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NHS fertility treatment for cancer patients must be improved, leading doctors say.
Pregnant women who eat a Mediterranean diet may help protect their babies from asthma and other allergies.
A man over 60 who has low blood testosterone levels may have a higher risk of bone fractures, compared to men with normal testosterone levels for their age, according to an article published in Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA/Archives), January 14th issue. Approximately one third of all osteoporotic fractures caused by porous bones happen in men, explain the authors.
High-risk older women, especially those from sunny climates, and especially during the winter, may benefit from a reduced risk of falls if they take Vitamin D2 supplements, according to an article in Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA/Archives), January 14th edition. The researchers explain "Approximately one-third of women older than 65 years fall each year, and 6% sustain a fracture as a result of the fall. In addition, fear of falling is a major problem in older people.
Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX:NVN) announced the completion of the safety and tolerability assessment in its second cohort of patients in a Phase 1 clinical trial of new HspE7 in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). HspE7's safety data were normal and met the limits prescribed in the trial protocol, allowing advancement to the third cohort of patients in the study.
A Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) study found that total health care cost estimates attributable to delirium ranged from $16,303 to $64,421 per elderly patient. These estimates represent a national burden of delirium on the health care system extending from $38 to $152 billion each year, much more than previously thought. The spotlight on health care costs frequently rests on other medical conditions, like diabetes.
We often read or hear stories about older adults being conned out of their life savings, but are older individuals really more susceptible to fraud than younger adults? And, if so, how exactly does aging affect judgment and decision-making abilities? Recent work led by University of Iowa neuroscientist Natalie Denburg, Ph.D.
A lethal new form of MRSA is reported to be more prevalent among the gay community in the US.
Anxiety and depressive thoughts can lead breastfeeding women to worry about whether their baby is eating enough. They are likely to stop breastfeeding or supplement their own milk with infant formula or baby porridge. New results from the Mother and Child Cohort Study at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health indicate that personality traits can affect breastfeeding habits.
A coalition of gynecologists, internists, allergists, ER physicians and general practitioners responsible for treating thousands of women criticized the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking action that threatens to deny hundreds of thousands of women access to customized medications they take for symptoms of menopause.The FDA last week announced that the hormone estriol can no longer be used in estrogen medications customized for women by compounding pharmacies.
Falls are prevalent, dangerous, and costly. About one in three seniors above age 65, and nearly one in two seniors over age 80, will fall at least once this year, many times with disastrous consequences.* As our nation's population ages, the rate of falls is rising. Yet, falling and fear of falling may be reduced by physical therapist intervention, says the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
A sprained ankle can increase the risk of developing a potentially deadly blood clot, research suggests.
Scientists in the US say they have created a genetically- engineered carrot that provides extra calcium.
Smokers and ex-smokers with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an untreatable progressive lung disease that usually leads to death within a few years of diagnosis, have a worse prognosis than non-smokers, according to research from London.Previous research had counter-intuitively suggested that current smokers with IPF might live longer than ex-smokers, but the new study establishes that the data likely reflected a healthy smoker effect.
Authorities begin a mass poultry cull in India's West Bengal state after confirming an outbreak of bird flu.
Scientists from the Medical Research Council's Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit (ANU) at the University of Oxford have discovered evidence that sleep is important for the stabilisation of memory. In a study published in Nature Neuroscience, Dr Jozsef Csicsvari and colleagues describe how memory traces of the latest waking experiences could be reactivated during sleep, helping the formation of long-lasting memories.
Christian Science Monitor columnist David Francis on Monday examined possible changes in U.S. family planning policy if a Democrat is elected president. According to Francis, some family planning experts "anticipate a boon for mankind" if a Democrat is elected because the election likely would lead to a "greater effort" by the U.S. to "restrain world population growth." U.S.
Prescription drugs now used to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults may prevent the vaginal transmission of HIV, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.Using a highly sophisticated human/mouse chimera or "humanized mouse" model, the UT Southwestern researchers discovered that anti-retroviral drugs given daily before and after exposure to HIV can prevent vaginal transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.
Biologists have created baker's yeast capable of living to 800 in yeast years without apparent side effects.The basic but important discovery, achieved through a combination of dietary and genetic changes, brings science closer to controlling the survival and health of the unit of all living systems: the cell."We're setting the foundation for reprogramming healthy life," said study leader Valter Longo of the University of Southern California.