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• High Serum and CSF Urate Levels may Slow the Rate of Clinical Decline of PD

  
  MediNEWS.Direct! — Authority: 115
  Urate is a superoxide, peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radical scavenger, and iron chelator and ascorbate stabilizer. Previous researches have shown that people with higher urate levels are at a lower risk of Parkinson disease (PD), by virtue of its antioxidant effect. These include persons with gout and those who consume ...
  21 hours ago

• What’s The Most Expensive Medical Condition?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 603
  What medical condition costs the U.S. Health system the most in disability and overall costs? If you said heart disease or cancer or pulmonary disease you would be wrong! I would have said one of those myself. The answer…slow drumroll….is musculoskeletal disease . Yes, 50% of the adult population reported ...
  6 days ago

• Life Inside a Nursing Home

  
  Seniors For Living — Authority: 464
  When my mother was recovering from an illness, she had to spend some time in a nursing home to regain her strength. It was a rather sudden decision on her doctor’s part, and I had only a few hours to find one.I saw her have to wait for assistance with most everything, be served soft [...]
  6 days ago

• Alcohol & Old Lace [Tippling]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 824
  A new study suggests that "light to moderate alcohol intake" helps keep women in their 70s spry. [ Reuters ]
  1 week ago

• Older patients with dementia at increased risk for flu mortality

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 612
  BOSTON (October 27, 2009) -- An epidemiological study on pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in adults age 65 and over reports that patients with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently, have sh
  1 week ago

• ‘Brooklyn Beginnings’: A Geriatrician’s Odyssey

  
  eReleases Press Release Headlines — Authority: 150
  TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2009 — Dr. Michael Gordon, a successful and prominent Canadian geriatrician, ethicist, educator, speaker, and author, presents “Brooklyn Beginnings,” a memoir examining his quest from humble beginnings in Brooklyn to his current renowned medical status in Toronto. “Brooklyn Beginnings” is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Resveratrol And Anti-Aging Hype

  
  Better Health — Authority: 603
  We would all like to live longer. The most promising longevity research indicates that severe calorie restriction might extend life span, but such a diet is difficult to follow. Resveratrol, a phytochemical found in red wine, has been evaluated as a possible way out of the dilemma. When given to obese mice on a high ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sent Elsewhere: Pharmacy Conglomerates Hoarding Flu Vaccines

  
  Better Health — Authority: 603
  I’m working with a small team of primary care physicians in Vienna, Virginia. Part of their strategic business plan is to offer flu shots to local residents via office visits and house calls. Just last week I accompanied Dr. Alan Dappen on a series of flu shot house calls to the frail elderly. They were too weak ...
  3 weeks ago

• When Your Significant Other Overrides Your Living Will

  
  Better Health — Authority: 603
  He knew she was angry with him. “Whenever I come to see her, I reach out and take her hand, but she looks away.” Husband and wife for well over 50 years, they had been through a lot.  They met in another country in another time, and to hear him tell it, it almost seemed fated that they’d end up together.  ...
  3 weeks ago

• Happiest men are ages 60 to 69, while least happy are ages 20 to 29

  
  Clinical Cases and Images - Blog — Authority: 506
  From CNN: "As you get older, if youre wise, you avoid all stress. Older people are better able to recognize what will bother them, and better able to negotiate their environment." Embedded video from CNN Video References: More happiness may come with age, studies say . CNN. Posted at Clinical Cases and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dying from dementia

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 612
  INDIANAPOLIS -- A growing number of older adults are dying from dementia.
  3 weeks ago

• Calculate benefit before dialysis for frail elders

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 612
  BOSTON -- Kidney specialists should weigh the potential quality of life for frail elders with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in opting for dialysis over more conservative therapies, a nephrologist and a palliative care specialist suggest in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine.
  3 weeks ago

• Beneficial effects of alcohol?

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 612
  According a new study of over 3,000 adults aged 70-79, the apparent association between light-to-moderate alcohol consumption and reduced risk of functional decline over time did not hold up after adjustments were made for characteristics related to lifestyle, in particular physical activity, body weight, education, ...
  3 weeks ago

• VideoMD.com Top 10 Finalist for The Perfect Pitch 2009 with Keynote Speaker Sir Richard Branson

  
  eReleases Press Release Headlines — Authority: 150
  MIAMI, Oct. 13, 2009 — VideoMD.com is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a Top 10 Finalist for The Perfect Pitch 2009, an Entrepreneur and Investor Conference. There were over 1000 submissions for The Perfect Pitch, which were evaluated on clarity, viability, consumer need, growth potential, marketing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Is there a doctor or writer in the house?

  
  UNC Health Care's Weblog — Authority: 115
  Stephanie wrote this… It’s not all that uncommon for a person change professions mid career.  In fact, with this economy, many are having to reinvent themselves. However, changing from one noble profession to another, makes me raise an eyebrow.  And that’s what happened when I heard about Terrence Holt.  ...
  4 weeks ago

• ALERT: Beta-amyloid Protein Levels in CSF May Serve as Novel Marker for Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease

  
  MediNEWS.Direct! — Authority: 115
  Currently, there lacks a single test for accurately diagnosing Alzheimer disease (AD), with autopsy being the only definitive diagnostic tool. Gothenburg researchers have reported that AD patients have increased levels of beta-amyloid protein (Aβ1-16) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) compared to healthy people. The ...
  5 weeks ago

• Studies Reveal New Risk Factors for Dementia

  
  Nursing Show Podcast for RN (Registered Nurse) and Student Nurses — Authority: 423
  New studies show that individuals with hypertension, diabetes, and history of tobacco use are at higher risk to develop dementia later in life. Lead author of the researsh, Alvaro Alonso, MD, from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, told Medscape Neurology said, “Our study population included both ...
  7 weeks ago

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