Aging:
News Articles on Aging, Back Pain, Age Related Disease, Eldercare, Healthy Aging
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Sep 20th, 2009
An experimental drug derived from cottonseed proved effective in hindering the growth of the type of brain cancer that caused Ted Kennedy’s death. The drug completed Phase II clinical trials.
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Sep 17th, 2009
Middle age adults with persistent pain experience disability comparable to 80 to 89 year olds who do not experience pain, according to new study results. The research is the first to examine the effects of persistent pain and age related disability.
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Sep 17th, 2009
Scientists disabled a specific protein in mice that were genetically prone to develop ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), they expected -- based on previous work -- to hasten the onset of the paralyzing, lethal disorder.
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Sep 17th, 2009
Physical activity is known to decrease as one ages, but a new study shows that maintaining an active lifestyle can improve physical functioning and decrease mortality.
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Sep 17th, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Panel meet today, September 16, to review the data on Xiaflex and its use for Dupytren’s Disease. The panel of outside experts voted 12-0 in favor of Xiaflex.
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Sep 16th, 2009
With one human papillomavirus vaccine on the market and another on the way, the FDA has several factors to consider in determining whether to extend the vaccine’s use to boys and men.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Confirmed tests received today by the Community Health Services Department indicate a dead crow found in northeast Sarnia on September 3 tested positive for West Nile virus.
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Sep 16th, 2009
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announces the first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) this season in a child from Candia.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Dallas County Health and Human Services has confirmed the county’s ninth human case of West Nile virus for the 2009 season.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Hispanic (Latino) Americans are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to develop and die from all cancers combined as well as the four most common cancers (female breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung) according to a new report.
