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| A special cocoa made to retain naturally occurring compounds called flavanols may have the potential to help maintain healthy brain function and chart the course for future research that could lead to... |
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in Americans older than 50, affecting more than two million people.
The American Academy of... |
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| With an aging population susceptible to stroke, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions, and military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with serious limb injuries, the need for... |
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Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Nicholson on Thursday testified before the House Appropriations Committee about the VA budget and department management of mental health services, the Boston... |
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At a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Thursday, ranking member Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) expressed concern about proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid by the Bush administration, CongressDaily... |
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| Sleep disturbances common in older people can lead to an increased risk of falling during waking hours, according to research published in the latest issue of The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences... |
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| Johns Hopkins cardiologists are calling for an expansion of the criteria widely used by physicians to detect and assess a postmenopausal woman's chances of developing cardiovascular disease, the leading... |
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| The reduction of body iron stores through phlebotomy (blood removal) in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) does not appear to decrease the risk of death plus nonfatal cardiovascular events,... |
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Doctors are still denying older people the sorts of tests and treatment they would offer to younger patients, reveals a survey in Quality and Safety in Health Care.
Half of those surveyed... |
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Coaching sessions can help seniors become more assertive during medical visits, suggests a new review of studies on methods to increase older patients' involvement in their own health care.
"Elderly... |
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| Patients who have gone blind are a step closer to perhaps one day regaining some of their sight. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC), Doheny Eye Institute, has announced the next... |
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| Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) will receive a $3 million grant from the Merrill Lynch Foundation to support research into the genetic influences involved in Alzheimer's disease... |
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| A completely new approach to the study of Alzheimer's disease, initiated by a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, may solve a critical piece in the puzzle of the disease. This tragic... |
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| Intelligent assisted living systems are the focus of the presentation of Fraunhofer IESE at this year's CeBIT in Hanover. A miniature version of the institute's own Assisted Living Laboratory will give... |
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| Now, an innovative study conducted by the University of Western Sydney looks at the lives of cancer carers and how they negotiate issues surrounding sexuality and intimacy in the context of caring for... |
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| Mayo Clinic researchers have now shown that a drug that inhibits the function of the protein Hsp90 reduces brain levels in mice of the protein tau, the abnormal accumulation of which has been implicated... |
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| Running, basketball and other
high-impact sports may lead to stronger bones as people age, according to a
new study presented today at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Orthopaedic... |
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Northwestern University researchers have discovered men with an unusual form of dementia have a higher rate of vasectomy than men the same age who are cognitively normal.
The dementia is Primary... |
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| Hearing aids have existed, in one form or another, for hundreds of years. Wearable, electrical hearing aids have been around for about 75 years. More recently - over the past 50 years - cochlear implants... |
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| Some of a neighborhood's features -- the length of its blocks, how many grocery stores or restaurants are nearby -- may be more than selling points for real estate agents. A new study suggests such factors... |
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