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Be Medicinewise Week 2013 to focus on Australia's ageing population

On Monday NPS MedicineWise, with the help of ambassadors Bert Newton and Dr John D’Arcy, will launch Be Medicinewise Week 2013.

11 Oct 2013

NUS, A*STAR establish joint center to study role of nutrition and development in health, disease in Asia

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and A*STAR will be jointly establishing the S$148 million Singapore Centre for Nutritional Sciences, Metabolic Diseases, and Human Development (SiNMeD).

11 Oct 2013

Researcher to examine effect of getting older on people's ability to use smart phones

Age-related difficulties in texting and emailing on smart phones will be investigated by a University of Strathclyde academic.

11 Oct 2013

$New report provides fracture prevention, management solutions for postmenopausal woman$

New report provides fracture prevention, management solutions for postmenopausal woman

According to a new report published today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation, women may expect to live longer but their quality of life will be seriously jeopardized if action to protect their bone health is not taken. Postmenopausal women are the most vulnerable to osteoporosis and fractures. Worldwide, an estimated 200 million women are affected by osteoporosis and around one in three women aged over 50 will suffer from a fracture due to the disease.

10 Oct 2013

Mayo Clinic study: Baby boomers to witness surge in cataract surgeries

As baby boomers enter their retirement years, health care costs for complex and debilitating conditions such as Alzheimer's disease are expected to soar. Not drawing as much attention is the likelihood of similarly rising expenses for common age-related medical procedures. A Mayo Clinic study looked at one of those -- cataract surgery-- and found that more people are getting the vision-improving procedure, seeking it at younger ages and having both eyes repaired within a few months, rather than only treating one eye.

10 Oct 2013

Neuroscientist receives CAREER grant to research on auditory processing and sound localization

Twenty years ago Khaleel A. Razak was an electronics engineering student focused on creating a telephone for hearing-impaired children in Chennai, India. Today he is a neuroscientist at the University of California, Riverside whose research on how the brain processes everyday sounds may lead to therapies for age-related hearing problems and Fragile X Syndrome.

10 Oct 2013

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield offers tips for playing safe with prescription drugs

As we age, most of us come to depend on prescription drugs to help us live healthier, longer lives. But the very medications that we count on for better health could also land us in the hospital.

10 Oct 2013

How Obamacare affects children, prisoners

Media reports explore how the health law requires that dental and vision care benefits for children be included in policies sold through new online insurance marketplaces and how the law may shift prisoners' health care costs from local jurisdictions to the federal government.

10 Oct 2013

Study associates high polyphenols intake with 30% reduction in mortality in older adults

It is the first time that a scientific study associates high polyphenols intake with a 30% reduction in mortality in older adults. The research, published on Journal of Nutrition, is the first to evaluate the total dietary polyphenol intake by using a nutritional biomarker and not only a food frequency questionnaire.

10 Oct 2013

First Edition: September 9, 2013

Today's headlines include reports on how some state health online insurance marketplaces are working as well as the latest from Capitol Hill on the budget standoff.

9 Oct 2013

Women are more likely to suffer urinary tract infections, but men are more prone to be hospitalized

While women are far more likely to suffer urinary tract infections, men are more prone to be hospitalized for treatment, according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital urologists.

9 Oct 2013

Experts offer tips for preventing and coping with osteoarthritis

Most everyone is bound to get osteoarthritis -- if they live long enough. That old saying among arthritis experts is backed up by the numbers. The painful and often debilitating joint condition is the most common form of arthritis.

9 Oct 2013

New ICT tool improves seniors' quality of life and boost autonomy

Led by Barcelona Digital Technology Centre, the European R&D&I project SAAPHO (Secure Active Ageing: Participation and Health for the Old) has developed an ICT tool in prototype phase that will help seniors to monitor their health and the security of their home and avoid social exclusion by means of digital technologies.

9 Oct 2013

Cost issues: Expensive patients; payoff from delaying aging; approving new treatments

Cost and quality issues in the news include research about the costliest U.S. patients, the potential that delaying aging instead of treating disease could have on extending life, and examining how the U.S. compares to other countries on approving new medical treatments.

9 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 8, 2013

Today's headlines include the latest on how the health law's online insurance marketplaces are operating and what caused the initial systemic problems.

8 Oct 2013

Professor receives $1.3M EUREKA grant to explore communication between cytoplasm and nucleus

University of Massachusetts Medical School Professor and Vice Chair of Neurobiology Vivian Budnik, PhD, has received a four-year, $1.3 million EUREKA (Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to explore a novel mechanism of communication between the cytoplasm and the nucleus, called nuclear envelope budding, that may lead to new understandings for various tissue dystrophies and aging disorders.

8 Oct 2013

Aging News and Research

Be Medicinewise Week 2013 to focus on Australia's ageing population

NUS, A*STAR establish joint center to study role of nutrition and development in health, disease in Asia

Researcher to examine effect of getting older on people's ability to use smart phones

New report provides fracture prevention, management solutions for postmenopausal woman

Mayo Clinic study: Baby boomers to witness surge in cataract surgeries

Neuroscientist receives CAREER grant to research on auditory processing and sound localization

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield offers tips for playing safe with prescription drugs

How Obamacare affects children, prisoners

Study associates high polyphenols intake with 30% reduction in mortality in older adults

First Edition: September 9, 2013

Women are more likely to suffer urinary tract infections, but men are more prone to be hospitalized

Experts offer tips for preventing and coping with osteoarthritis

New ICT tool improves seniors' quality of life and boost autonomy

Cost issues: Expensive patients; payoff from delaying aging; approving new treatments

First Edition: October 8, 2013

Professor receives $1.3M EUREKA grant to explore communication between cytoplasm and nucleus

Study: Seniors in long-term care facilities are at high risk of head injuries

Study finds association between heart failure and air pollution

Researchers discover how cancer development molecule maintains its genome integrity

Epigenetic regulation linked with pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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