Aging :: Indian scientists participate in global study of ageing
As an extension of World Health Survey (WHS), India has started its Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) and biomarker measurements are being used for the first time.
Vision
Infant :: Rochester Now Offers Gene Test to Detect Deadly Childhood Disease
Rochester has become one of only a handful of communities around the world to offer a genetic test to detect Batten disease, a deadly inherited disorder.
Healthcare :: ValleyCare and UCSF work to enhance health services in tri-valley region
ValleyCare Health System and UCSF have signed a letter of intent to enhance health care services for women and children in the Tri-Valley region of the East Bay.
LASIK :: CustomVue Monovision LASIK approved by FDA, US
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for marketing the first LASIK device designed for treating one eye to see far away objects and the other eye for close-up vision.
Eye :: Link between carbohydrate quality and vision loss is strengthened by new data
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its associated vision loss may be connected to the quality of carbohydrates an individual consumes. In a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Allen Taylor, PhD, director of the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University, and colleagues confirmed earlier findings linking dietary glycemic index with the risk of developing AMD.
Eye :: Visual impairment associated with increased mortality risk
Individuals age 49 and older with cataract and those age 49 to 74 years with age-related macular degeneration appear to have higher mortality rates over an 11-year period than those without such visual impairments, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Eye :: Many nursing home residents may not get regular eye examinations
In a study of Alabama nursing home residents, more than half were visually impaired yet two-thirds had no record of or reference to an eye examination in their medical charts, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Healthcare :: Shaping health care for the next decade, UK
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Alan Johnson today announced a review of the NHS that would advise on how to meet the challenges of delivering health care over the next decade.
Asthma :: Drug coverage expanded for patients to breathe easier, BC
Patients who experience severe breathing conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema will benefit from PharmaCare coverage for the medication tiotropium, also known as Spiriva, announced Health Minister George Abbott.
Stroke :: Hospital operators may fail to steer people with stroke symptoms to call 9-1-1
Nearly a quarter of hospital or “healthline” operators mistakenly routed a caller describing classic stroke symptoms to primary care doctors rather than to 9-1-1, according to a research project published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.