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Geriatry-Related Diseases News

Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Lack of Vitamin D in Diet Raises Stroke Risk in Japanese-Americans
Results of a 34-year study finds that Japanese-American men who eat foods that are low in vitamin D are at an increased risk of developing stroke later in life. The study was reported in Str...

Finely Meshed Brain Yields Cannier Older Age
Brains that sustain hale nerve connections as people grow older help us to maintain ourselves to be sharp in later life, states finding of new research funded by the charity Age UK. Older...

Researchers Believe That Attention Key to Recovery in Stroke
Attention may have an important effect on the successful recovery from a stroke, feel researchers. People with a curious condition that causes them to apply make-up on only one side ...

Infusion of Enzyme in Scar Tissue Following Chronic Stroke may Make Patients Stronger
Patients could recover quicker if the scar tissue that develops following a stroke is modified by infusion of an enzyme, a new study conducted by researchers at Buck Institute for Research o...

Type of Viral Infection of Eye Linked With Disease Causing Blindness in the Elderly
A type of herpesvirus infection of the eye is associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that causes blindness in the elderly. This was found by a team of ...

Alcohol Consumption Tied To Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Elderly
Studies in the elderly have linked excessive alcohol consumption to the cognitive decline and dementia. A review paper by Kim JW et al published in Psychiatry Investig 2012;9:8-16 on t...

TB Raises Lung Cancer Mortality Risk in Elderly
Elderly patients who have tuberculosis are at increased risk of dying from lung cancer, finds a new study. "There is a high incidence of both tuberculosis and lung cancer among the elder...

Elderly Asthmatics Observe Inflammation And Mortality
Elevated mortality toll amid elderly adult asthma people in contrast to their younger counterparts is probably due, at least in part, to an augmented airway inflammation, states a study cond...

Study Elaborates on How to Minimize Stroke Damage
Loyola University Medical Center researchers report that factors as varied as blood sugar, body temperature and position in bed can affect patient outcomes after a stroke. In a review art...

Dementia Patients More Likely to be in Their Homes at the Time of Death
Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University have said that contrary to widespread belief that patients with dementia often move to nursing homes and die there, majority of ...

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