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Friday, September 5th, 2008
The key challenges facing our ageing world will be addressed by international experts in Bristol this week.Sustainable communities, housing, income maintenance, long term and community care, and health and well-being are some of the issues that will be under discussion at the 37th conference of the British Society of Gerontology, ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
New research from Rhode Island Hospital found that obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) can contribute to mild neurodegeneration with features common with Alzheimer's disease (AD) – the first study to show that obesity can cause neurodegeneration. The study appeared in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Volume 15:1 (September ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
President Bush on Friday signed into law legislation (HR 5825, S 2874) that will guarantee health benefits for "sole survivor" veterans who receive honorable discharges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Under the Department of Defense "sole survivor" policy, the military cannot deploy in combat areas soldiers who lose all their ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
Summaries of recent news related to health care for veterans appear below. * Brain Injuries: The New York Times on Tuesday examined how "a growing tide of combat veterans" returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have sustained "mild traumatic brain injuries, or concussions, caused by powerful explosions." According ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
In experiments using blood cells from human patients with diabetes and other autoimmune disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have confirmed the mechanism behind a potential new treatment for type 1 diabetes. A team led by Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, director of the MGH Immunobiology Laboratory, showed that blocking a ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
World Diabetes Day – an official United Nations world day – will once again focus on children and adolescents with diabetes in 2008. The day is marked each year on 14 November and has been celebrated since 1991 when it was created by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
A joint team of US and Chinese researchers has identified a gene linked to a particular form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is leading to elderly blindness.Dry macular degeneration is one of the two types of AMDs, which currently affect 9 million Americans older than 60. Researchers found that ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found -- a condition that could have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ability to father children.This study follows research published earlier by these scientists reporting ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins.Doctors have known the disease is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreas, but the exact trigger of the attack has been unclear. Now, a new study in mice implicates the immune signal interferon-alpha ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine announces two important medical education courses in hospice and palliative medicine and a significantly revised book series in keeping with the Academy's ongoing commitment to prevent and relieve pain and suffering during serious illness.Hospice and palliative medicine physicians have demonstrated a unique ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
It costs money to improve the quality of nursing care through work environment changes or increases in staffing but those costs may be offset through improved nursing satisfaction and patient outcomes, according to research in a Special Issue of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice published by SAGE.The guest editorial, "The ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Alexander technique lessons in combination with an exercise programme offer long-term effective treatment for chronic back pain, according to a study published on BMJ.com today. Back pain causes more disability than almost any other condition in Western societies, but very few effective long-term treatments are available to patients. Previous research ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Diabetes care in the NHS is improving and focussing more on prevention, according to a report published by the Department of Health today.In line with the Government's commitment to providing a preventative health service, the NHS is making particular progress with the following priorities in diabetes care:* Identifying diabetes earlier ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Even low levels of arsenic in drinking water may lead to type 2 diabetes development.Researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University aimed at finding out how low levels of arsenic can affect public health and diabetes. They examined 788 US residents older than 20 and ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
FDA issued warning on Amylin's diabetes drug Byetta as the agency found that Byetta has a potential risk for pancreatitis. FDA says 2 patients have died.Zacks's analyist Mark Vickery realizing the implications for Amylin's stock owners immediate recommended to Sell the stock and avoid the name Amylin. You can already ...
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