http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Outdoor temperature and blood pressure appear to be correlated in the elderly, with higher rates of hypertension in cooler months, according to a report in the January 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news151000723.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:38:43 EST news151000723 As children transition from preschool-age to school-age, they may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and may contribute to childhood obesity. In a study published in the January/February 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers report that parents perceived that their pre-school children (2 to 5 years) had relatively good eating habits and physical activity levels, but that parents of school-aged children (6 to 12 years) felt their children had less healthful diets and leisure-time activities. http://www.physorg.com/news150695788.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:56:28 EST news150695788 Younger women have equivalent access to kidney transplants compared with their male counterparts, but older women receive transplants much less frequently than older men, according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that steps are needed to ensure that women are provided with equal opportunities to receive kidney transplants as they age. http://www.physorg.com/news150571105.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:18:25 EST news150571105 Many older adults want to remain active and independent for as long as possible. Seniors want to age in their own homes and avoid moving to institutions or nursing homes. University of Missouri researchers are using sensors, computers and communication systems, along with supportive health care services to monitor the health of older adults who are living at home. According to the researchers, motion sensor networks installed in seniors' homes can detect changes in behavior and physical activity, including walking and sleeping patterns. Early identification of these changes can prompt health care interventions that can delay or prevent serious health events. http://www.physorg.com/news150485444.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:30:44 EST news150485444 Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve survival in patients with heart damage - even those in their 70s - according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. http://www.physorg.com/news150482825.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:47:05 EST news150482825 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week in order to maintain and improve optimal health. This recommendation is especially important for older Americans, who can be less likely to fulfill this requirement, yet are more at risk for chronic diseases associated with aging. http://www.physorg.com/news149768698.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:24:58 EST news149768698 At least one in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people in the United States, take multiple drugs in combinations that can produce a harmful drug-drug interaction, and half of these interactions involve a non-prescription medication, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the Dec. 24/31, 2008, issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news149272075.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:27:55 EST news149272075 (PhysOrg.com) -- It's debilitating, isolating and can lead to severe depression - yet pain is widely accepted as something to be expected and regarded as 'normal' in later life. Now a new study from the University of Nottingham examines older people's experiences of pain and how best Government, the NHS and social care agencies can address the issue. http://www.physorg.com/news149185642.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:27:22 EST news149185642 New research out of the University of Pittsburgh indicates that patients' perceptions of their own health and balance have an impact on how much they walk. The study was originally published in Physical Therapy (December 2008), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). http://www.physorg.com/news148927101.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:38:21 EST news148927101 (PhysOrg.com) -- How old is "old"? Researchers at the University of St Andrews are investigating people's perceptions of when an individual should be called old. http://www.physorg.com/news148914827.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:13:47 EST news148914827 A new study shows that antidepressant drugs which only affect serotonin, often used as first choice treatments, may not be best for depression in people with Parkinson's disease. The new research is published in the December 17, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Depression affects up to 50 percent of people with Parkinson's disease. http://www.physorg.com/news148753085.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:18:05 EST news148753085 It turns out there's a scientific reason why older people tend to see the past through rose-coloured glasses. http://www.physorg.com/news148656955.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:35:55 EST news148656955 Neuroscientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered that older people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to storing memories, particularly those associated with negative emotions. http://www.physorg.com/news148624470.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:34:30 EST news148624470 A desire to rule the world may be a good thing if you're over 60 and worried about losing your mental faculties. A new study found that adults in their 60s and 70s can improve a number of cognitive functions by playing a strategic video game that rewards nation-building and territorial expansion. http://www.physorg.com/news148193174.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:46:14 EST news148193174 The United States could be faced with a national health care crisis in the coming decades as the country's baby boomer population ages and a growing number of older adults find themselves diagnosed with and living longer with cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news148131633.