Archive for September, 2007
Response To YouGov Poll: Poll Welcomed And Major Mental Decline Is Far From Inevitable In Older Age, UK
In response to today’s YouGov poll reporting a lack of public awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, Dr Lorna Layward, Research Manager of the Help the Aged biomedical Research into Ageing programme, says: ‘The findings from today’s YouGov poll give cause for concern, highlighting that the public has little awareness of dementia, and that most people assume memory loss is a natural part of ageing. People should not assume that mental decline is inevitable. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsToxic Buildup In Brain From Loss Of Gene Responsible For Some Dementias
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville have discovered how loss of a gene can lead to accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain, resulting in a common dementia, and they say this mechanism may be important in a number of age-related neurological disorders.In the Journal of Neuroscience, the scientists demonstrate that absence of a gene known as progranulin leads to errant splicing of a protein that usually operates within the nucleus of a nerve cell (neuron). [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsFirst Comprehensive Survey Of Maternal Depression
A new Kaiser Permanente study, the first integrated survey of maternal depression, shows that more than one in seven women are depressed at some time during the nine months before becoming pregnant, during pregnancy, or in the nine months after childbirth. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsAsthma And Allergies Linked In New National Study
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with approximately 30 percent of those cases attributed to cat allergy.”It has long been debated whether people who develop asthma have a genetic propensity to develop allergies, or atopy,” said Darryl C. Zeldin, M.D., a senior investigator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsExperimental Drug Boosts Survival In Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
New clinical data showed an experimental drug called pertuzumab prolonged the survival time for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, a University of Alabama at Birmingham doctor said recently.The data was presented during a scientific session of the 14th European Cancer Conference held in Barcelona, Spain. The session’s main speaker was Sharmila Makhija, M.D., an associate professor in UAB’s Division of Gynecologic Oncology. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsHeat-Related Deaths Likely To Increase Due To Climate Change
While some uncertainty does exist in climate projections and future health vulnerability, overall increases in heat-related premature mortality are likely by the 2050s, according to a recent study by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and soon to be published in the November 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. In metropolitan New York, researchers estimate a 47 percent to 95 percent increase in summer heat-related deaths when compared to the 1990s. [click link for full article]Original post by aiming for grace
No commentsUpdated Guidelines Help Patients Reduce Risk Of Cardiac Event Before Surgery
People with heart disease should take special precautions before undergoing any kind of surgery, even noncardiac surgery, to reduce their risk of a cardiac event, according to new joint guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsDepression Rate Climbs After Childbirth But Is Related To Earlier Episodes, New AJP Study Shows
A large observational study that tracked women from nine months prior to pregnancy through nine months after delivery has revealed that the number of women diagnosed with depression actually decreases slightly during pregnancy, then rises after delivery. The study also confirmed that many women who experience depression during pregnancy or the postpartum period have a history of earlier depression. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
No commentsOlder People Are Human Beings - Not Objects Or Numbers, Says Help The Aged, UK
Responding to the Dignity in Care report from the Healthcare Commission, Paul Cann, Director of Policy at Help the Aged, says: ‘Older people are human beings - not objects or numbers. It’s nearly ten years since we first exposed the shortcomings in hospital care and dignity for older people1, yet we are still hearing all the time about shocking abuses of dignity. [click link for full article]Original post by aiming for grace
No commentsComparison Of Laparoscopic Radical And Partial Nephrectomy: Effects On Long Term Serum Creatinine
UroToday.com- While laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) and laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) have been shown to be effective management in patients with localized renal tumor; there is limited data on the long term effect on postoperative renal function in these two patient groups. [click link for full article]Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today
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