Having Colon or Rectal Cancer surgery at a National Cancer Institute-designated hospital greatly improves survival... Experts from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine say that have concluded that having colon or rectal cancer surgery at a National Cancer Institute-designated hospital greatly improves short and long term survival...(more)

Most lethal Melanomas are on scalp and neck... People with scalp or neck melanomas die at nearly twice the rate of people with melanoma elsewhere on the body, including the face or ears, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found...(more)

Diabetes: A Cardiac Condition? The relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease is growing ever-increasingly apparent, requiring experts to address the growing concerns of diabetes patients...But what is the true nature of this relationship?...(more)

Seniors' Health/ Measuring Medicine: How new technologies could help doctors predict patient outcomes...As potential cancer therapies proliferate, researchers and clinicians are striving to measure their effectiveness and to more accurately predict which patients will receive the most benefit...(more)

Seniors' Health/New technologies offer more accurate means of diagnosis and monitoring Cancer... Irregular molecules in the lining of the mouth, the saliva, the fallopian tube or the bladder can identify early stage cancer, according to research presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research...(more)

Seniors' Health/ People with Cardiac Arrest Less Likely To Survive If Admitted on Weekend...People admitted to the hospital on the weekend after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are less likely to survive than people admitted on a weekday, according to research that was presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago...(more)

Seniors' Health/Plant-based diets may improve Breast Cancer survival...A plant-based diet high in cancer-fighting lignans may be associated with improved survival among postmenopausal women with breast cancer, according to a study presented by Susan E. McCann, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)...(more)

Seniors' Health/High Cholesterol in your 40s increases risk of Alzheimer's Disease... People with high cholesterol in their early 40s are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those with low cholesterol, according to research that were presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago...(more)

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Top U.S. lawmaker reprimands drugmakers over ads… Pharmaceutical companies need to be more responsible in touting their products to consumers or else face tighter controls from Congress a top Democrat lawmaker said on Thursday…(more)

Why optimists enjoy better health...According to a series of studies, optimists enjoy better health than pessimists. The May issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch explores possible reasons for this connection...(more)

Incontinence and Dementia treatment linked to functional decline...Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues...(more)

Weill Cornell receives funding to study creation of new Elder Abuse Center...Weill Cornell Medical College has been awarded $80,000 to study the creation of a Manhattan Elder Abuse Case Coordination and Review Center (EACCRC), in collaboration with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale and the New York City Elder Abuse Network...(more)

Signs of Aging Might Instead Be a Treatable Thyroid Disorder... It’s wrong to assume that fatigue or memory loss is an inevitable sign of aging...They also are common symptoms of an underactive thyroid -- a condition that generally responds to treatment, according to the May issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter...(more)

Delay in reaching Hospital can be deadly for Heart Attack patients...If heart attack symptoms such as chest or neck pain or shortness of breath persist for five minutes, call 911 or seek emergency medical care, recommends the American Heart Association...(more)

Molecules in plants may have beneficial effect on Alzheimer's Disease...A set of molecules found in certain plants appears to have a beneficial effect in brain tissue associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study conducted in mice...(more)

Macular Degeneration, Age-Related Vision Disorder linked to cell’s ‘power plant’...Genetic variation in the DNA of mitochondria – the “power plants” of cells – contributes to a person’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Vanderbilt investigators report May 7 in the journal PLoS ONE...(more)

Women and Heart Attack: Study finds failure to recognize & treat...The gender gap is alive and well in heart disease, a new international study finds, with women differing from men on everything from symptoms to treatment in both heart attack and severe chest pain...(more)

Alzheimer Disease risks are Gender specific...The risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease differ between the sexes, with stroke in men, and depression in women, critical factors, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry...The French researchers base their findings on almost 7000 people over the age of 65, drawn from the general population in three French cities...None had dementia, but around four out of 10 were deemed to have mildly impaired mental agility (mild cognitive impairment) at the start of the study...(more)

Silver Alert helps rescue lost seniors... When 83-year-old Helen Long left her North Carolina home without notice last January, her daughter called state police...The police alerted the community using automated road signs and radio and television ads that aired descriptions of Long and her truck and explained that she had dementia...Within six hours, a UPS driver spotted her vehicle, called for help, and Long was returned home unharmed...But not all elders with dementia who go missing are rescued with such efficiency — or at all...(more)

Blacks, Hispanics less aware of when to call 911 for Heart Attack signs...Every year, an estimated 700,000 Americans have a first heart attack, with another 500,000 suffering a recurrent attack...About 40 percent of these people die as a result. However, many of these individuals might live if heart attack victims and bystanders recognize symptoms and call 911...(more)

Sandwich Generation Moms feeling the squeeze…APA offers tips for stressed-out mothers caring for children, parents...Mothers in the "sandwich generation," ages 35-54, feel more stress than any other age group as they balance the demanding, delicate acts of caring for growing children and their aging parents, according to the American Psychological Association's 2007 Stress in America survey...(more)

