Many stroke patients with speech problems are being left isolated once they are discharged from hospitals, campaigners say.

Elderly men with higher activity of the hormone IGF-1 or insulin-growth factor 1 appear to have greater life expectancy and reduced cardiovascular risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).IGF-1 is a hormone similar in molecular structure to insulin. It is released from the liver and plays an important role in childhood growth and continues to have anabolic effects in adults.

Elderly men with higher activity of the hormone IGF-1 or insulin-growth factor 1 appear to have greater life expectancy and reduced cardiovascular risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).IGF-1 is a hormone similar in molecular structure to insulin. It is released from the liver and plays an important role in childhood growth and continues to have anabolic effects in adults.

Doctors are failing to follow guidelines for managing heart failure, a Europe-wide survey suggests.

The American Geriatrics Society's (AGS) Virtual 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting -- featuring more than 60 sessions from the Society's April 30 - May 4 annual meeting in Washington, D.C. -- is now online. AGS' yearly meeting is the premier conference on aging research. More than 600 leading geriatrics researchers and clinicians presented cutting-edge scientific papers, posters, symposia, core curriculum sessions, and workshops during the 2008 meeting.

A pair of Los Alamos National Laboratory theorists have developed a mathematical tool that could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally.

A world expert on primates, Dr Jane Goodall, urges Europe to find alternatives to experiments on animals.

Child obesity rates may have reached a plateau in the US after decades of almost continuous rises, a report says.

The AP/International Herald Tribune on Friday examined male circumcision in Kenya in the wake of the disputed December 2007 presidential election that resulted in political violence. Kenya is rolling out its first no-cost male circumcision

The naturally-occurring chemical bicarbonate, used to make baking soda, could help detect cancer using sensitive scanning, research suggests.

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