Minimally invasive surgery may increase options for octogenarians with some lung cancers
... chest surgery, this study of 159 patients between ages 80 and 94 suggests that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery should be considered a viable option. "Some patients and their doctors wonder why a person that age should bother to go through any major pulmonary surgery. The reason is that whether the p...Some outgrow allergy to tree nuts, Johns Hopkins Children's Center experts report
...nuts. Wood and colleagues evaluated 278 children, ages 3 to 21 years old, with a known allergy to tree nuts. Nine percent passed oral food challenges, the standard test to prove a child has outgrown a food allergy. Fifty-eight percent of children with TN-IgE levels of 5 kilounits per liter or less also p...Youth obsession and reality of ageing set to collide
...s Underwood's PhD study on how people of different ages feel about, and understand their bodies indicated that baby boomers were at the forefront of the anti-ageing movement. The sheer numbers of this group will result in the doubling of the population over 65 by 2051, so coping with ageing will become an...Study: N.C. parents want tobacco use prevention to become higher priority
...n 2004 on statewide television, targets N.C. youth ages 11-17. About a third of parents reported noticing the media campaign at least three times in the past year. Almost 60 percent of parents said they had seen or heard about the TRU anti-tobacco media campaign at least once. "The extent of parental awar...Sexually satisfied but feeling frumpy: It's body image, not 'the change'
...hers, who analyzed the responses of midlife women, ages 35 to 55, to a survey on body image, have concluded that the emphasis in U.S. culture on being young and thin has a more important influence than menopause on sexual functioning and satisfaction. Dr. Patricia Barthalow Koch, associate professor of ...A good night's sleep can mean a better day at school
...lthy, academically successful children between the ages of 6 and 12 were monitored for a three-week period. During the first week of the study, they slept their normal amount. For the second two weeks, they went to bed a little earlier one week and much later than normal the other. Their teachers rated th...Fentanyl patch safe and effective alternative to oral opioids for pediatric pain patients
...nternational colleagues examined 173 children from ages 2 to 16 years, many of whom were cancer patients and who had a history of chronic severe pain and prior oral opioid use. They were transitioned to the fentanyl patch adjusted to equal the concentration of previous oral doses and followed for 15 days....Get With The Guidelines program dramatically improves care
...ost 30,000 coronary artery disease patients of all ages and sexes, according to research reported at the A...65. 86.5 percent for men and 83 percent for women ages 65-74. 84.9 percent for men and 82.8 percent for women 75 and older. The greatest change was found...Clinical burden of stroke greater than that of heart disease in the UK
...d assumption that coronary events occur at younger ages is falseThe major under-funding of both clinical services and research for cerebrovascular disease compared with coronary heart disease cannot be justified on the basis of clinical burden."...Wheezing prevalence patterns established by age 6
...ld at age 6." During the followup on each child at ages 8, 11, 13, and 16 years, parents completed a quest...sient early wheezers" reported no wheezing between ages 8 and 16. Among the small proportion of children in those groups who reported wheezing, the researc...Postmenopausal women with heart disease should take aspirin
... following 93,676 postmenopausal women between the ages of 50 to 79 since 1994. The women participating in the study were not required to take any medications, nor were they asked to change their health habits. Of that large cohort of women, Berger identified 8,928 women who had cardiovascular disease, in...NHLBI research highlights at American Heart Association's scientific sessions
...sease risk? In a randomized trial of men and women ages 30-54 with prehypertension, risk of total cardiovascular disease or death was reduced by 26 percent among those who followed a reduced sodium diet. The Trials of Hypertension (TOHP) follow-up study evaluated patient outcomes 9-14 years following the ...Healthy diets rich in protein and good fat, and lower in carbs linked to better heart health
...d 164 generally healthy adults, both men and women ages 30 and over. "Because of the huge risk of stroke and heart attack in African Americans, the results are particularly applicable to this group, who made up roughly 55 percent of study participants," says study co-author Jeanne Charleston, R.N., a res...Scientists work to discover how music training affects the brain
...ly untrained subjects. Conductors were between the ages of 28-40 and had an average of more than 10 years' experience as a band or orchestra director in middle or high school. All participants were seated in a dark room and were asked to locate a briefly flashed light, a short beep, or a target that comb...Exercise linked to reduced breast cancer risk
...erviewed 4,538 black women and white women between ages 35 and 64 who had been diagnosed with invasive bre...and whether exercise is more beneficial at certain ages than others; however, researchers in the Women's CARE Study did not find any particular time of life...Research reveals likely connection between early-life stress and teenage mental health problems
...ave been reported to go through puberty at earlier ages than non-abused girls. However, in this report, the researchers tracked reproductive hormones and the incidence of menstrual bleeding in female monkeys throughout puberty and found that there were no differences in the timing of puberty onset in anim...Study reveals best ways for pediatricians to educate families
... 861 parents from across the country with children ages 2 to 11. Physicians were asked to discuss several health and wellness topics with the parent. After the visit, both the physician and the parent filled out a survey to relay what was discussed. A month later, the parents were asked to recall what was...Do increased levels of testosterone play a role in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
...s the leading cause of unexpected death in infants ages one week to one year old. Although the number of SIDS related deaths has decreased due to greater public awareness regarding infants' sleep positions, the cause of SIDS remains unknown. However, a study in the November issue of The Journal of Pedia...One drug tackles two diseases, Case researcher finds
...tions for the disease. The women were between the ages of 51 and 79, had T scores on bone scans of the hip or spine of 22.5. Half the group weighed approximately 127 pounds, and the overall study participants had similar alcohol and coffee daily intakes. The study participants did not smoke or use tobac...High-sugar diet pushing some Latino kids toward type 2 diabetes
...mined 63 overweight Latino children in Los Angeles ages 9 to 13 who are participating in SOLAR and do not have diabetes. Dietitians determined children's everyday dietary habits by using three-day records that tracked children's food-and-drink intake. Then children were admitted overnight to the USC Gene...