Nation's front line Caregivers say new CMS rule undermines care needs of America's oldest, sickest Seniors…$5 Billion Medicare cut undercuts developing Clinical Infrastructure needed to maximize facility care quality...(more)

U.S. Census Bureau Facts, Mother's Day: May 11, 2008...The driving force behind Mother's Day was Anna Jarvis, who organized observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908... As the annual celebration became popular around the country, Jarvis asked members of Congress to set aside a day to honor mothers... She finally succeeded in 1914, when Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day...(more)

More Women than Men lack confidence in preparing for retirement…Wachovia Study shows: More than 50 percent of pre-retirement Women "frightened" of Stock Market... Wachovia's fourth annual Retirement Survey shows that major gaps exist between men and women when it comes to planning for and living in retirement...(more)

May is National Cancer Research Month...American Association for Cancer Research Secures Official Congressional Designation: In a bipartisan show of support for cancer research, the U.S. Congress has declared May as National Cancer Research Month...The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) secured resolutions from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to raise awareness of the critical advances in cancer research made by its 27,000 members, and its efforts to ensure a secure future for continued progress against a group of diseases which strike half of all men and one in three women...(more)

Scientists seek to defeat Brain Cancer by chipping away its foundation from various angles...Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, working from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, are dissecting the complex biological events from which malignant brain tumors emerge, grow and acquire defense mechanisms that make them highly resistant to treatment...(more)

More than 25 percent of Americans experiences pain...Based on a random survey of nearly 4,000 respondents in the United States, Arthur A. Stone, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University, and Alan Krueger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, report than more than 25 percent of American men and women experience daily pain...(more)

Secretary Cortes calls Latino Community to action against Ailing Health Care System…Death toll due to lack of health care coverage twice 2006 homicide rate...Secretary of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes today echoed Governor Edward G. Rendell's call for Senate passage of legislation to provide affordable health care for every Pennsylvanian, and he extended the challenge to the Latino community...(more)

New book helps Older Adults manage Chronic Pain...ASP Press announces the release of a new book -- Pain Management for Older Adults: A Self-Help Guide -- to help older people understand and proactively address their chronic pain...(more)

GET UP AND MOVE! May is Arthritis Awareness Month - The Perfect Time to Learn the Importance of Staying Active - Today, one in five Americans suffers from the pain of arthritis...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects that by the year 2030, 67 million people in the U.S. will live with arthritis, up from current estimates of 46 million...Arthritis can be a painful, life-impacting condition, but its effects may be lessened through physical activity...(more)

Insurance Premiums for Self-employed Rose 18 Percent...People who buy their own health insurance saw their average annual premiums rise 18 percent between 2002 and 2005, a modest increase compared to the 34 percent jump in average premiums for people insured through their employers, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality....(more)

Many African-Americans have a gene that prolongs life after Heart Failure... About 40 percent of African-Americans have a genetic variant that can protect them after heart failure and prolong their lives, according to research conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and collaborating institutions...The genetic variant has an effect that resembles that of beta blockers, drugs widely prescribed for heart failure. The new study offers a reason why beta blockers don't appear to benefit some African-Americans...(more)

A Prescription for trouble for America’s Baby Boomers?... According to geriatrician and internist David Chess M.D., a new study from the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests an unsettling prognosis for the future medical care of aging American baby boomers...The generation born after World War II will face potential jeopardy if healthcare changes are not made swiftly enough...The problem: an aging population faced with an imperfect healthcare system that does not place enough emphasis on geriatric care...(more)

McCaskill asks Nixon to investigate inappropriate marketing of Reverse Mortgages to Missouri Seniors...When your parents or grandparents were just starting out they proudly worked hard, saved-up and bought a home... But today, they are older, money sometimes is tight and they have become a prime targets for aggressive and misleading marketing tactics, including recent mailers to Missouri seniors promoting reverse mortgages, a so-called "new government program."...(more)

Novel Cell-based therapy shows promise in patients with moderate to advanced Parkinson’s Disease...It is estimated that 60,000 new cases of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are diagnosed each year, adding to the estimated one to 1.5 million Americans who currently have the disease...(more)

Use of blood substitutes linked to increased risk of death, heart attack...An analysis of studies involving the use of hemoglobin-based blood substitutes indicates their use is associated with an increased risk of death and heart attack, according to a JAMA study being released early online, and will appear in print in the May 21 issue of JAMA...(more)

Is happiness having what you want, wanting what you have, or both?Some argue that happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have...This maxim sounds reasonable enough, but can it be tested, and if so, is it true? It turns out it can be tested...(more)

Fibromyalgia affects women more often than men...Are you exhausted? Do you have pain all over but can’t figure out what’s wrong? If so, you may be suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that causes exhaustion, sleep disturbances and diffuse pain in your muscles, tendons, and ligaments...(more)

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