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Another Purpose for A Lifesaving Cancer Drug

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai say that tiny doses of a cancer drug may stop the raging, uncontrollable immune response to infection that leads to sepsis and kills up to 500,000 people a year in the U.S. The new drug treatment may also benefit millions of people worldwide who are… Continue reading Another Purpose for A Lifesaving Cancer Drug

What You Should Know About Colorectal Cancer – and New Research

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women, according to the Mayo Clinic. Roughly 140,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the United States each year. Because of its frequency, it’s essential to know about the illness, its symptoms and its treatment. Here, colorectal surgeon Heidi Nelson,… Continue reading What You Should Know About Colorectal Cancer – and New Research

Medical Error 3rd Leading Cause of Death in U.S.

Analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year period, Johns Hopkins patient safety experts have calculated that medical error is the third most frequent reason for death. That means more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical mistakesin the U.S. Their figure, published May 3 in The BMJ, surpasses the U.S. Centers for… Continue reading Medical Error 3rd Leading Cause of Death in U.S.

My Sister’s Lungs, Part One

Editor’s Note: In the first of a five-part series, thirdAGE contributor Nancy Wurtzel (at left in the above photo) shares the ordeal her sister Barbara (at right in the above photo) is undergoing as she waits for a match for a lung transplant. Barbara’s situation is complicated by the fact that her husband, Jim, has… Continue reading My Sister’s Lungs, Part One

Five Ways to Start Preparing for Retirement

The “Greatest Generation” experienced the burgeoning of government and corporate pension and health-care plans post-World War II, but baby boomers and later generations are facing the severe compromise of those benefits. While thousands of boomers reach retirement age every day, they will continue to take on more responsibility for providing income for their essential living… Continue reading Five Ways to Start Preparing for Retirement

Hope for A New Chronic Pain Treatment

The potential of light as a non-invasive, highly-focused alternative to pain medication was made more apparent thanks to research conducted by scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre. The study was published in the journal eNeuro. Researchers bred mice with a light-sensitive trait in peripheral… Continue reading Hope for A New Chronic Pain Treatment

A Newly Discovered Benefit of Strength Training

Older adults who followed strength-training guidelines had lower odds of dying than those who weren’t as physically active, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Columbia University. The study is the first to demonstrate the association in a large, nationally representative sample over an… Continue reading A Newly Discovered Benefit of Strength Training

The Skin-Cancer Gender Gap

Skin cancer can affect anyone, regardless of age, race or gender. When it comes to skin cancer prevention and detection, however, it seems that men need to brush up on their knowledge. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). More than 8,500 people… Continue reading The Skin-Cancer Gender Gap

Osteoporosis: Get Checked

Nearly 56 million American adults have osteoporosis or low bone density. Each year, osteoporosis causes two million broken bones in the U.S. alone. These fractures result in more than half a million hospitalizations, more than 800,000 ER visits, more than 2.6 million trips to the doctor, and the placement of nearly 200,000 individuals into nursing… Continue reading Osteoporosis: Get Checked

A New Parkinson’s Discovery

Because billions of neurons are packed into our brain, the neuronal circuits that are responsible for controlling our behaviors are by necessity highly intermingled. This tangled web makes it complicated for scientists to determine exactly which circuits do what. Now, using two laboratory techniques pioneered in part at Caltech, Caltech researchers have mapped out the… Continue reading A New Parkinson’s Discovery

Ten Tips for Caregiving Daughters – and Their Mothers

As Mother’s Day approaches, many older women in a mother/daughter caregiving relationship may find it a bittersweet holiday. No matter how strong their relationship is with their mother, caregiving is an exhausting, often frustrating task. As in many aspects of life there are lessons to be learned and a lot of bumps and bruises that… Continue reading Ten Tips for Caregiving Daughters – and Their Mothers

Genes May Determine Our Feelings

How people think and feel about their lives depends on multiple factors, including genes, researchers have found. In a paper published in Nature Genetics, a multi-institutional team, including a researcher from Baylor College of Medicine, reports that they have found genetic variants associated with our feelings of well-being, depression and neuroticism. This is one of… Continue reading Genes May Determine Our Feelings

The Road to Financial Literacy: Three Minuses, Three Pluses

Financial literacy isn’t something we learn in school, and most parents admit they feel unqualified or incapable of teaching their children about money. As a result, most of us are self-taught when it comes to learning about money. “Too often, like financial lemmings, we follow the trends, patterns, and habits of people around us without… Continue reading The Road to Financial Literacy: Three Minuses, Three Pluses

How to Remember What The Doctor Said

No matter what your age, it is easy to forget a lot of what your doctor says. Sometimes, what she/he says may be hard to understand, or frightening, making it harder to absorb the information. Ideally, you may be able to bring someone along to help you understand and remember what the doctor is saying… Continue reading How to Remember What The Doctor Said

A Crucial Benefit of Testosterone Therapy

Older men using testosterone therapy were less likely to have complications that require them to go back to the hospital within a month of being discharged than men not using this therapy, according to a new study. The research was published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Using nationally representative Medicare linked data, the investigators, from the… Continue reading A Crucial Benefit of Testosterone Therapy

“Emotional Memory” in Older Adults

In a study exploring the relationship between memory for specific past experiences and recovery from strong negative emotions, researchers say that episodic memory be more important in helping midlife and older adults recover from a negative event than it is for younger adults. Rebecca Ready, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University… Continue reading “Emotional Memory” in Older Adults

Be Aware of Who’s Providing Your Skin Care

Thanks to the recent proliferation of websites and apps offering remote dermatologic consultations, patients may think they can receive quality care without ever leaving home. Not all of these teledermatology services offer the same standard of care, however, so patients should exercise caution when seeking such services. Fortunately, there are steps patients can take to… Continue reading Be Aware of Who’s Providing Your Skin Care