| Apnea therapy may help cognition in Alzheimer's(By Will Boggs, MD Will Boggs, Md 2008-11-27 00:43) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with Alzheimer's disease and obstructive sleep apnea, treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) seems to improve cognitive function, according to a report in the Journal of the American Geriat... |
| Author Terry Pratchett in UK Alzheimer's plea( 2008-11-27 00:43) | | LONDON (Reuters) – Top-selling author Terry Pratchett will deliver a petition to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday calling for an urgent increase in funding for dementia research. Pratchett, 60, creator of the "Discworld" se... |
| Scientists doubt utility of CT scan as heart test(By Gene Emery Gene Emery 2008-11-27 00:43) | | BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. health insurance program for the elderly, Medicare, is spending money on state-of-the-art CT scanners without clear evidence showing their usefulness in combating heart problems, commentators in the New England Journal of... |
| Bayer Healthcare in $97.5 million kickback settlement( 2008-11-26 00:11) | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Diabetic supply maker Bayer Healthcare, a unit of Bayer AG, has agreed to pay $97.5 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to several diabetic suppliers and caused them to submit false Medicare claims, the U.... |
| A Third of Medicare Clients Unfamiliar With Benefits( 2008-11-26 00:07) | | TUESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- How well a person on Medicare understands the program's benefits affects their access to health care, a new study says. The report, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that a third of the... |
| Costly heart pumps extend lives for some: study(By Julie Steenhuysen Julie Steenhuysen 2008-11-26 00:07) | | CHICAGO (Reuters) – Heart pumps can buy time for people with failing hearts in need of a transplant but implanting heart-assist devices in the elderly as a substitute for a heart transplant benefits only some -- and at a high financial cost, U.S. re... |
| Black seniors perceive health status differently(By Anne Harding Anne Harding 2008-11-26 00:07) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older African Americans more likely to rate their health as poor compared with older white Americans, even though when the two groups "are functioning extremely well, new research suggests. In a group of healthy Medi... |
| Home interventions benefit older cancer survivors(By Megan Rauscher Megan Rauscher 2008-11-24 19:37) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A home-based diet and exercise program may improve physical functioning in elderly, long-term cancer survivors, results of a controlled study indicate. "Today, two thirds of individuals diagnosed with cancer survive... |
| Weight-Alzheimer link different for men and women( 2008-11-24 03:09) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who are heavy in their middle years are at greater risk of Alzheimer's disease, especially if they have large waists. However, for men, being underweight during that period of life actually increases the likelihood... |
| Retirees hit by "longevity risk"(By Tom Brown Tom Brown 2008-11-24 03:09) | | MIAMI (Reuters) – Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings. A retired nurse, Stark is a prime example of what f... |
| Smoking Compromises Quality-of-Life in Old Age( 2008-11-24 03:09) | | Smoking doesn't just shorten your lifespan, new research indicates. It makes the years you do have less enjoyable. University of Helsinki researchers followed a group of 1658 men for 26 years, and found that those who smoked 20 or more cigarettes a day (... |
| When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient( 2008-11-21 10:14) | | THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The stress of providing care for a loved one with Alzheimer's results in 25 percent of family caregivers having at least one emergency room or hospital visit every six months, says an Indiana University study. It's lo... |
| When the Caregiver Becomes the Patient( 2008-11-21 09:40) | | THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The stress of providing care for a loved one with Alzheimer's results in 25 percent of family caregivers having at least one emergency room or hospital visit every six months, says an Indiana University study. It's lo... |
| Elder suicide risk persists in long-term care(By Joene Hendry Joene Hendry 2008-11-21 09:40) | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Suicide has not declined among elderly people living in long-term care facilities as it has among community-living elders, research hints. In a review of the 1,771 suicide deaths between 1990 and 2005 among New York City... |
| Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's(By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter by Alan Mozeshealthday Reporter 2008-11-19 22:50) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A compound that boosts growth hormone levels in Alzheimer's patients may not slow the disease, new research suggests. The study, funded by drug giant Merck, was spurred by promising animal research that had suggested... |
| Sport Supplement May Help Shield Seniors From Falls( 2008-11-19 22:50) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The dietary supplement beta-alanine (BA) -- widely used by athletes and body builders -- improves muscle endurance in the elderly, according to U.S. researchers. The finding "could have importance in the prevent... |
| Sport Supplement May Help Shield Seniors From Falls( 2008-11-19 22:38) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The dietary supplement beta-alanine (BA) -- widely used by athletes and body builders -- improves muscle endurance in the elderly, according to U.S. researchers. The finding "could have importance in the prevent... |
| Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's(By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter by Alan Mozeshealthday Reporter 2008-11-19 22:26) | | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A compound that boosts growth hormone levels in Alzheimer's patients may not slow the disease, new research suggests. The study, funded by drug giant Merck, was spurred by promising animal research that had suggested... |
| Herbal supplement Ginkgo doesn't stop Alzheimer's(By Will Dunham Will Dunham 2008-11-19 00:54) | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The widely used herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not appear to prevent Alzheimer's disease in healthy elderly people or those with mild cognitive impairment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The study involved 3,069 peopl... |
| Robots May Come to Aging Boomers' Rescue(By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter by E.j. Mundellhealthday Reporter 2008-11-19 00:34) | | TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- In the not-so-distant future, American seniors may turn to helpful, uncomplaining robots to fill the worrisome "care gap" that many face today. One of these autonomous devices, called the uBOT-5, is already c... |
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