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More Proof That Exercise Helps Our Brains

A new study used Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( fMRI) to determine whether aerobic activity increased connectivity in the DMN or other brain networks. Even moderate amounts of walking had surprising results. [...]

Ant Study Provides Fresh Insight Into Aging

A study of the genomes of two species of ant has added evidence that a particular protein may be involved in the human aging process. [...]

Berries May Slow Aging Brain’s Decline

In our previous article we mentioned the role of cells called microglia in repairing damaged tissues in the body. New research that looked at their affect in the aging brain has discovered an important new link between foods and the role that microglia play there. [...]

Rheumatoid Arthritis Protein May Reduce Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease

In July we reported that researchers had found that activating a protein called Sirtuin that is found in the body can suppress the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. New research has found a link between a protein connected with rheumatoid arthritis and protection against the onset of Alzheimer’s. [...]

Church Run Hospitals Provide Best Care

A Thomson Reuters study, built on data from the Reuters Top 100 Hospitals report, found that church run hospitals are more likely to provide better care and are run more efficiently than their secular counterparts. [...]

Genetic Link Found Between Immune System and Parkinson’s Disease

Hot on the heels of the announcement that a team at Oxford University will use idempotent stem cells to study Parkinson’s Disease, a new study has shed more light on genes associated with the immune system that may play a role in its development. [...]

New Super Bug Arrives From Asia

Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) have identified fifty cases related to a “Super Bug” bacteria that makes an enzyme called NDM-1. Similar infections have been seen in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the USA and the researchers say that NDM-1 could become a major global health problem. [...]

New, Harmful Fat Cell Discovered

Our bodies store energy in fat and can reuse it to cope with times when more energy is needed to cope with increased activity or less food is consumed. A newly discovered kind of fat cell may end up in the wrong places in the body and cause health problems. [...]

Activating Sirtuin May Help Control Alzheimer’s Disease

There are an estimated 37 million people worldwide, including 5.3 million in the United States, who live with some form of dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease being the most prevalent. New research by Gizem Donmez, Leonard Guarente and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has shown that activating sirtuin also appears to suppress Alheimer’s and destroying it made the condition much worse. [...]

Parkinson’s Disease Study Will Use Stem Cells

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the United Kingdom and is currently affecting about 120,000 people there. More than half a million Americans are affected by it any given time and about 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s every year. An Oxford University team will use adult stem cells to study the potential of using a person’s stem cells to treat the disease. [...]

Nasal Zinc May Have Caused Loss Of Smell

Many people turn to homeopathic remedies to try and reduce the effects of colds. Nasal gels and swabs that contained zinc were available over the counter until The FDA requested manufacturers to stop selling them in June 2009, amid concerns about their safety. There were reports of anosmia – loss of the sense of smell, but no scientific proof of a link. [...]

Waterborne Infections Cost the United States Over Half a Billion Dollars Annually

A study conducted in 13 US states in 2008 forced the closure of one in eight public pools for public health and safety code violations. Approximately 13,500 of the 112,000 pools inspected were found to be in serious violation of health and safety codes and were immediately closed down. Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) released a report that estimates the cost of waterborne infections to the United States health care system at around $539 million a year. [...]

FDA Panel Votes To Leave Dangerous Drug On The Market

SmithKline Beecham introduced Avandia, a type of diabetes drug known as insulin sensitizers in 1996. They launched an aggressive $34 million “Ask Your Doctor” advertising campaign and in its first full year on the market, Avandia reached $647 million in sales. In 2006, Avandia generated $2.1 billion in revenue for GlaxoSmithKline. Based on the [...]

United States Ranks Ninth In End Of Life Care Index

Sarah Palin has repeatedly lied about the government’s intent to set up “death panels“, regurgitating her claims again last week. She also cited the United Kingdom (UK) as a place where shadowy bureaucrats get to decide whether a sick person lives or dies. She’ll be shocked by the findings of an international study of end of life care. [...]

Why We Need To Take Up Juggling

The United States and England were both knocked out of the World [Soccer] Cup this weekend. However, I’m not about to go out and try to refresh my soccer skills. Leaving aside the physical benefits of exercise, a new study shows that seniors are still capable of learning new skills – such as juggling, [...]

$8M Grant Will Fund Senior Care Telemedicine Study

An $8m rural health initiative grant from the Leona and Harry B. Helmsley Trust in New York will fund a three year test of telemedicine and sensor technology to help frail seniors stay healthier and delay institutional care. It will involve about 1,600 clients in 40 rural cities. [...]

