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. In recent years, women, particularly younger women, experienced larger improvements in hospital mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) than men, according to a study published in the Oct. 26, 2009 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news175758379.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:01 EST news175758379 While young men with prostate cancer have a low risk of dying early, those with advanced forms of cancer do not live as long as older men with similar forms of the disease. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the July 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The paradoxical findings indicate that there may be biological differences between prostate cancers that develop in younger men and those that develop in older men, and that uncovering these differences may help tailor screening and treatment strategies for patients based on age. http://www.physorg.com/news162183584.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:20 EST news162183584 Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that some medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from a brief intervention. The BUSM study appears in the May issue of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. http://www.physorg.com/news159715625.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:27:46 EST news159715625 Numerous studies have shown a relationship between coping strategies and quality of life (QOL) among women with breast cancer. In a study published today in the online edition of Journal of Behavioral Medicine, an investigation of coping strategies and quality of life among younger women with breast cancer suggests that QOL determines the use of coping strategies. http://www.physorg.com/news157124363.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:39:57 EST news157124363 Men who experience erectile dysfunction between the ages of 40 and 49 are twice as likely to develop heart disease than men without dysfunction, according to a new Mayo Clinic study. http://www.physorg.com/news152806128.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:09:10 EST news152806128 A new study reports that charcoal particles left by wildfires in sediments of 35 North American lake beds don't readily support the theory that comets exploding over the continent 12,900 years ago sparked a cooling period known as the Younger Dryas. http://www.physorg.com/news152375857.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:38:05 EST news152375857 In the largest study to date on the safety of ovarian preservation in women aged 45 and younger who were surgically treated for early-stage endometrial cancer, researchers have found that there is no survival benefit associated with surgical removal of the ovaries, compared to women whose ovaries were left intact. Leaving the ovaries in place could spare many women from the side effects of surgery-induced early menopause, such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness, as well as the long-term increased risk of heart disease, osteoporosis and hip fractures. http://www.physorg.com/news152370327.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:05:48 EST news152370327 Even younger adults who have few short-term risk factors for heart disease may have a higher risk of developing heart disease over their lifetimes, according to new findings by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news151000072.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:27:52 EST news151000072 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 People who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack than the normal population, with higher rates occurring in younger people, according to research published in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal today. http://www.physorg.com/news148193239.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:47:19 EST news148193239 More than half of younger mantle cell lymphoma patients who received an intensive regimen of chemotherapy as frontline treatment remain in remission seven years later, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. http://www.physorg.com/news148054334.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:12:14 EST news148054334 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 In recent years, women, particularly younger women, experienced larger improvements in hospital mortality after myocardial infarction than men, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news145722576.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:29:36 EST news145722576 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 Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk of having another stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the September 3, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news139677532.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:18:52 EST news139677532 Children who spend time in the intensive care unit of a hospital can be traumatized by the experience even months after returning home. Dr. Janet Rennick from the Research Institute of The Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre and her colleagues have developed the Children's Critical Illness Impact Scale to measure psychological distress in children following hospital discharge. This is the first self-report scale ever created to measure the psychological impact of intensive care unit hospitalization on children. The Journal of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine recently published the study. http://www.physorg.com/news139659110.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:11:50 EST news139659110 Colorectal adenomas, the precursor polyps in virtually all colorectal cancers, occur infrequently in younger adults, but the rate sharply increases after age 50. Additionally, African Americans have a higher rate of proximal, or right-sided, polyps, and may have a worse prognosis for survival if the polyps become cancerous. Therefore, the results of this study further emphasize the importance of colonoscopies, which view the entire colon, for the prevention of colorectal cancer beginning at age 50. http://www.physorg.com/news139585733.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:48:53 EST news139585733 A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells a tale of life and death, and reveals a rich family history. The striking infrared picture shows a colorful cosmic cloud, called W5, studded with multiple generations of blazing stars. http://www.physorg.com/news138632310.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:58:30 EST news138632310 New research challenges a growing trend toward holding kids out of kindergarten until they're older, arguing that academic advantages are short-lived and come at the expense of delaying entry into the workforce and other costs. http://www.physorg.com/news138290721.html Other Sciences Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:05:21 EST news138290721 Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online on July 24th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When asked to stay in bed for 16 hours in the dark each day for several days, younger people get an average of 9 hours of shuteye compared to 7.5 for older people, the researchers report. http://www.physorg.com/news136122635.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:50:35 EST news136122635 University of Cincinnati Professor of Geology Tom Lowell is featured in the July 18 issue of Science, discussing the latest research into the question of whether the significant climate change event about 12,900 years ago known as Younger Dryas impacted the climate all around the globe. http://www.physorg.com/news135522908.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:15:08 EST news135522908