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Cognitive Decline Slowed by Walking

Sept. 2, 2008 – A study says testing of older Americans with memory problems, who participated in a home-based physical activity program, shows they experienced modest improvement in cognitive function. >> Click to video

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Women Stopped Hormone Therapy but Not Cancer Risk

March 4, 2008 - Women Remain at Risk for Breast Cancer Three Years After Stopping Hormone Therapy in Women's Health Initiative Trial. Watch Video Windows Media

Memory, Cognitive Loss Decreasing in Older Americans

Better education, finances and cardiovascular care may be boosting brain health for elderly - Feb. 20, 2008

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Obesity Linked to Stroke Increase in Middle-Aged Women

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Feb. 2, 2008 - Middle-aged women’s waists aren’t the only thing that increased in the last decade. So did their chance of stroke. In a study reported at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2008, rising obesity rates have been linked to more strokes among women aged 35 to 54

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Device Quickly Detects Early Alzheimer's Disease

Detects mild cognitive impairment - earliest stage of Alzheimer’s


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Jan. 16, 2008 - The latest medications can delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, but none are able to reverse its devastating effects. This limitation makes early detection the key to Alzheimer’s patients maintaining a good quality of life for as long as possible. Now, a new device developed by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University may allow patients to take a brief, inexpensive test that could be administered as part of a routine yearly checkup at a doctor’s office.

Spine fractures most common fractures caused by osteoporosis

Dec. 26, 2007 - Spine fractures are the most common kind of bone fractures caused by osteoporosis - about seven-hundred thousand each year in U.S. But about two-thirds go undiagnosed. A new study aims to help identify women at greatest risk for those fractures, in hopes of preventing them. Mavis Prall explains in this JAMA Report. Watch JAMA Video

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Great News for Fatter Senior Citizens in Great Shape – It’s the Fitness that Counts

Study finds fitness level is a stronger predictor of longevity that body fat for older adults - Dec. 4, 2007

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Better Health with a Pedometer

Pedometers Use Shown To Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health - Goals are Important

November 20, 2007

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Predicting Risk of Breaking a Hip

Researchers Devise Computer Program to Predict Women’s Five-Year Risk of Hip Fracture

November 27, 2007

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Obesity, But Not Overweight, Linked To Cancer & Cardiovascular Deaths

Nov. 6, 2007 - Obesity, But Not Overweight, Linked To Cancer and Cardiovascular Deaths – Click Here to Video

Targeting Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Can Save Needless Suffering

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Men with Chronic Heart Failure can have Active Sex Lives

Oct. 4, 2007

SENIOR DATING

Growing older doesn’t stop the heart’s desire for companionship and love. Laura Kleinhenz documented the dating scene in south Florida, where senior citizens
are finding a second, or third, chance to love again. Excellent two-minute video on photographychannel.tv. Click Here

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FDA's New Generic Drug Program

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Major differences in blood-sugar control minorities/whites

Sept. 27, 2007 - Watch video - Michele Heisler, M.D., MPA, University of Michigan Medical School, about a new national study documenting major differences in blood-sugar control among African Americans, Latinos and whites with diabetes. CLICK HERE

Video: Common Myths about Osteoporosis

May 14, 2007 - You’re not the same person you were 10 years ago. In the span of a decade, most people experience changes in their personal life, career, style and – bone structure? Yes, your bones are constantly at work clearing out old bone cells and making new ones in their place, resulting in an entirely new skeleton every 10 years.
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Watch Video: Safety, Effectiveness of Dietary Supplements

The latest studies on the safety and quality of botanical dietary supplements

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Video: Many Senior Citizens Risk Medical Errors Due to Low Health Literacy

Difficulty understanding 'medical speak' found in one-third of patients

Feb. 12, 2007 – To get well, you need to follow the doctor's orders. But, to follow the doctor's orders, you have to understand them. Senior citizens are the most likely not to understand medical instructions. Many other Americans, too, suffer from low health literacy, or difficulty understanding "medical speak." This is a problem affecting more than one-third of patients in the U.S. health care system. View this video to learn more. Click here to watch video.

Tips for Diabetics to Manage the Holidays with Ease

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Severe Sepsis: Severe Problem

Sepsis is the body's response to infection, but in severe sepsis, the body's reaction goes into overdrive, setting off a cascade of events that can lead to widespread inflammation and blood clotting. It results in over 200,000 deaths in the U.S. each year and senior citizens are in particular danger.

