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An article published in The Lancet Neurologyrecommends a phase III study for the drug tarenflurbil, amedication given to patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thephase II study found that patients who took 800 mg of tarenflurbiltwice daily had better functional ability results than patients takingplacebo.
Children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma, a New York-based study suggests.
A woman's voice becomes more alluring when she is at her most fertile, according to US research.
Officials in Beijing impose a ban on smoking in most public buildings in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
Mirabilis Medica, a privately-held medical device company, announced completion of its first human trial, which served as a preliminary demonstration of clinical feasibility of its prototype High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) system for treatment of uterine fibroids. Volunteer patients were treated with the Mirabilis system just prior to scheduled hysterectomies, after which the excised uterine tissue was examined by a pathologist for effects of treatment.
Pelvic organ prolapse - a tear or weakness in a woman's pelvic floor muscles that allows her internal organs to fall outside the body - runs in families, a new Saint Louis University study finds.Women with a family member who has had a hernia or prolapse - two conditions that cause internal organs to protrude through a body opening - are more likely to develop prolapse themselves, says Mary McLennan, M.D.
Roughly a quarter of Americans with disabilities age 65 and older reported using at least one prescription drug deemed inappropriate for persons his or her age, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Only about half as many (13 percent) of elderly people without disabilities used inappropriate drugs, according to the analysis of 2004 data. Thirty-three medications are regarded as inappropriate for people 65 and older.
Elderly patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure who receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death live longer than those that do not, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine. Further, the health care costs associated with ICDs, while substantial at the time of implantation, do not greatly increase downstream health care costs in this population.
Better-educated women are a healthier weight, new research reveals but men have higher body mass the more educated they are - except in United StatesA new comparison of multi-national data, released this month, reveals that highly educated women have a healthier average weight than less educated women, but that the meaning of "healthier" changes according to a nation's relative wealth. In countries where malnutrition is prevalent, better-educated women weigh more.
Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues."It is likely that the oppositional effects of the drugs contributed to the accelerated decline," said Kaycee M. Sink, M.D., M.A.S., lead author.
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Tuesday suggested that the Bush administration is willing to reach a compromise on a bill (HR 5613) that would prevent seven new Medicaid regulations from taking effect until April 1, 2009, CongressDaily reports. The measure was
Costs for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and some in-home care services have increased for a fifth consecutive year and might continue to increase as a result of an expected shortage of long-term health care workers, according to a study released on Tuesday by Genworth Financial, the
The Minnesota House on Monday voted 85-45 to pass a broad education bill (SF 3001) that includes a provision requiring school districts to adopt comprehensive sex education curricula by the 2011-2012 school year, the
I've often been asked about why and how people have "make up sex" - sex after arguing. While reading Esther Perel's Mating in Captivity , I found one of the better explanations I've heard. She was discussing a couple she had been seeing in her therapy office. James was a man who was overly accommodating to Stella. While James' mother had led him to feel burdened with responsibility and guilt, in contrast, Stella was a graceful, vibrant and independent woman. Summarizing here with a very large stroke of the brush, Stella had become the keeper of their sex life. She wanted it. James didn't. She wanted to talk about it. He didn't. Stella had reached the point of hating being the one who made it happen, but she did not dare stop doing so for fear that he would do nothing to keep their sexual relationship alive.
No one wants to have a medical illness, especially one that requires that you have to either take pills or use an inhaler on a daily basis or inject yourself. For many, it reinforces the fact that you're "sick" or that you are not able to do what others can. For me, that's one side of the coin, but I think it's better for you, in terms of your compliance with treatment and your self-esteem, to look at the other side. So, what's the other side of the coin? How about thinking that each pill or injection is proof that you have both the determination to maintain your health and that rather than reinforcing the fact that you're "sick," it means you're a winner. You won't let this stop you, or get you down because you're going to go on with your life and do the things you want.
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According to a study published in the Journal of NeurologyNeurosurgery and Psychiatry,men and women have different risk factors that contribute to thedevelopment of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The French researchersfoundthat stroke is a main risk factor for men and depression is a criticalfactor for women.The researchers analyzed a sample of almost 7000 people over age 65from three French cities.