of the ATS peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the new statement points out that home care services can offer great poten...Arthritis of the spine often overlooked in children
... a delay in diagnosis, the researchers report that adults with childhood onset disease experience more serio...iple doctors before receiving a diagnosis and that adults with childhood onset disease experience much greater impairment during later life," said Jane Brucke...Study confirms intensive treatment of diabetic patients significantly reduces heart disease
...e of blindness, kidney failure, and amputations in adults and a major cause of heart disease and stroke....Oral liquid hydroxyurea promising for long-term use in babies with sickle cell anemia
...for about a decade to reactivate HbF production in adults and older children with SCA. In addition, hydroxyu...e severity of symptoms suffered by adolescents and adults with SCA, such as lung infections, organ damage, stunted growth, impaired brain development and acut......atients who especially need such assistance older adults with cardiovascular disease. The researchers said the results of their latest experiments represent a "proof of principle" for an approach that could be clinically applicable within five to ten years. The first to benefit from such bio-engineered art...