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"New assessment for women's risk of heart disease may change risk status for millions of American women" Windows Media

Alendronate So Effective In Improving Bone Strength, May Keep Working After Women Quit Taking It. Windows Media
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Cognitive Training Improves Memory, Other Mental Functions in Elderly People - 12/22/06 - Windows Media

Pharmacy Care Program Raises Elderly Medication Adherence to Nearly 100 Percent - Windows Media

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'Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy’ Improves Hand-Arm Function in Some Stroke Patients by up to 65% Compared to Usual Care. 10/31/06 »1 min 58 sec

Web-Based Program Can Help Predict Risk of Genetic Predisposition to Colon Cancer. 9/26/06 » 2 min 6 sec

Eating Salmon and Other 'Fatty Fish' Regularly Can Reduce Kidney Cancer Risk Up to 70%. 9/19/06 » 1 min 46 sec

High Levels of Normal Daily Activity Linked to Increase in Older Adult’s Life Expectancy.- 7/11/06 » 1 min 59 sec

Extreme Obesity in Women Increasing, Linked to Greater Risk of Death - 7/04/06 »1 min 58 sec

Depression Associated With Increased Risk of Heart Disease and Heart Failure - 6/27/06 »1 min 45 sec

Older Women May Soon Have New Medication Option For Breast Cancer Prevention. - 6/20/06 »2 min 07 sec

Fluoxetine (Prozac) is not effective in helping recovering anorexia patients maintain weight. - 6/13/06 »1 min 49 sec

Younger African American women much more likely than older African American women, or than white women of any age, to get serious, basal-like breast cancer. - 6/06/06 »2 min 02 sec

Teens living in poverty more likely to be overweight than teens not living in poverty; breakfast-skipping cited as one reason. - 5/23/06 »1 min 45 sec

Typical air pressure and oxygen levels during air travel do not lead to blood clots in legs. - 5/16/06 »1 min 44 sec

14 million Americans have visual impairment - of those, 11 million could be helped by glasses or contacts. - 5/09/06 »1 min 46 sec

Naltrexone or specialized counseling equally effective in treating alcohol dependence. - 5/02/06 »2 min 04 sec

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The beverages you drink could be ruining your diet

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July 10, 2006 - Think you’ve got your diet under control? You may be gulping down hundreds of unwanted calories without even knowing it.

“Believe it or not, more than 20 percent of our daily calories come from the things that we drink,” says Susan Aaronson, M.S., R.D., wellness coordinator for the MFit Health Promotion Division at the University of Michigan Health System.

According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, about 136.5 million Americans are overweight. Of these people, about 64 million are obese.

And for the millions of Americans who are trying to lose that extra weight, the solution may not be in what you eat, but what you drink, says Aaronson.

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Senior Citizens Eligible for Dual Vision Cataract Lens

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It’s estimated that 150 million Americans, especially those 65 and up, require some sort of vision correction. Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in the U.S. and account for nearly half of eyesight problems for senior citizens and Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery in adults over 65. But until recently, the surgery still meant having to use reading glasses for close vision. A new hi-tech artificial lens technology and a new Medicare regulation is changing that.

Now, anyone with cataracts can opt for the hi-tech lenses, the cost is more expensive than regular cataract surgery, so you should question your doctor about how it might benefit you. But recently, Medicare changed its regulations so it will pay for the basic cost and allow patients to pay for the additional cost.

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Turning Back Clock on Aging - Video

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A new technology harnesses plasma - the same energy source found in lightning - to create new life for skin at its foundation, say the sponsors of this video. It’s a new non-surgical treatment called Portrait PSR- or Plasma Skin Regeneration. It works, they claim, on everything from wrinkles and sun damage to pore size and sagging skin.

Portrait PSR delivers pulses of heat energy to the skin’s surface as well as to the deep layers underneath…stimulating remodeling of the skin. Old damaged collagen is replaced with healthy new collagen. It can reverse years of damage.

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Prostate Cancer

June 12, 2006 - One in six American men have a risk of developing prostate cancer. This year more than 230,000 will be diagnosed with the disease - more than lung, colon, and brain cancers combined.

Hope may be on the way. Now men with advanced prostate cancer may participate in a clinical trial that is evaluating an investigational therapeutic cancer vaccine that stimulates a man’s own immune system to fight prostate cancer.

If approved, the vaccine Sipuleucel-T will be marketed as Provenge for men with hormone refractory prostate cancer. For more information or to find a clinical trial site near you, call 1-866-4-prostate or click here.

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