Decision making by the growing elderly population is uncharted territory
... change from the forward-looking vision of a young person to one that prioritizes feeling good in the moment. She noted a just-published study in the journal Psychology and Aging by Corinna E. Lckenhoff and Laura L. Carstensen of Stanford University that found that older people focus more on positive benefi...Over time, more women are developing MS than men
... year the disease was diagnosed and the age of the person when the disease started....Hay fever can send work productivity down the drain
...us infections, exercise, dust, cold air even if a person doesn't have an allergy. Diagnostic testing followed by the right kind of treatment may mean less time out of work, she said. The study currently appears on the website for the Primary Care Respiratory Journal. Szeinbach and her colleagues coll...RAND study finds school playgrounds can help fight childhood obesity
... to height that can be used to determine whether a person is overweight or underweight. The study found differences in BMI and physical activity by the girls' race and socioeconomic status, consistent with the findings of previous studies. Hispanic and African-American girls had 7.2 percent and 7.8 percen...Change in neuroticism tied to mortality rates, researcher says
... peers." A neurotic personality was defined as a person with the tendency to worry, feel excessive amounts of anxiety or depression and to react to stressful life events more negatively than people with low levels of the trait. Neuroticism levels were measured using a standardized personality test. Resu...Johns Hopkins develops pancreas cancer risk model
...alculates a percentage score of probability that a person carries a pancreas cancer gene. Called PancPRO, it also computes an individuals lifetime risk of developing the disease. Although researchers have not yet identified specific genes that cause the disease, they can estimate high risk based on clus...Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
... racing across a breaking sheet of ice. But as the person or animal begins to learn and remember, the more well-trodden paths, or cracks, connect in purposeful, yet unique ways. "No two nerve cells will always be connected in the same way in different people," said Madison. "But populations of cells will ...Report reveals estimated high prevalence and heavy cost of type 2 diabetes complications
...shows that estimated annual healthcare costs for a person with type 2 diabetes complications are about three...foot problems that can lead to amputations, cost a person with type 2 diabetes almost $10,000 each year.* People with diabetes complications pay nearly $1,60...Tai Chi boosts immunity to shingles virus in older adults, NIH-sponsored study reports
...thy adults ages 59 to 86 (average age of 70). Each person took part in a 16-week program of either Tai Chi or a health education program that provided 120 minutes of instruction weekly. Tai Chi combines aerobic activity, relaxation and meditation, which the researchers note have been reported to boost immun...Rapid response was crucial to containing the 1918 flu pandemic
...uenza virus strain that is easily transmitted from person to person. Developing such a vaccine in advance, however, is difficult because an influenza virus mutates as it replicates, and over time these mutations can alter the virus enough that older vaccines are no longer effective. With current technologie...Sleep quantity affects morning testosterone levels in older men
...v. "Although the findings suggest that how long a person sleeps may be an indicator of age-related changes in important hormone signals in the body, future studies are needed to determine the importance of these relationships for the health of older adults." Recent studies associate lack of sleep with se...1 out of every 3 arthritis sufferers is affected in ability to work
...te work limitation to arthritis, especially if the person is suffering from multiple chronic conditions; the wording of the questionnaire did not distinguish between those who could not work and those whose work was simply affected in some way. Nonetheless the size of the study enabled the authors to deve...A new, nanoporous ceramic filter offers hope to kidney-dialysis patients
...e of toxin removal. GFR is 100 percent in a normal person but only 15 percent at best for a dialysis patient, a rate that has changed little in the past 30 years. The ceramic filter's secret, says Van Geertruyden, lies in its pores, which are organized in orderly rows and columns and which measure mere na...New treatment possibilities for fatal genetic disease
... The Huntingtons gene is dominant, meaning that a person who inherits it will inevitably develop the disease Evidence suggests that the prevalence of HD is highest in populations of Western European background One of HDs earliest names was chorea, the Greek word for dance ...First step in developing heart hormone-based pill to control high blood pressure
... buildup of toxins in the blood that can disable a person -- and progress to kidney failure that requires lifelong dialysis, or an organ transplant. Mayo Clinic researchers created a hybrid molecule they describe as safe and efficient -- called a chimera -- that may provide the basis for a new treatment ...Family members most often source of whooping cough in young infants
...rne droplets that are transmitted when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It may start as a mild cold or ...that persists and eventually worsens. The infected person may look and feel healthy between episodes of coughing. If left untreated, people infected with pert...'Shrug off' shoulder surgery myth, study suggests
...and's team also determined that the average time a person remained hospitalized after the surgery was lowest for those recovering from shoulder procedures (just 2.42 days for shoulder patients, versus more than four days for both the hip and knee equivalents). Shoulder arthroplasty is also less expensive,...Study details catastrophic impact of nuclear attack on US cities
... attack. Since radioactive plumes move downwind, a person can look up at the trees to see which way the wind is blowing and then flee perpendicular to the wind. Because the plumes are significantly longer than they are wide, moving as little as one to five miles perpendicular to the plume can mean the diffe...NSW Premier announces $15M for children's cancer research
...ncer ranks second only tobreast cancer in terms of person years of life saved through medical research. "Though statistically childhood cancer accounts for only one percent of all malignancies, when youlook at the enormous impact it has on the Australian community, as well as the individuals directlyinvolve......s in spirituality related to the likelihood that a person had relapsed to heavy drinking. Those who had expe... likelihood of recovery was unrelated to whether a person took part in AA or not. Some alcoholics may derive help from the spiritual aspects of AA, but othe...