Oregon study confirms health benefits of cobblestone walking for older adults
...ovements in balance and physical performance among adults 60 and over. An article published in an early onl... and efficacy. "We visited China and noticed that adults of all ages spent about 30 minutes each day walking, standing, and sometimes dancing on these beauti...FDA approves new indication for Topamax as initial monotherapy for adults and children with epilepsy
... and at a rate higher than the 50 mg/day group) in adults were: paresthesia, weight decrease, somnolence, anorexia, dizziness, and difficulty with memory; and in children: weight decrease, upper respiratory tract infection, paresthesia, anorexia, diarrhea, and mood problems. In addition, TOPAMAX has been as...Harvard scientists report public health impact of 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait
...of the invasion. Analysis of data for these older adults revealed that, in the 14 years since the liberatio...ss disorder (PTSD) were substantially higher among adults who remained in Kuwait during the invasion and occupation than among those who were outside of Kuwai...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July 2005 (first issue)
...wo illnesses involved. In 2002, 11.2 million U.S. adults were estimated to have COPD. One of the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation is improved function capacity, as measured by the 6-minute walk test. Patients who underwent rehabilitation, including exercise training, improved their results by a distan...NIMH study finds antipsychotic Risperidone safe, effective as intermediate term treatment for autism
...because studies show the newer medications benefit adults with schizophrenia with fewer neurological side effects than older options. "A variety of treatments, including medication, are used to manage aggressive behaviors in autistic children, but controlled medication trials are limited," said Dr. James ...Snoring now, hyperactive later?
...d their own. "Sleep problems in both children and adults are often undiagnosed, even though they can have a major impact on health, behavior and quality of life," he says. "Getting enough sleep, adopting good sleep habits, and seeking medical attention for issues such as habitual snoring, daytime sleepines...Children in chronic pain need better support, say researchers
... of chronic pain in children is similar to that of adults but our knowledge of how to help children cope wit...hildren with untreated chronic pain will grow into adults disabled by chronic pain, this lack of knowledge potentially has a high societal cost." Many doctors...Problem gamblers share personality profiles of substance abusers
...ty assessments obtained in 1991-1992 for 939 young adults (475 men and 464 women) from Dunedin, New Zealand,...on between alcohol and nicotine dependence." Young adults with a problem gambling diagnosis in the year before they turned 21 were, on average, more likely to...Screen everyone at risk for HIV and all pregnant women
...ntinues to recommend screening all adolescents and adults at risk for HIV. The new recommendations are published in the July 5, 2005, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, along with two background papers on which the recommendations are based. The recommendations will be posted on Web sites of the journal...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for July 5, 2005
...sure, New Study Finds A new 12-week study of 302 adults with high-normal or mildly elevated blood pressure found that those who ate special cookies containing 40 grams of soybean protein had significantly larger decreases in pressure levels compared to those who ate similar cookies made of complex wheat c...Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and Microsoft to present innovations for healthy workforce
...fessional life around the world. Among working-age adults in the United States, 78 percent use computers -- 68 percent at home and 45 percent at work. With nearly 60 percent of the work force experiencing some level of disability or impairment due to chronic ailments (e.g., vision loss, carpal tunnel syndro...Adult lifestyle biggest risk factor for diabetes, study finds
...K, studied 412 men and women and found that fatter adults were more likely to have increased insulin resistance, a risk marker for Type 2 diabetes. Childhood factors, such as birth weight and nutrition, were found to have limited impact, whereas they were previously thought to be significant. The study is...Children's Hospital Oakland new sickle cell research
...curable condition is the leading cause of death in adults with sickle cell disease," she added. The published report in JAMA also highlights important new warning signs that may predict the severity of the disease and could be useful in identifying adult patients at risk for early death through a simple blo...New footwear reduces falls in the elderly population
...k of injurious falls during winter months in older adults who are fall-prone, reports a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Yaktrax Walker is a plastic netting sized to conform to the bottom of a boot or shoe. Participants in the study were asked to wear the device outdoors over their n...Obese older women may be more prone to frailty
...the increasing levels of obesity in America, older adults may have to face greater risk of frailty in addition to obesity related disease, say researchers....The rich die differently from you and me, U-M study shows
...e U-M and the lead author of the study. "The older adults we studied who lived in the community suffered as ...lth care providers' radar may be set to miss older adults unless they have a reason to become hospitalized." The authors offered several possible explanations...Ten million Africans treated by international disease treatment programme
... now treated over ten million African children and adults for schistosomiasis and intestinal worm infections in six sub-Saharan countries. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that leads to chronic ill-health affecting more than 200 million people in developing countries. Intestinal worms cause debilita...Household dust is main source of flame retardants in humans
...e to flame retardants for people from toddlers to adults followed by eating animal and dairy products, according to a report in the July 15 issue of the American Chemical Societys journal Environmental Science & Technology . ACS is the worlds largest scientific society. Until this study, which is based o...Could exercise protect older people from hip fracture?
...uted tomography to scan sections of femurs from 81 adults who died suddenly. They created three-dimensional reconstructions of the bone, then obtained a cross-sectional image of the mid-femoral neck. From these cross sections, they estimated the amount of stress that each region could tolerate before becomi......f statins and other lipid-lowering agents by older adults was not associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, according to a study in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Statins may reduce cardiovascular risk by inhibiting cholest...