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Life expectancy is the expected (in the statistical sense) number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is denoted by e''x'', which means the average number of subsequent years of life for someone now aged ''x'', according to a particular mortality experience.

Researchers look at risky alcohol use in male-dominated industries

The workplace can provide an ideal environment to implement support, well-being, and testing interventions aimed at reducing risky alcohol use among men.

22 May 2014

USPTO grants two additional patents to SeroVital-hgh formula

SeroVital®-hgh, the "Fountain of Youth" Formula everyone's talking about, has been making headlines ever since a group of some of the most renowned researchers in the world revealed that this oral compound is actually capable of increasing mean, endogenous, serum (blood) human growth hormone (hGH) levels by 682%. Experts everywhere — from dermatologists and obesity researchers to women's healthcare providers and even the famed Dr. Oz himself — began paying attention to this groundbreaking formula.

19 May 2014

Longer looks: AIDS epidemic in the U.S.; how public health and the recession connect

I pull out my phone and check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, which tells me that, in the United States, 636,000 people have died since the epidemic began. That's 23 times higher than Germany, for a country with four times the population. This makes no sense. Germany has big cities, it has gay men and sex workers and drug users, it has all the same temptations for them to be uncareful that the United States does. How could so many fewer people have died? (Michael Hobbes, 5/12).

16 May 2014

WHO's annual statistics report shows global life expectancy continues to increase

People everywhere are living longer, according to the "World Health Statistics 2014" published today by WHO. Based on global averages, a girl who was born in 2012 can expect to live to around 73 years, and a boy to the age of 68.

15 May 2014

Treating older men with early-stage prostate cancer does not help live longer

Treating older men with early-stage prostate cancer who also have other serious underlying health problems with aggressive therapies such as surgery or radiation therapy does not help them live longer and, in fact, can be detrimental, according to a study by UCLA researchers.

13 May 2014

CT-guided IRE therapy offers safe, feasible primary local treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer

A small group of patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreatic carcinoma suffered no major ill effects-pancreatitis or fistula formation-after undergoing percutaneous CT-guided irreversible electroporation (IRE)-a nonthermal ablation technology that is safe near vascular and ductal structures-as a therapy.

8 May 2014

WHI: Combined hormone therapy clinical trial yields massive economic return

Economic findings were released today on the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), estrogen plus progestin (E+P) trial.

8 May 2014

Commonly used drug restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles of boys with muscular dystrophy

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found that a commonly prescribed drug restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic muscle-wasting disease that rarely is seen in girls but affects one in 3,500 male babies, profoundly shortening life expectancy. It is the most common fatal disease that affects children.

8 May 2014

GIRAFF+: A robot carer in home

Our life expectancy lengthens and members of the 'silver generation' make up an ever-larger proportion of the population. Can technologies help us in caring for ourselves, our older relatives and friends? Could we learn to live together with robots while being watched over by sensors? The people behind one EU research project certainly think so.

6 May 2014

Phosphate linked to cause high blood pressure and heart disease

Researchers find link between phosphate rich foods and an enzyme linked to cardiovascular disease. The findings also link phosphates to renal disease.

6 May 2014

Life expectancy after diabetic complications gauged

Researchers have generated an equation to estimate the probable life expectancies of patients with diabetes who experience a major complication.

2 May 2014

Higher calcium intake appears to mitigate impact of some of the risk genes for type 2 diabetes

Study shows calcium intake mitigates genetic risk for increased body fat in African-American children, a population with historically low calcium intake and high risk for diabetes.

29 Apr 2014

Researchers detect correlation between loss of Y chromosome and risk of cancer mortality

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29 Apr 2014

Long-term durability of midurethral slings under scrutiny

Long-term follow-up of women treated with midurethral slings for stress urinary incontinence indicates that continence rates stabilise earlier with use of tension-free vaginal tape than with transobturator tape.

28 Apr 2014

New simple screening questionnaire designed to identify testosterone-deficient men

Men whose testosterone falls below normal levels are more likely to have erectile dysfunction and to be overweight and have heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

25 Apr 2014

SIOG, EORTC update expert opinion on managing treatment for aged patients with NSCLC

Half of all patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer are 70 years of age or older, yet despite this high percentage, these elderly patients are not well represented in clinical trials. Therefore, the paucity of clinical data has made it difficult to reach evidence based clinical recommendations.

23 Apr 2014

NEPHRON+ project improves lives of kidney failure patients by developing wearable artificial kidney device

End stage kidney disease is a global public health problem with an estimated 2.4 million patients on dialysis. The number of new cases is rising (7-8% annually) due to population ageing and increased diabetes prevalence.

15 Apr 2014

Study looks at factors that influence life expectancy of childhood cancer survivors

Many factors influence the life expectancy of childhood cancer survivors: not getting enough exercise, being underweight, and being worried about their future health or their health insurance. These are the findings of research led by Cheryl Cox of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the US, published in Springer's Journal of Cancer Survivorship. The study found that, on average, childhood cancer survivors passed away before they were 40 years old.

11 Apr 2014

Prostate cancer breakthroughs offer new hope for men

Men have lower life expectancy than women. This discrepancy is especially pronounced for African American men who live 6 fewer years than women. According to the CDC, life expectancy in the US is 76 years for men compared to 81 for women.

8 Apr 2014

New therapeutic agent reduces age-related sleep problems in fruit flies

Elderly flies do not sleep well - they frequently wake up during the night and wander around restlessly. The same is true of humans. For researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, the sleeplessness experienced by the fruit fly Drosophila is therefore a model case for human sleeping behaviour.

2 Apr 2014

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Researchers look at risky alcohol use in male-dominated industries

USPTO grants two additional patents to SeroVital-hgh formula

Longer looks: AIDS epidemic in the U.S.; how public health and the recession connect

WHO's annual statistics report shows global life expectancy continues to increase

Treating older men with early-stage prostate cancer does not help live longer

CT-guided IRE therapy offers safe, feasible primary local treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer

WHI: Combined hormone therapy clinical trial yields massive economic return

Commonly used drug restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles of boys with muscular dystrophy

GIRAFF+: A robot carer in home

Phosphate linked to cause high blood pressure and heart disease

Life expectancy after diabetic complications gauged

Higher calcium intake appears to mitigate impact of some of the risk genes for type 2 diabetes

Researchers detect correlation between loss of Y chromosome and risk of cancer mortality

Long-term durability of midurethral slings under scrutiny

New simple screening questionnaire designed to identify testosterone-deficient men

SIOG, EORTC update expert opinion on managing treatment for aged patients with NSCLC

NEPHRON+ project improves lives of kidney failure patients by developing wearable artificial kidney device

Study looks at factors that influence life expectancy of childhood cancer survivors

Prostate cancer breakthroughs offer new hope for men

New therapeutic agent reduces age-related sleep problems in fruit flies

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