For older Americans, reversal of the brain shrinkage that occurs as people age is just one benefit of greater physical activity, according to research published in the latest issue of the Journal of Gerontology — Medical Sciences (Vol. 61A, No. 11). In a special section devoted to exercising and aging, this edition of the journal features five separate reports on the topic.
A link between obesity and the microbial communities living in our guts is suggested by new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings indicate that our gut microbes are biomarkers, mediators and potential therapeutic targets in the war against the worldwide obesity epidemic.
A new study suggests biochemical changes associated with schizophrenia aren’t limited to the central nervous system and that the disease could have more encompassing effects throughout the body than previously thought. The findings, scheduled for publication in the next issue of the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Proteome Research, could lead to better diagnostic testing for the disease and help explain why those afflicted with it are more prone to other chronic health problems.
Engineers are designing new high-tech medical tools to equip the operating room of the future, in an effort to help doctors treat patients more safely and effectively and allow them to perform surgical tasks that are nearly impossible today.
Christmas is a great time to bring family and friends together, but a risky period for food poisoning, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, said today.
Asthmatics and people prone to respiratory problems should have an action plan for the fire season to help them breathe easier over summer.
Older people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities across Australia now have access to more than 1,000 new aged care places following today?s announcement of the results of the 2006 Aged Care Approvals Round by the Minister for Ageing, Senator Santo Santoro.
University of Arkansas public radio station KUAF 91.3 FM has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the American Psychiatric Foundation for the production of a year-long five-part series of in-depth reports on mental health and the elderly.
Memory training and other non-drug treatments may one day help older adults ward off declines in mental function, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in an editorial in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
How people might play the popular game show — whether they’d accept an offer for quick cash or hold out for the chance to win $1 million — probably has less to do with what?s inside each briefcase than what’s inside each contestant’s brain, suggests a study. While researchers didn’t study players of the game, their research in normal adults provides new insight about reward-based decision making and may have implications for understanding and treating addiction.