According to new research, light to moderate alcohol consumption can prevent disability in healthy seniors. The results from a UCLA study showing that healthy seniors who drink less than 15 drinks per week and less than 5 drinks per day (less than four per day for women), have better overall health, and remain active [...]
An international research team with German participation including Helmholtz Zentrum München, among other institutions, has succeeded in identifying a new gene variant which is associated with elevated fasting glucose levels and a high risk for type 2 diabetes.
The gene mediates insulin secretion indirectly via the release of melatonin, which implicates a previously unknown relationship between [...]
There are more than 50 million Americans today providing unpaid care for family members and loved ones: an aging or ailing parent, a friend with a chronic health condition, a spouse with Alzheimer’s, a sibling with a traumatic war injury, a child with physical or mental challenges. Family caregivers represent a huge but invisible “silent [...]
Researchers have unraveled crucial details of how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly, or not at all, according to study results published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The research team also successfully conducted preclinical tests on a potential new class of treatments designed to “rescue” healing capability lost to aging.
In [...]
Eye protection can prevent nearly all injuries, reports study in American Journal of Ophthalmology
Paintballs can cause severe and ‘visually devastating’ eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology (www.AJO.com), published by Elsevier.
“Eye injuries secondary to high-velocity paintballs can [...]
A recent survey of baby boomers revealed that their positive outlook on their own health and that of their spouses’ may not sync up with reality. According to the survey conducted by Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR), more than seven out of ten respondents (73 percent) rated their health – and the health of their [...]
The FDA approved milnacipran (Savella) for fibromyalgia pain treatment on January 14, 2009. Milnacipran is a selective norepinephrine and serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
The drug was originally developed and manufactured by Pierre Fabre Medicament in France. It was approved in that country as an antidepressant in 1997. Cypress Bioscience and Forest Laboratories partnered with Pierre [...]
Researchers have found that resveratrol – a component found in red wine and grapes – can significantly reduce age related health problems in middle-aged mice.
A joint team of researchers from Harvard Medical School and National Institute on Aging examined mice, which were given different diets. One group was given a low calorie diet and the [...]
Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. This study, conducted and supported in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is a follow-up to 2006 [...]
A study by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center has shown that adherence to prescribed dietary recommendations is associated with better glucose control in children with type 1 diabetes.
“In recent years, diabetes management has been focused around new medications and technologies,” said Lori Laffel, M.D., senior author of the paper, which is published in the [...]
