Standard long-acting insulin as good as newer medications
An older type of long-acting insulin is as effective in tre...ke that comes from eating.) Doctors consider the older medication, NPH, to be the current gold standard for basal insulin. Newer drugs, insulin analogues s...Research could lead to treatment for Alzheimer's disease
...zheimer's disease, and nearly half of those 85 and older may have the disease....Detection of melanoma by dermatologists linked with earlier tumor stage, higher survival rates
...reasing access to dermatologists, particularly for older patients who have higher rates of melanoma, may represent one approach to improving melanoma-related health outcomes from a health policy perspective," the authors conclude....Diet and lifestyle -- In the cancer fight, eating well is the best revenge
...pective study of 500,000 men and women aged 50 and older has found that those who ate more fruit and vegetables had a reduced risk of head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, resulting in more than 350,000 deaths annually. "Identifying ...Help the Aged funds the University of Nottingham to research pain affecting older people
...stood medical condition which affects millions of older people in Britain is to be studied at The Univers...rying degrees affects as many as two-thirds of the older people in our society. Dr Lorna Layward, Research Manager for Help the Aged, said: We are delighte...Satellite images aid implementation of agricultural reforms
... even single trees can be delineated. By comparing older and recent images of these same areas with the processed reference landscape feature layer, the removal of these features can be detected. To protect soils against erosion risks and improve soil structure, the GAEC as applied in some countries, s...Bovine tuberculosis could spread by human-human contact
...Mycobacterium bovis infection usually occurs among older people, in whom drinking unpasteurised milk in the past is the probable source of infection. Person-to-person transmission is very rare. Jason Evans from the West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Birmingham, UK, and coll...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 4, 2007
...ay toxicity. Air from the new vehicle, but not the older model, had an aggravating effect in an immune response model that could be a concern for individuals with allergy, the researchers found. Otherwise they found no indications of toxicity. "Our investigations indicated no apparent health hazard of park...Tai Chi boosts immunity to shingles virus in older adults, NIH-sponsored study reports
..., a traditional Chinese form of exercise, may help older adults avoid getting shingles by increasing immuni...osting the immune response to varicella vaccine in older adults, according to a new study publishsed in print this week in the Journal of the American Geriat...Rapid response was crucial to containing the 1918 flu pandemic
...me these mutations can alter the virus enough that older vaccines are no longer effective. With current technologies, it would take months to develop a new vaccine after the first cases of pandemic influenza appear. Nonpharmaceutical interventions may limit the spread of the virus by imposing restriction...Sleep quantity affects morning testosterone levels in older men
...sured differences in the amount of sleep a healthy older man gets can affect his level of testosterone in t...he results of the study raise the possibility that older men who obtain less actual sleep during the night have lower blood testosterone levels in the mornin...Actigraphy is a useful way to assess and manage sleep disorders
...patients with circadian rhythms and insomnia. In older adults, actigraphy characterizes sleep and circadian patterns and documents treatment responses. Similarly, in normal infants and children, as well as special pediatric populations, actigraphy has proven useful for delineating sleep patterns and doc...1 out of every 3 arthritis sufferers is affected in ability to work
...nt doctor's office visits. AAWL was more common in older age groups and, when adjusted for age, was found to have a higher prevalence among women, non-Hispanic blacks, and individuals with lower education and income. The authors point out that the findings of the study are subject to limitations typical ...Rhode Island Hospital study confirms RF ablation effective for treating inoperable lung cancer
...al tumor progression outcomes when compared to the older treatment method of external beam radiation (EBT). EBT, which has been used for decades, requires many treatments over a six-week period. This can often lead to a variety of side effects. RF ablation, however, is performed in a single day on an ou...Lung cancer screening regimen provides opportunity for cure
...ymptoms of cancer. The participants were age 60 or older with a history of smoking but no prior cancer and no chest CT in the past three years. A total of 6,014 annual repeat screenings were provided. CT results prompted recommendations for further work-up on 14 percent of the 6,295 baseline screening p...General physicals prompt needed cancer screenings
...eventive health exams increase the likelihood that older adults will get recommended cancer screenings. "Because people go to the doctor anyway when they feel sick or have a medical problem, some authorities have questioned whether preventive, or general, health examinations are worth the extra time and ...Contrast agent puts new light on diagnosing breast cancer
...sue. About half of women under 50 and a third of older women have naturally dense breast tissue, making it harder to distinguish between healthy tissue and questionable masses in mammograms, Frangioni says. The new agent works by binding to micro-calcifications produced in breast cancers. Though scient...Long-term aspirin use associated with reduced risk of dying in women
...nd moderate doses and was significantly greater in older participants and those with more cardiac risk factors." There are several mechanisms by which aspirin could reduce the risk of death, the authors note. "Aspirin therapy may influence cardiovascular disease and cancer through its effect on common ...Computerized reminders boost mammography screening rates
... care delivery systems. "With baby boomers getting older and having more chronic conditions, it's estimated that a primary care physician may have to spend up to six hours a day managing the preventive services and chronic disease tests for his or her patient population," he says. "By using information tec......was linked to those with private health insurance, older age, length of treatment and attending self-help m...ack admitted to rural hospitals were significantly older and sicker than their counterparts admitted to urban hospitals, and that rural hospitals, because of...