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Cells lining the mouth reflect the molecular damage that smoking does to the lining of the lungs, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Smoking puts older women at significant risk for loss of DNA repair proteins that are critical for defending against development of some colorectal cancers, according to research from a team led by Mayo Clinic scientists.
By maintaining aerobic fitness through middle age and beyond, peoplecan delay biologican aging up to 12 years and prolong an independentlifestyle during old age, according to an analysis published on April10, 2008 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine,a BMJ Specialty Journal. Aerobic exercise improves oxygen consumption in the body as well as itsuse in generating energy, known as metabolism. Examples of aerobicexercise include jogging, and biking.
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The British Medical Association (NI) and the Irish Medical Organisation will meet with Members of the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, 15th April 2008, to present a joint Policy Paper on the Care of Older People in Europe.
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Prostate cancer patients are told to keep active despite research suggesting exercise may be counter-productive.
"Regular exercise can help slow down the effects of ageing by up to 12 years," The Daily Telegraph reports. The Daily Mail also covers the story. It says that a study has found aerobic exercise, such as jogging, from middle age onwards can slow and "even reverse the decline in muscle power, balance, and co-ordination in later life". The newspapers report that, with age, there is a reduction in "aerobic power".
Even after the age of 70, people prone to feelings of anxiety, worry, distress and insecurity face a risk for a first lifetime episode of clinically significant depression, according to a unique study led by a University of Rochester Medical Center researcher."We assume that because depression has not developed for people with these personality traits by the age of 70 that it won't develop," said Paul R. Duberstein, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry who led the study.
A new report by the Institute of Medicine recommends ways to avert an impending health care crisis as the growing number of older patients increasingly outpaces the number of health care workers with the skills to meet their needs. One in every five Americans will be 65 or older by 2030 as the baby boom generation ages. The report details what the health professions, policymakers, and the public can do to ensure that older Americans get the best care possible.
Older Puerto Ricans have higher rates of depression than other Hispanics living in the United States, according to a new study by researchers at Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research (IFAR).Nearly 7 percent of Puerto Ricans, who make up 11 percent of the Hispanics 65 and older in the U.S., suffer from major depression, compared to Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, and Hispanics from Central and South America. Only 2.8 percent of Mexican Americans (46.
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There is a difference in life expectancy of over 10 years between the most and least affluent areas of the city and according to new reports, health inequalities remain endemic and show signs of incresing.The main causes of the differences in death rates within Leeds are chronic lung disease, lung cancer and heart disease, largely due to smoking.
Nursing home residents and their families increasingly are "giving up their right to sue over disputes about care, including those involving death, as the homes write binding arbitration into their standard contracts," the Wall Street Journal reports. Under arbitration agreements, nursing home residents and their families agree to settle disputes through a third-party arbiter.
The Kenyan government has issued a new policy to adopt male circumcision as a standard HIV prevention strategy, Kenya's Nation reports. The Policy on Male Circumcision in Kenya 2008 calls for the procedure to be provided to all willing males. The decision to adopt circumcision as an HIV intervention follows
Scientists say it is unlikely same-sex couples would be able to use artificial eggs and sperm to create child.