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| The number of octogenarians (people aged 80 to 89) and nonagenarians (people 90 to 99) who began dialysis increased from 7,054 people in 1996 to 13,577 people in 2003, according to a new study (Article... |
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| Wielding a palette of chromosome paints, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have taken a step closer to understanding the relationship between aging and cancer by visualizing chromosomes... |
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| Lonely individuals may be twice as likely to develop the type of dementia linked to Alzheimer's disease in late life as those who are not lonely, according to a study by researchers at the Rush Alzheimer's... |
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| Active patient involvement during treatment of chronic heart failure, coupled with partnership with healthcare team members to provide care consistent with evidence-based guidelines, dramatically improves... |
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Wounds in the mouth heal more slowly in women and older adults, a new study at the University of Illinois at Chicago reveals.
"While wounds to the skin heal more quickly in women than in men... |
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| According to a new study in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, erectile dysfunction (ED) is highly prevalent across white, black and Hispanic populations in the United States. For the first time in an adequately... |
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| Avicena Group, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: AVGO), a biotechnology company focused on
commercializing its proprietary cellular energy modulation technology,
announced today the completion of the dose... |
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| More than 18 million men in the United States over age 20 are affected by erectile dysfunction, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The prevalence... |
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Two newspapers recently published articles related to geriatric and primary care physician shortages. Summaries appear below.
Geriatricians: The U.S. has a shortage of geriatric care physicians, in... |
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Retiree health care costs for 55 large U.S. cities increased by an average of 10% annually from 1999 through 2004, Moody's Investors Services said in a note issued on Tuesday, the AP/Houston Chronicle... |
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Exposure to high levels of fine particles in air pollution is associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women, according to a study published in the... |
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You expected vision changes with age, but you hadn't anticipated vision problems because of drooping eyelids.
Aging or drooping eyelids are common with aging. The skin around your eyes is... |
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Build it, and they will walk. That's the message from a new study that suggests communities that make it easy for senior citizens to walk will end up with more active residents.
The researchers... |
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| The Spanish Ageing Research Network (Red Nacional de InvestigaciA?n del Envejecimiento), funded by Carlos III Health Institute and headed by professor DarAo AcuA±a Castroviejo, from the University of... |
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| AGI Dermatics today announced
new clinical research that indicates bicyclic monoterpene diols (BMTd) are
effective agents in treating photodamaged skin by significantly increasing
collagen production... |
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| Cynosure, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CYNO), a leading developer and manufacturer of a broad array of
light-based aesthetic treatment systems, today announced the addition of a
new 1320 nm wavelength Nd:YAG laser... |
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| The heady odor of yeast paste partially counteracts the life-lengthening effects of nutrient restriction on fruit flies - leading Baylor College of Medicine researchers to believe that the fly's perception... |
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Discovery provides a tool to track brain cell metabolic changes related to aging and diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's
A protein that causes coral to glow is helping... |
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| Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that impaired function and loss of synapses in the hippocampus of a mouse form of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is related to the... |
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