News tagged with octogenarians
Active older adults live longer, have better functional status
Older adults who continue or begin to do any amount of exercise appear to live longer and have a lower risk of disability, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/A ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Vietnam 'cancer-cure' horn habit threat to world rhinos
For desperate Vietnamese cancer patients ground rhinoceros horn is seen as an elixir of life -- a medically unproven and illegal obsession that threatens the very survival of the world's wild rhinos.
May 08, 2012 |
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Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter
He first built his empire on newspapers, but octogenarian Rupert Murdoch has now made a surprise bid to become a more modern media baron by joining Twitter.
Jan 02, 2012 |
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ACC/AHA issue first clinical guidance for controlling high blood pressure in the elderly
Hypertension is very common among older adults. 64 percent of older men and 78 percent of older women have high blood pressure, placing them at heightened risk for heart disease including heart failure, stroke, coronary artery ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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One man's video game is another's exercise regime
Dr. Umit Ergin is cramming for a final exam. Standing on a balance board created by Nintendo for its Wii Fit series, Dr. Ergin -- a retired octogenarian internist who good-naturedly prefers ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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'Uncensored' Playboy coming to iPad: Hefner
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is bringing his iconic men's magazine to the iPad.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Twins are intriguing research subjects for Notre Dame biometircs researchers
Each year in August, the aptly named town of Twinsburg, Ohio, is the site of the largest official gathering of twins in the world. Open to all multiples -- identical and fraternal twins, triplets and quads from newborns ...
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Sep 08, 2010 |
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Best care for the oldest lung cancer patients
Although more than two fifths of lung cancers are diagnosed in patients over 70, data from clinical trials on the safest and most effective treatments for this age group are scarce. Now Italian oncologists are conducting ...
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Researchers identify secrets to happiness, depression among oldest of old
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neva Morris of Ames officially became America's oldest person and the second-oldest person in the world this month at the age of 114. And researchers from her community and Iowa State University's ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Device advances interventional radiology treatment to clear blocked carotid arteries, prevent stroke
An important interventional radiology advancement—the use of a new cerebral protection device in combination with FDA-approved carotid stents in high-surgical-risk patients—provides a minimally invasive, safe and effective ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe
The current health care debate in the United States is complicated. Trade-offs between heath care expenditures, lifestyle choices and life expectancy have been suggested but seldom clearly demonstrated. The U.S. spends on ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 06, 2009 |
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