The UK ranks 11th out of 14 countries for dementia drug use rates according to a report published by the Department of Health. The paper ‘Extent and causes of international variations in drug usage’ by Professor Sir Mike Richards looked at the rates of drug usage per capita for a range of diseases and drug categories in 14 countries across the world. The UK’s overall ranking was eighth. Alzheimer’s Society comment: ‘This report provides a scathing indictment of the huge problems surrounding access to dementia drugs in this country…
Read the full story »Higher intakes of two B vitamins (MedPage Today) — but not folate — may help ward off depression among older people, particularly if they take supplements, according to a large population study.
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More B Vitamins May Cut Risk of Elderly Depression (CME/CE)
People who have been consistently overweight since high school appear to be at greater risk of both chronic disease and social disadvantage by the time they’re 40, researchers say.
Children younger than 5 who suffer head trauma or an unexplained life-threatening event should have an ophthalmologic evaluation, particularly if there is suspicion of abuse, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Bone cell responses to insulin may control how the rest of the body responds, studies in mice suggest.
Older patients with inflammatory arthritis are not receiving the full range of age-related preventive care they need, despite their being at increased risk for cardiovascular events, infection, and osteoporosis, a new study found.
Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a study appearing in the July 13, 2010 print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology……..
Vitamin D surfaces as a news topic every few months. How much daily vitamin D should a person get? Is it possible to have too much of it? Is exposure to the sun, which is the body’s natural way of producing vitamin D, the best option?
Contrary to Leo Tolstoy’s famous observation that “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ways. And these dual patterns of unhealthy family relationships lead to a host of specific difficulties for children during their early school years……..
Research on the population of black-legged ticks, which can transmit Lyme disease from host animals to humans, reinforces that it is important to take preventative measures when spending time outdoors. University of Illinois graduate student Jennifer Rydzewski conducted a four-year survey of black-legged ticks (also known as deer ticks), their host animals, and their habitat preferences in Cook, Lake, DuPage, and Piatt Counties. The survey confirmed the presence of ticks in all four counties and ticks carrying Lyme disease in Piatt County. Higher numbers of ticks were found along the Des Plaines River corridor……..
The way a family interacts can have more of an impact on a child’s predicted school success than reading, writing or arithmetic, as per a University of Notre Dame study published recently in the Journal of Child Development. University of Notre Dame Professor of Psychology Mark Cummings and his colleagues at the University of Rochester studied the relationship patterns of some 300 families (with six year-olds) over the course of three years, and found distinct family-school connections. Specific family “types” emerged as predictors of school success:…….
Prostate cancer advances when tumors become resistant to hormone treatment, which is the standard therapy for patients, and begin producing their own androgens. Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have observed that blocking one of the enzymatic steps that allow the tumor to produce androgens could be the key in halting a tumor’s growth……..