US Health Care System Ranks Worst In New Study

Think back to all of those criticisms of socialized health care systems that were buzzing around during the health care reform debate. We also still hear our politicians and media making the provably false claim that the United States has the best health care system in the World. However, when the Commonwealth Fund looked at health care systems in seven industrialized countries the results were interesting. [...]

Tea and Coffee As A Protection Against Heart Disease

A new study conducted over a thirteen year period in The Netherlands has concluded that both tea and coffee are beneficial to our hearts. However, the amount consumed each day is very important. [...]

UK Hospital To Map All Of Its Patients' Genes

It was ten years ago this week that President Bill Clinton and United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Tony Blair held simultaneous press conferences in the White House and Downing Street to announce the completion of the first draft of a map of the human genome. Now, London’s Royal Brompton Hospital, a UK National Health Service ( NHS) hospital, has begun decoding all 22,000 genes in each of its 10,000 patients with the help of the Sanger Institute. [...]

Study Recommends Fighting Type II Diabetes With The Right Foods

Many studies have shown that controlling body weight and exercising regularly are key factors in avoiding type 2 diabetes. It’s also important to control the amount of sugar and fat in the diet. A new study1also found that consuming brown, rather than white, rice may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. In this article we’ll also look at other foods that experts in avoiding and controlling the disease have recommended. Some of them are counter-intuitive. [...]

Cancer Drug May Be Able To Treat Eye Disorder

Age-related macular degeneration ( AMD) is a progressive disease, most common in seniors, that results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the macula) because of damage to the retina. It is a leading cause of sight loss and blindness in patients over the age of 50 in Europe and North America. Researchers in the United Kingdom have suggested that a cheap drug that is currently used to treat bowel cancer should also be prescribed to patients with AMD [...]

Brain May Play A Role In Controlling Blood Cholesterol Levels

It has long been thought that the amount of cholesterol in the bloodstream depends solely on what we eat and the amount produced in the liver. Researchers have now found a direct neurological link between a receptor in the brain and the amount of cholesterol that enters the bloodstream. [...]

New Vaccine May Eventually Be Able To Prevent Or Halt Breast Cancer

Breast cancer occurs as a result of a malignant tumor that has developed from cells in the breast. It can affect both men and women, though its prevalence is very much higher in women. A new vaccination technique holds hope that it may be possible to create a one-time vaccination that can prevent breast cancer. [...]

Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis Increasing Among Women

Rheumatoid arthritis is a form of arthritis where the human immune system suddenly starts to attack body tissues, causing the wearing down of the protective layers on both sides of a joint. It often starts between 40 and 50 years of age and women are three times more likely to be affected by the condition than men. A new study suggests that incidence is on the rise again among women. [...]

DNA Sequences Decoded For 178 Microbes That Live With Us

Each of us has millions of microbes living on or in our bodies. These fellow travelers outnumber our own cells by 10 to 1 and the total number of genes involved is about 100 times greater than in our own. Many of them have never been identified, let alone grown in the laboratory. Some of them are known to be essential to us – playing a role in digesting food and developing the immune system. Now an American consortium has set a goal of cracking the genomes of the 900 bacteria and viruses that we carry around. [...]

Assessing Frailty Helps Predict Surgical Outcomes

Frailty is a relatively new clinical concept. It is best defined as someone’s physical reserve and their ability to withstand stress to the body. Many patients considered medically healthy can still be frail. Approximately half of all operations in the United States are performed on patients over 65. A new frailty test can predict with great certainty their risk for complications, how long they will stay in the hospital and whether or not they are likely to end up in a nursing home afterward [...]

New Recommendations On Vitamin D Intake For Seniors

Vitamin D is a vital component for bone and muscle development, function and preservation, as such it is a factor in the prevention of falls and osteoporotic fractures in older people. The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has released a new position statement on Vitamin D for older adults which makes important recommendations for vitamin D nutrition from an evidence-based perspective. [...]

Link Found Between a Single Protein and Aging

A few weeks ago, a group of British scientists, studying the genetics of aging using worms, showed that a specific gene, DAF-16, is strongly linked to lifespan, immunity and disease resistance. A new study has found a link between a single protein and aging. [...]

President Obama signed the second part (reconciliation) of the health care reform bill on March 30, 2010. That's great, but the provisions that will cover the uninsured haven't clicked in yet.

Our elected officials started work on the proposed health insurance reform bill on July 30, 2009. Harvard researchers estimate that 122 Americans die every day as a result of not having health insurance.

So, the estimated number of uninsured Americans who have died while the politicians in the Senate and Congress played politics and delayed new benefits for the sake of the health care insurers is

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