Arm swelling common among young breast cancer patients
...eriod. The women in this study were 18 to 45 years old at the time of their breast cancer diagnosis. All of the women in the study were diagnosed with either stage 1, 2 or 3 breast cancer all of the cancers were localized, meaning that tumors had not spread throughout the body. About half (55 percent, o...Case finds oral health of residents in nursing homes needs more attention
... their parents' generation is that they have grown old with their teeth due to healthier lifestyles, greater health awareness and education and fluoridated water. "As this group begins to access senior living arrangements and eventually experience health decline, the impact of their frailty on oral heal...Oral liquid hydroxyurea promising for long-term use in babies with sickle cell anemia
... taller than those untreated children 2 to 5 years old who had been observed in a previous, long-term national study called the Cooperative Study for Sickle Cell Disease. The average weight gain for babies in the St. Jude study was more than 4.5 pounds per year; and the gain in height was more than 3 inc...Ill-health and unhappiness among the risks for older mothers
...ed to be taken into account too. "Will a 66 year old woman live long enough to be a mother?" asked Professor de Swiet, adding that it was not the responsibility of doctors to legislate or make policy statements on these kinds of issue. "What about the child? Is using donor egg and sperm to enable a...'X-factor' causes Scots to have higher heart disease rates, say scientists
...for England. It focused on people aged 45-74 years old because it is at these ages that the biggest differences between the two countries in death rates for heart disease usually occur."...'Apollo Program' for hydrogen energy needed, Stanford researcher says
...ir true health and climate costs. Forexample, some old coal-fired plants are exempt from modern performancestandards required by Clean Air Act amendments and therefore runinexpensively while saddling society with huge hidden costs. An ApolloProgram would provide additional subsidies for wind and other re...Diabetics with high blood pressure benefit from 'water pills'
...ence in 31,512 men and women who were all 55 years old or older with stage 1 or stage 2 hypertension and at least one additional risk factor for coronary heart disease. Study participants were assigned to initial treatment with either a calcium channel blocker (amlodipine), an ACE inhibitor (lisinopril) ...Asthma research sounds warning for older Australians
...icates that as many as a third of people +55 years old may be living with undiagnosed asthma and that a high prevalence of asthma in an ageing population will impose an increasing burden on the health system and the Australian economy in the future. Titled: "Asthma and the Older Australian: What we know ...Problem gamblers share personality profiles of substance abusers
...views conducted when the individuals were 21 years old in 1993-1994. The researchers conducted two analyses of the data. In the first, the researchers examined the associations between problem gambling and each of three substance abuse disorders (alcohol, cannabis and nicotine). In the second, the resear...Dieting linked to increased wealth, study finds
...0 All the respondents were between 21 and 28 years old in 1985. Using each respondent's height and weight figures, Zagorsky was able to calculate their BMI scores. Scores under 18.5 are considered underweight, 18.5 to 24.9 are normal, 25 to 29.9 are overweight, and 30 or higher are considered obese. The ...Adult lifestyle biggest risk factor for diabetes, study finds
... that will hopefully last throughout adulthood and old age." Amanda Vezey, care advisor at Diabetes UK, said, "We already know that lifestyle factors play a large part in the development of Type 2 diabetes. This study further emphasises the importance of eating a healthy, balanced diet and taking part i...Lorenzo's oil shows promise in reducing risk of debilitating disease in genetic disorder
...four of the patients were younger than seven years old when they began treatment and all were followed up for an average of approximately seven years. Because of the devastating nature of cerebral ALD, and the hope that the striking reduction of very long chain fatty acid levels would lead to clinical be...Speed and endurance are doled out by the pound
... rules. Their research provides a new twist on an old metric: the body mass index, or BMI, which measures body size based on a person's height and weight. BMI has long been used as a guide on body sizes to be avoided. However, Weyand and Davis unexpectedly discovered that this same index can guide some ...Estrogen, estrogen-like drugs' ability to protect brain after stroke under study
...nd in the brain to rally to the stroke scene. "The old thought was that the number of neurons you have after development is all that you will ever have. The new thought is that is not exactly true," says Dr. Brann. In fact, research has shown at least two areas of the brain have a nearby supply of stem ...Quitting smoking could save your teeth, study shows
...increase their chances of keeping their teeth into old age. "Often the dentist is in the best position to help them stop smoking, because most people, if they are going for regular dental appointments, have more contact with him or her than with their doctor. "Dentists have known for some time that sm...Are some medicines so good they should be free? In diabetes, the answer may be yes
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Nothing in life is free, the old saying goes. But maybe some things should be, according to a new University of Michigan Health System study. Specifically, researchers find, a group of medicines called ACE inhibitors should be available at no cost to the 8 million Americans over ag...Fun foods and exercise may reduce childhood obesity
...en enjoy martial arts. "They don't want the boring old sports and training that are often in the curriculum," she says. Likewise, diet change can be accomplished through fun, social events such as healthy eating clubs and interesting food preparation. "The standard boring vegetables, your boiled cabbage,...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 3
... about 10,000 participants who were under 18 years old and came from Asia, South America, Europe and North America. While the authors were unable to identify one particular program that could prevent obesity in children lead-author, Carolyn Summerbell, a Professor of Human Nutrition who works at the Univ...Trained nurses and laypersons perform well as preschool vision screeners
...e group of over 1,400 children three to five years old enrolled in Head Start programs were screened using the Retinomax Autorefractor, the SureSight Vision Screener, and two forms of the Linear Lea Symbols VA Test. Conditions targeted for identification were amblyopia, strabismus, significant refractiv...Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
...heal themselves. I see myself as a servant as the old lady who sweeps the bridge and keeps the nails pounded in. And that's valid. It's like the mother's gaze -- acceptance of a person and what they produce." Last fall, the fruits of the participants' creative labors -- paintings, drawings, shrines and ...