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:40:33 EST news148131633 A lack of clear-cut, scientific evidence illustrating the benefits of mammography screening in women over 80 has created a trail of controversy leading to a disturbing conclusion about cancer care in America. "We are ill-prepared from a scientific knowledge perspective to provide cancer health care rationally, ethically, equitably and humanely to the 'booming' older population," say two leading cancer researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news148054540.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:15:40 EST news148054540 Age alone should not determine whether an older patient with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receives a blood stem cell transplant from a matched donor, researchers of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research reported today at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. http://www.physorg.com/news147955032.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:37:12 EST news147955032 Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age. That is one of the findings of a study forthcoming in the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science. The researchers analyzed the responses of 516 men and women age 70 and older who participated in the Berlin Aging Study, tracking how their perceptions about age and their satisfaction with aging changed over a six-year period. http://www.physorg.com/news147452737.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:05:37 EST news147452737 A new analysis of the National Cancer Institute's cancer registry has found that as many as one in five older women experience delayed or incomplete radiation treatment following breast-conserving surgery, and that this suboptimal care can lead to worse outcomes. http://www.physorg.com/news147372503.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:48:23 EST news147372503 Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain, according to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://www.physorg.com/news147359540.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:12:20 EST news147359540 Canadian researchers have found more evidence that older adults aren't able to filter out distracting information as well as younger adults. http://www.physorg.com/news146853750.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:42:30 EST news146853750 Despite recent doubts about its effectiveness, the influenza vaccine does give valuable protection against illness, hospital admission and death caused by influenza, and people over 65 should have the flu jab this winter, say experts on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news146297434.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:10:34 EST news146297434 Although the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) significantly reduced cutting of old-growth forests on federal land, forests in the driest regions are now at greater risk of being lost to wildfire than to logging. A team of federal and university scientists recently completed a study and analysis of large-diameter forests and discovered that elevated fire levels in the Pacific Northwest outweighed harvest reductions in the loss of older forests. http://www.physorg.com/news145274086.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:54:46 EST news145274086 An artificial intelligence coaching system has been developed that will help carers of older adults with moderate dementia. The COACH system (Cognitive Orthosis for Assisting aCtivities in the Home), described in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics, uses a camera and computer to deliver interactive advice - lessening the workload on often-overburdened carers. http://www.physorg.com/news145252855.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:00:55 EST news145252855 New research, just published by researchers from the University of Georgia, provides the first evidence that a key gene may be crucial to maintaining the production of the thymus and its disease-fighting T-cells after an animal's birth. http://www.physorg.com/news145197682.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:41:22 EST news145197682 Age is not an independent factor in cancer survival rates and should not influence decisions about how to treat older patients, according to a study in the November issue of IJCP, the Independent Journal of Clinical Practice. http://www.physorg.com/news145189395.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:23:15 EST news145189395 Life can be stressful, whether you're an individual watching the stock market crash or a commuter stuck in traffic. A new study, forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science, examines how stress affects decision-making and finds that older adults alter their behavior more than young adults when under stress - particularly in situations involving risk. http://www.physorg.com/news144396738.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:12:18 EST news144396738 Older and younger patients with renal cancer derive similar benefit from sorafenib therapy and tolerate the drug equally well, according to a study published online October 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news142617074.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:51:14 EST news142617074 Young adults without a family history of bowel disease are unlikely to develop adenomas, the colorectal polyps most likely to lead to cancer, according to new research directed by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The finding supports current cancer screening guidelines recommending adults in general undergo screening colonoscopies starting at age 50. http://www.physorg.com/news142012417.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:53:37 EST news142012417 Nearly 60 percent of the nation's elderly have trouble sleeping, whether it's a lot of tossing and turning or outright bouts of insomnia. While for most people sleeplessness can be annoying at best or unhealthy at worst, for elderly individuals who have suffered from depression in the past, poor sleep may be the first sign that a new bout of depression is coming on. http://www.physorg.com/news141994900.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:01:40 EST news141994900