Professor Ian Robertson of Trinity College Dublin, reports that among the lifestyle factors that keep the mind agile as a person ages are: physical fitness, stress management, a varied social life, mental stimulation, learning new things and thinking young.
In a study funded by the National Cancer Institute, Professor Elizabeth Holly of the University of California in San Francisco, and team, conducted lifestyle interviews with 2,233 adults, including 532 pancreatic cancer patients.
New research shows that idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP), a group of potentially fatal disorders that affects the lungs, may be caused by an interaction between a specific genetic background and cigarette smoking. In a study of 111 families that had at least two relatives with IIP, people who smoked cigarettes were three times more likely than non-smokers to develop the disease. The research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), both institutes within the National Institutes of Health.
Treating a rare form of eye cancer with radiation therapy can spare patients from significant vision loss, according to new research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
The addition of testosterone to hormone therapy in women after menopause en hances their se ual function. However, it may also reduce HDL cholesterol (the “good” cholesterol) in women.
A Syracuse University chemistry professor has patented a device that aims to make painful fingerstick testing of glucose levels a thing of the past for diabetics.
A diet free of animal products and low in fat may help trim the waistline without the task of strict calorie watching, a new study suggests.
A take-home fertility-testing kit under development in a Massey University laboratory will give women and couples further control over pregnancy planning.
Professor Perry Bartlett of University of Queensland’s Brain Institute recommends sex, cryptic crosswords and a good run to stave off dementia.
Rising consumption of energy drinks that contain high levels of sugar and caffeine may be contributing to our expanding waistlines, according to new research that could prove damaging for the booming energy drinks market.