Tumor cell activity may provide clues for treating breast cancer in young women
...ess responsive to treatment than when it occurs in older women. Researchers at the Duke Institute for Genom...unger women, while the same tumor cell activity in older women confers a better prognosis, demonstrating the need for age-appropriate targeted therapies, sai...Harboring hostility may be linked to unhealthy lungs
...reater hostility predicts lung function decline in older men. This is the first study of young adults to offer a detailed examination of the inverse link between hostility and pulmonary function, states lead author and psychologist Benita Jackson PhD MPH, Smith College. Its remarkable to see reductions in...Adding medication improves recovery for elderly with depression, says Pitt School of Medicine study
...tsburgh researchers followed 105 adults aged 70 or older who had major depressive disorder and who did not ... to suggest that augmentation should be tried when older adults depression is not improving, said Dr. Dew. ...Mouse model points to possible new strategy for treating rare muscle disease, kidney disorders
...atory to study the mutant mice until they reach an older age when researchers can assess any onset of muscle weakness. In addition, NHGRI clinical researchers recently observed a temporary, but significant, improvement in muscle strength among HIBM patients who received intravenous immune globulin G an ef...Nursing home placement associated with accelerated cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
...ssociation. The observational study involved 432 older persons with Alzheimers disease who were recruited from health care settings in the Chicago area. At baseline, they lived in the community and 196 participants were using day care services from 2 to 6 days a week for an overall mean of 1.7 days a wee...Older motorists improve driving performance with physical conditioning
...re independent quality of life. As the number of older drivers increases, concern about the safety implic...nation and speed of movement have been linked with older drivers on road performance. Published in the May issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine, ...Men worry more about penile size than women, says 60-year-old research review
...that penis size is smaller in studies focussing on older men, but Wylie and Eardley found no overall differences when they collated the results of various studies. The review also provided little evidence of racial differences, with the exception of one Korean study where the men had smaller than ...TV ads may spur more stroke victims to get help sooner
...andom telephone poll of 1,000 Ontarians age 45 and older to monitor awareness of the ad campaigns. The phone surveys included open-ended questions about stroke warning signs until five responses were received. Researchers conducted the surveys just before, during and right after the first campaign; durin...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
...rst to compare the pulmonary test in three groups: older adults with diastolic heart failure, older adults with systolic heart failure and healthy volunteers of the same age. The mean age of participa...Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
GALVESTON, Texas Why do older people tend to lose muscle mass and grow frail? O...rch had suggested that a large part of the problem older people experience lies in the tiny blood vessels that feed the muscles protein-building amino acids,...Doctors conclude temsirolimus is effective new treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma
...ree treatments a new drug called temsirolimus, an older drug called interferon, or both the new and old drugs together. The patients who received temsirolimus alone survived longer than those who received interferon, the usual or standard treatment for this disease. "This is the first study to show ...Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
...rate of 73 percent for newborns and 98 percent for older patients. In contrast, a recent European study of 217 patients who did not receive the therapy reported overall survival rates of only 16 percent for newborns and 72 percent for people with later onset of disease. Urea cycle disorders can become ap...Focused ultrasound relieves fibroid symptoms in women
... to hysterectomy. "This treatment is ideal for older women who have completed their families and have a single or limited number of fibroids," said co-author Clare M. Tempany, M.D., professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and director of Clinical Focused Ultrasound at Brigham and Womens Hospit...Intake of vitamin D and calcium associated with lower risk of breast cancer before menopause
...opausal and 20,909 postmenopausal women age 45 and older who were part of the Women's Health Study. At the beginning of the study (in 1993 or 1995), the women completed a questionnaire about their medical history and lifestyle, plus a food frequency questionnaire that detailed how often they consumed certa...Community-associated staph infections involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase
...geographically proximate public housing complexes; older age was inversely related." "Why CA-MRSA has emerged at such a rapid rate remains unclear," the authors write. Hospitals and long-term care facilities have long been thought to be "epicenters" for antimicrobial resistance, promoting cross-transmiss...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
...ugh the cost of rapid test kits is higher than for older tests, the researchers found that better outcomes in fetal health and survival would make rapid testing more cost-effective, especially in areas where it is difficult for women to return to the clinic. Rapid testing was also more effective than treat...Predicting the quality of life for older adults
...of baby boomers retire, our society will have more older adults than ever before, so it is crucial to determine what predicts quality of life in older age. A joint study from the University of Alberta and University of Victoria, recently published in ...Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage
...man trials next year. Nearly everyone aged 65 or older suffers from the pain, swelling and permanent joint damage of osteoarthritis. The most common form of arthritis, it develops over time following initial joint injuries or just as a result of aging. In the current study, researchers found that one inj...Why Good Things Happen to Good People
...th throughout their lives. Other studies show that older people who give live longer than those who don't. Helping others has been shown to bring health benefits to those with chronic illness, including HIV, multiple sclerosis, and heart problems. And studies show that people of all ages who help others on...Women with breast cancer do not get potentially life-saving information, survey reveals
...or be involved in decision making. In fact, 57% of older women (those over age 71) were not involved at all...must develop new solutions to address the needs of older and less-educated women." ...