Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
...ve a better chance if they undergo surgery and are living longer than if they undergo radiation therapy," says Horst Zincke, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic urologist and senior study investigator. Treatment of this type of prostate cancer has been controversial, as it is a stage 3 cancer in which the malignancy h...Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
...rnes said. African-Americans and Mexican-Americans living in an urban area were the least likely to remain home or spend time in the hospital when ill, while whites and Puerto Ricans were more likely to stay home. "Those who seek care at urban clinics or don't seek health care at all were less likely to sta...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
...s group of patients should be encouraged to seek a living kidney donor since the national waiting time for a deceased donor kidney transplant can average three to five years, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Dr. Wali says it is not clear why prolonged dialysis reduces the benefits of kidn...Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
...colleagues followed a cohort of over 15,000 adults living in rural villages in Rakai, Uganda. From this population, they retrospectively identified 235 heterosexual couples in whom one partner was infected with HIV and the other partner was uninfected and monogamous. Study participants provided a blood samp...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
... a major problem for the elderly, especially those living in nursing homes. "One in three adults over 65 falls each year, and falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths, nonfatal injuries and trauma-related hospital admissions in this group," he says. About one percent of all falls in the elderly...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
... became unable to carry out routine tasks of daily living such as walking, getting out of bed, eating and dressing without help. The researchers then divided the participants into two income groups: those with financial assets above the median level, and those below the median. Assets in the HRS are measur...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
...g transplant medicine and the outlook for patients living with heart or lung disease. "We urgently need to revisit the current criteria that organ centers are using and provide new, clear guidelines to help these centers update their policies in regard to waiting lists and management of potential transplant...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
...proximately 50,000 of the 500,000 current refugees living in the USA have post-traumatic stress disorder. However, the authors note that despite focusing on the larger and more rigorous surveys available there was substantial variability in the results of the studies. Dr Fazel states: "Our overall estimates...The right to live gives us a right to die
... refusing medical treatment or those who draw up living wills - advance directives for doctors should a... when the patient is incapacitated and there is no living will. If there is disagreement among third parties, the decision must be made by the courts as di...Mediterranean diet leads to longer life
...ver 74,000 healthy men and women, aged 60 or more, living in nine European countries. Information on diet, lifestyle, medical history, smoking, physical activity levels, and other relevant factors was recorded. Adherence to a modified Mediterranean diet was measured using a recognised scoring scale. A highe...Lack of vigorous activity linked to functional decline in older adults with arthritis
...ss of ability to perform basic activities of daily living after developing arthritis was the lack of regular vigorous physical activity. All patients in this study were diagnosed with having arthritis or rheumatism and were drawn from a large national study of health among people of traditional retirement a...Neurology Now magazine launches at AAN meeting
...arch and treatment. Articles will provide tips for living and coping with disorders including Alzheimer's di...a cover story about actress Teri Garr who has been living with MS for several years....About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
...pain is very difficult," she said. "People who are living with pain will try everything possible to alleviate it. Those taking a holistic approach toward life may try something else such as alternative medicine." However, the exact reasons why these older adults used alternative medicine is not known from t...Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive
...nt." The new adhesive should improve both work and living environments, and enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. companies, researchers say. They can also provide another market for the nation's soybean farmers - the new adhesives use a tremendous amount of soy flour....ACHRI study finds CellCept improves survival in pediatric heart transplant patients
...ransplant recipients, with only half of recipients living longer than nine years. Morrow and his colleagues in the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group compared the incidence of rejection and survival in 395 pediatric patients surviving greater than two weeks post-transplant, ranging in age from one day...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...potential to bring about major improvements in the living standards of people in the developing world," says CPGGH co-director and JCB Director Dr. Peter Singer. "Science and technology alone are not going to magically solve all the problems of developing countries but they are critical components of develo...Little answers to world's biggest problems
...potential to bring about major improvements in the living standards of people in the developing world," said Dr. Peter Singer, one of the authors of the study. "Science and technology alone are not going to magically solve all the problems of developing countries but they are critical components of develop...Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem
...y to create a comprehensive census of the microbes living inside a person could have implications for human forensics. Unlike people's genetic makeup, their endogenous microbial communities may indicate where they have been and what activities they have pursued in terms of travel, diet, antibiotic use and t...Obesity common among Chinese adults
...ry, and among urban residents compared with people living in rural areas. Professor He comments: "Our results show a high prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and overweight in China. Economic development and consequential changes in lifestyle and diet might explain this high and increasing prevalence. Thes......racted a sample of approximately 3,500 individuals living in and around Olmsted County, Minn., from 50,000 individuals who took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) as part of a research project -- not for psychiatric reasons -- at Mayo Clinic between 1962 and 1965. This test assesses thou...