Biomarkers and Aging in the News

• 'Problem kids' risk future pain
Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers.
9 Mar 2010 at 7:04pm

• Illegal cord blood sample warning
Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood
8 Mar 2010 at 7:06pm

• 'London bomb stress' recognised
Psychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder.
8 Mar 2010 at 7:06pm

• Minorities' higher Alzheimer's risk
Francisca Terrazas and other Latinas are about 1.5 times more likely than Anglos to develop Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, a new report says. Read how her family copes.
9 Mar 2010 at 4:41pm

• After Cancer, Removing a Healthy Breast
A procedure gains popularity but doesn't improve survival odds.

9 Mar 2010 at 2:02pm

• Vital Signs: Cognitive Decline Is More Likely After Hospitalization
A new study found that older people hospitalized for a critical condition had a statistically significant drop in scores on cognitive tests when compared with people who had not been hospitalized.

9 Mar 2010 at 1:00am

• Letters: Joy, Pain and Aging (1 Letter)
A letter to the editor.

8 Mar 2010 at 6:44pm

• How would health care overhaul help young people?
A fierce debate is raging over how much young adults would benefit from catastrophic insurance policies.

8 Mar 2010 at 8:37am

• MLB Dead Weight: Fatness, Mortality Up
New Study Shows Alarming Uptick in Overweight Baseball Players, Death Risk
9 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm

• Seniors Face New Charges for In-Home Care
As States Struggle with Budgets, Elderly Face Fees, Wait Lists for Home Care Help
8 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm

• Donating a kidney doesn?t shorten donor?s life
People who donate one of their kidneys are likely to live just as long as someone with two healthy kidneys, assuming they survive the initial somewhat riskier period.
9 Mar 2010 at 7:08pm

• Dutch group backs right to suicide for elderly
A campaign to give elderly people in the Netherlands the right to assisted suicide says it has gathered more than 100,000 signatures, hoping to push the boundaries another notch in the country that first legalized euthanasia.
8 Mar 2010 at 9:02pm

• Two of oldest in the world die on same day

Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day.

9 Mar 2010 at 8:46am

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• After Cancer, Removing a Healthy Breast
A procedure gains popularity but doesn't improve survival odds.

9 Mar 2010 at 2:02pm

• Vital Signs: Cognitive Decline Is More Likely After Hospitalization
A new study found that older people hospitalized for a critical condition had a statistically significant drop in scores on cognitive tests when compared with people who had not been hospitalized.

9 Mar 2010 at 1:00am

• Letters: Joy, Pain and Aging (1 Letter)
A letter to the editor.

8 Mar 2010 at 6:44pm

• Long-Term Health Risks Low for Kidney Donors
Kidney donors fare just as well as non-donors over the long term, according to a new study.
9 Mar 2010 at 4:04pm

• 'Curry' Cream May Fade Wrinkles
A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is the extract that gives Indian curry its distinctive flavor, smel,l and deep orange color may help fade fine facial lines, wrinkles, and aging spots.
9 Mar 2010 at 3:39pm

• Parents' Strokes Raise Risks for Offspring
Odds of having a stroke are higher for people whose fathers or mothers suffered one by the age of 65, a new study suggests.
8 Mar 2010 at 4:04pm

• Hemoglobin A1c outperforms fasting glucose for risk prediction
Measurements of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) more accurately identify persons at risk for clinical outcomes than the commonly used measurement of fasting glucose, according to a new study. HbA1c levels accurately predict future diabetes, and they better predict stroke, heart disease and all-cause mortality as well.
10 Mar 2010 at 8:00am

• 'Mean' girls and boys: The downside of adolescent relationships
Psychology researchers exploring relational aggression and victimization in 11- to 13-year-olds have found adolescent boys have a similar understanding and experience of "mean" behaviors and "bitchiness" as girls.
10 Mar 2010 at 2:00am

• Cancer mortality has declined since initiation of 'war on cancer'
A new American Cancer Society study finds progress in reducing cancer death rates is evident whether measured against baseline rates in 1970 or in 1990. The study finds a downturn in cancer death rates since 1990 results mostly from reductions in tobacco use, increased screening allowing early detection of several cancers, and modest to large improvements in treatment for specific cancers.
9 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm

• Genetic variant greatly increases lung cancer risk for light smokers
Individuals with a certain type of genetic susceptibility to lung cancer face a greatly increased risk for the deadly disease with even a small exposure to cigarette smoke, a new study finds.
9 Mar 2010 at 5:00pm

• Father Sues Doctors Over Autism Therapy
In perhaps the first lawsuit of its kind, a parent of a child with autism is suing his son's doctors, claiming they provided treatments without proven scientific benefit. The treatment, called chelation therapy, was expensive, and, the suit says, carried risks of serious harm.

Health - Autism spectrum - Mental Health - Neurodevelopmental - Disorders
9 Mar 2010 at 7:44pm

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