_ People Want To Learn About Medical Risks As Soon As Possible By Jane Farrell article The higher their risk of certain illnesses, the more people are inclined to take action, ranging from seeking information to … Read More→
_ Diabetes Healthy Diet & Nutrition Include These Items in Your Diet to Reduce The Risk Of Diabetes By Jane Farrell article A healthy diet can be helpful in controlling diabetes. Once the symptoms of diabetes appear, it is possible to reduce … Read More→
Mental & Emotional Health Senior Health Aging and Depression: Are You at Risk? By Jane Farrell article The link between aging and depression is no secret nowadays. The problem can affect virtually any person, for any … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Getting Potentially Life-Saving Drugs to High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients Faster By Jane Farrell article By Tatiana Prowell, M.D. and Richard Pazdur, M.D. Researchers at an international oncology conference held in October in Spain reported … Read More→
_ Heart Health A New Understanding of Cardiovascular Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article Researchers appear to have found an improved way of diagnosing cardiovascular disease risk. An investigation at the University of Texas … Read More→
Breast cancer High blood pressure / hypertension Calcium Channel Blockers DonΓÇÖt Up Breast Cancer Risk By Jane Farrell article Women who take calcium channel blockers, a common type of medication to control high blood pressure, are not at increased … Read More→
_ Bone Health Skin Skin Health Adult Eczema May Be a Risk Factor for Fractures By Jane Farrell article Adults with eczema had a higher prevalence of fracture and bone or joint injury (FBJI), as well as other types … Read More→
_ Heart Health Senior Health Valve Replacement Is Often Low Risk for Older Patients By Jane Farrell article Patients who are 90 years or older and have a narrowed heart valve can safely be given a valve replacement, … Read More→
Cancer Center Blood Test to Predict Cancer Risk By Jane Farrell article A new research report published in the October 2014 issue of The FASEB Journal may make the early detection of … Read More→
_ Men's Health Researchers Identify New Prostate Cancer Risk Factors By article Researchers have identified dozens of new genetic factors linked with increased risk of prostate cancer, and testing for them can … Read More→
_ Vision Health Vision Loss Increases Risk of Death By Sondra Forsyth article Vision loss can adversely affect the ability of older adults to perform instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), such as using the telephone, shopping and doing housework, which are all measures of an individual's ability to live independently, and that subsequently increases the risk for death. That is the conclusion of Sharon L. Christ, Ph.D., of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and colleagues. The study was published online August 21st 2014 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
_ Medical Care Outpatient Urology Surgery Ups Deaths Risk By Sondra Forsyth article As hospitals have shifted an array of common urological surgeries from inpatient procedures to outpatient, potentially preventable deaths have increased following complications. Those were the primary findings of a study led by Henry Ford Hospital researchers in Detroit. The paper was published online in August 2014 by BJUI, the official journal of the British Association of Urological Surgeons. The investigators initially expected that improved mortality rates recently documented for surgery overall would also translate to commonly performed urologic surgeries.
_ Heart Health Good Neighbors May Curb Heart Attack Risk By Sondra Forsyth article Although some studies suggest that the factors such as area violence and noise can negatively affect cardiovascular health, few studies have looked at the potential health enhancing effects of positive local neighborhood characteristics. This prompted the authors of an article published in 2014 in BMJ to track the cardiovascular health of over 5000 US adults with no known heart problems over a period of four years, starting in 2006. Their average age was 70, and almost two thirds were women and married (62%).
_ Sleep Health Poor Sleep Ups Suicide Risk in Older Adults By Sondra Forsyth article Reported poor sleep quality independent of a depressed mood appears to be associated with an increased risk for suicide in older adults, according to e study done by Rebecca A. Bernert, Ph.D. of the Stanford University School of Medicine, California and colleagues and published online in JAMA Psychiatry August 13th 2014.
_ Mental & Emotional Health Risky Work Scenarios Make Women Anxious & Less Competent By Sondra Forsyth article Risky situations at work increase anxiety for women and hurt their job performance, according to a study done at Stanford University and presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2014 in San Francisco. On the other hand, study author Susan R. Fisk found that anxiety did not raise anxiety levels for men and that menΓÇÖs job performance was unaffected.
_ Breast Cancer Active Lifestyle Decreases Breast Ca Risk After Menopause By Sondra Forsyth article Postmenopausal women who in the past four years had undertaken regular physical activity equivalent to at least four hours of walking per week had a lower risk for invasive breast cancer compared with women who exercised less during those four years, according to data published in August 2014 inCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
_ Lack of Vitamin D May Mean High Dementia Risk By Jane Farrell article A deficiency in Vitamin D has been linked to a high risk of AlzheimerΓÇÖs and dementia in older people, according to new research. An international team of investigators studied 1,658 elderly Americans who participated in the Cardiovascular Health Study. They concluded that the participants who were severely deficient in Vitamin D were 125 percent likelier to develop dementia of any kind. People who were moderately deficient in Vitamin D had a 53 percent higher risk. The subjects were followed for six years after the initial assessment.
_ Prostate cancer Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator Online By Sondra Forsyth article A free updated calculator to help men and their doctors assess their risk of prostate cancer is available online. Developed at the University of Texas Health Science Center, the tool has had a major upgrade in order to enhance how men and their physicians better understand a man's risk of prostate cancer. A description of the update's needs and benefits is described by the Health Science Center authors in a viewpoint published online August 4th in the Journal of the American Medical Association.