In women, caffeine may protect memory
ST. PAUL, MN- Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to ...eurology. The study found that women age 65 and older who drank more than three cups of coffee (or the equivalent in tea) per day had less decline over ti...Old McDonald's has a hold on kids' taste buds, Stanford/Packard study finds
...ts, and that it's not restricted to McDonald's. An older sibling's co-branded toy or a parent's hankering for an Ultimate Double Whopper can amount to an implicit nod of approval in the eyes of an impressionable toddler. And although the parents hold the keys to the car that goes to the fast-food restauran...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
...tinence, were common among adults age 65 years and older and increased in frequency with age (Article, p. 156). At aged 65, almost half (49.9 percent) had one or more geriatric conditions. Some conditions were as prevalent as common chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, and presence of g...Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases
...in cells continually divide and new cells push the older ones to the skin surface, where they eventually slough off. After being treated with green tea, the animal models showed near-normal levels of PCNA in only the basal layers. This research is important because some treatments for psoriasis and dandr...Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
...lligrams (mg) of the statin daily, and those 14 or older received a 40-mg dose. At the end of the two years, the pravastatin-treated group continued taking the drug and the placebo group switched to pravastatin. To assess the drugs effectiveness, the team used ultrasound to measure intima media thickness...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...overnment statistics. Meanwhile, the percentage of older Americans living alone will either remain high or ...f of women and nearly a quarter of men aged 75 and older currently live alone. But the UF-IBM technology may also prove useful in many other medical settin...Wesley Research Institute study targets pharmacists to help diabetes sufferers
...ad Type 2 Diabetes for five years now and as I get older I know the risks of harmful outcomes from the disease increase. I believe that having my local pharmacist help monitor my blood glucose levels would enable me to take greater control of my condition and improve my overall health. It is hoped that t...Intensive-care patients with alcohol problems are more likely to require mechanical ventilation
...ounger patients having higher expenses compared to older patients, said Marjolein de Wit, assistant professor of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, and corresponding author for the study. She added that the majority of medical patients with a critical illness have multiple comorbidities such a...Shoulder tapping -- Young males are most willing to purchase alcohol for underage youth
... young adults (4 females, 1 male) aged 21 years or older who appeared to be 18 to 20 years old. Requesters explained that they did not have their identification with them, and asked the adults to purchase a six-pack of beer for them. During wave one, requesters conducted 102 attempts, with the requester ...Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review
...the early 1990s and are more likely to affect men, older people and those living in more affluent areas, according to a study just published in the June issue of British Journal of Dermatology. Researchers who looked at official cancer statistics for nearly 23,000 patients over a 12-year period, reported...News briefs from the journal Chest, June 2007
...own as the hygiene hypothesis, which suggests that older children protect their younger siblings from developing asthma. To test this theory, researchers from Israel gathered and reviewed the medical records of 531,116 military draftees and assessed the prevalence of asthma in both the number of children p......Four years ago, only 43% of New Yorkers age 50 and older had been screened during the previous decade. Heal...will announce today that 60% of New Yorkers 50 and older had a colonoscopy in the past ten years, an increase of some 350,000 tests compared with 2003. The a...Aging stem cells in mice may hold answers to diseases of the aged, Stanford study finds
...cine. "This and our previous work points out why older people are more likely to get blood diseases, such...ls, and became even less effective when taken from older mutant mice. Rossi said these results suggest that mutations accumulating in stem cells as they ag...Born to lose: How birth weight affects adult health and success
...ects on adult health, equivalent to being 12 years older in one's 30s and 40s. Weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth increases the probability of being in fair or poor health as an adult by over 70 percent. Not only does birth weight have large and lasting effects across the life course, the researchers n...MU researchers find mechanisms that may unlock answers to Alzheimer's disease
... disease is the most common form of dementia among older adults and affects areas of the brain that control memory, judgment, behavior and intelligence. The disease was first discovered more than 100 years ago by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, when he diagnosed a patient who died of a dementia-ty...Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
...ous analyses of female steroid use have focused on older women and found an association with competitive athletics and bodybuilding. Diane L. Elliot, M.D., of the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, and colleagues assessed anabolic steroid use among teen girls using a nationally representative ...Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of death in older people with dementia
...of death when used to treat disruptive behavior of older adults with dementia. The study suggests that both newer atypical antipsychotics and older conventional antipsychotics are associated with increased mortality. The highest risk appears to inv...Researcher says few families report safe firearm storage
...ore likely to store guns safely than families with older children." "Our primary recommendation is that parents should remove guns from the home," DuRant said. "However, if parents are unwilling to do that, they should lock all guns with gun locks and store them separately from ammunition." Firearm ow...Treatment for early prostate cancer associated with type of specialist seen
...ts, reviewed the records of 85,088 men aged 65 and older who were diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1994 and 2002 using information from the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Medicare-linked database to determine the type of specialist they saw and the therapy they received. The treat......ses of diffuse gastric cancer diagnosed in persons older than 50 years. Thirteen mutations (6 novel) were identified in 15 of the 38 families (40 percent detection rate). Two families from this study plus two additional families carrying the novel 2398delC mutation shared a common haplotype (a group of a...