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Avoiding foods high in AGE toxins can reduce inflammation and restore the body's natural defenses

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine report that cutting back on the consumption of processed and fried foods, which are high in toxins called Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs), can reduce inflammation and actually help restore the body's natural defenses regardless of age or health status. These benefits are present even without changing caloric or nutrient intake.

4 Nov 2009

Cutting back on the consumption of AGEs can reduce inflammation, report researchers

4 Nov 2009

Tinnitus patients need more support and advice on healthcare options

As many as one in seven people will experience tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients who experience this distressing condition, according to an extensive research review in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

4 Nov 2009

New medical guidelines for accurate diagnosis and ethical treatment of growth hormone deficiency

Today the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) released new medical guidelines for the accurate diagnosis and effective ethical treatment of growth hormone deficiency in affected patients.

4 Nov 2009

Experts team up to measure the hearing of people with AIDS

Specialists in HIV and in hearing at the University of Rochester Medical Center are teaming up to measure the hearing of people with AIDS.

4 Nov 2009

$3.9 million Challenge grant for Thomas Jefferson researchers

Four researchers from Thomas Jefferson University have received $3.9 million in Challenge grant funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

3 Nov 2009

Not enough is being done to support patients suffering from tinnitus

3 Nov 2009

NIA funds national Testosterone Trial, Penn Medicine to lead

Penn Medicine will lead a new national $45 million clinical trial to test whether testosterone therapy can favorably affect certain conditions affecting older men. Low serum testosterone may contribute to a number of problems affecting older men, including decreased ability to walk, loss of muscle mass and strength, decreased vitality, decreased sexual function, impaired cognition, cardiovascular disease and anemia. While testosterone normally decreases with age, in some men, low levels of testosterone may contribute to these debilitating conditions.

2 Nov 2009

St. David's Medical Center to use FDA cleared CARTO 3 Navigation System for treating cardiac arrhythmia

On Monday, November 2, 2009, Andrea Natale, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.H.R.S., an electrophysiologist and executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, will be the first physician in the United States to perform an ablation procedure to treat a patient with a cardiac arrhythmia, commonly known as an irregular heart rhythm, using the newly FDA-cleared CARTO® 3 Navigation System.

2 Nov 2009

Humana reports higher consolidated revenues for third quarter at $7.72 billion

Humana Inc. today reported diluted earnings per common share (EPS) for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 (3Q09) of $1.78, consistent with management’s guidance of $1.75 to $1.80. The company earned $1.09 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 (3Q08) which reflected $0.40 per share in realized losses primarily associated with other-than-temporary impairments in investments and sales of distressed financial institution securities.

2 Nov 2009

Nu Skin Enterprises celebrates 25th Anniversary Convention in LA

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) concluded its 25th Anniversary Convention in Los Angeles with record attendance, record product sales and record contributions to its nonprofit foundation. The biannual global distributor convention attracted more than 12,000 distributors from the company's 48 international markets. The largest delegations of sales representatives came from the United States, Japan and Korea.

31 Oct 2009

People with disabilities are an integral part of available labor force, says NCD

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and this year's theme is Expectation + Opportunity = Full Participation. NCD embraces the Department of Labor's apt theme.

31 Oct 2009

NCOA supports CLASS Act health reform proposal

At a briefing by the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations today in Washington, DC, James Firman, President of the National Council on Aging (NCOA), applauded the House for making the CLASS Act (Community Living Assistance Services and Supports) part of its Affordable Health Care for America Act and urged the Senate to include the CLASS Act and other important long-term care provisions in its final package as well.

31 Oct 2009

AltaMed Health Services opens its newest Adult Day Health Care center in Cypress

AltaMed Health Services Corporation, elected officials and community leaders came together today to celebrate the grand opening of AltaMed's newest Adult Day Health Care center (ADHC) in Cypress.

31 Oct 2009

Cardio Infrared Technologies receives new orders for Commercial Cardio Cor and Personal Cardio Cor II bikes

Cardio Infrared Technologies, Inc., a leading Health and Wellness technology and marketing company, announced today that it has received orders from a new Florida-based client for two of the Commercial Cardio Cor bikes and six Personal Cardio Cor II™ bikes.

30 Oct 2009

PIMCO Foundation awards grants to 30 US charities and community organizations

The PIMCO Foundation, the charitable arm of the Newport Beach-based money management firm PIMCO, today announced it has awarded $549,375 in 2009 grants to 30 US charities and community organizations.

30 Oct 2009

Walnut Village, a full-service retirement community, officially opens its door to Anaheim residents

Walnut Village, a new, full-service retirement community in the heart of Anaheim, Calif., officially opened to its first residents this month.

30 Oct 2009

Dr. Chao Herbal Drink Line releases two all-natural, vegan beverages

The Dr. Chao Herbal Drink Line released two all-natural, vegan beverages to enhance sexual health and combat premenstrual symptoms. The new Adult and Lady drinks have no sugar, artificial sweeteners or preservatives, glutens, and caffeine, do not require costly prescriptions and have health benefits derived from the recipes of a 19th-century Chinese herbalist.

30 Oct 2009

Smartphones for diabetic patients

Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can be used to help elderly diabetics manage their health and learn more about their condition.

30 Oct 2009

Elders Living at Home Program receives AoA grant

The Elders Living at Home Program (ELAHP) at Boston Medical Center has received a three-year, $864,400 Aging in Place Grant from the Administration on Aging (AoA). The grant will be used to develop, implement and evaluate an intervention to support formerly homeless elders who have already transitioned to housing but need support to maintain it.

30 Oct 2009

Aging News and Research

Avoiding foods high in AGE toxins can reduce inflammation and restore the body's natural defenses

Cutting back on the consumption of AGEs can reduce inflammation, report researchers

Tinnitus patients need more support and advice on healthcare options

New medical guidelines for accurate diagnosis and ethical treatment of growth hormone deficiency

Experts team up to measure the hearing of people with AIDS

$3.9 million Challenge grant for Thomas Jefferson researchers

Not enough is being done to support patients suffering from tinnitus

NIA funds national Testosterone Trial, Penn Medicine to lead

St. David's Medical Center to use FDA cleared CARTO 3 Navigation System for treating cardiac arrhythmia

Humana reports higher consolidated revenues for third quarter at $7.72 billion

Nu Skin Enterprises celebrates 25th Anniversary Convention in LA

People with disabilities are an integral part of available labor force, says NCD

NCOA supports CLASS Act health reform proposal

AltaMed Health Services opens its newest Adult Day Health Care center in Cypress

Cardio Infrared Technologies receives new orders for Commercial Cardio Cor and Personal Cardio Cor II bikes

PIMCO Foundation awards grants to 30 US charities and community organizations

Walnut Village, a full-service retirement community, officially opens its door to Anaheim residents

Dr. Chao Herbal Drink Line releases two all-natural, vegan beverages

Smartphones for diabetic patients

Elders Living at Home Program receives AoA grant

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