http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The number of people with Alzheimer's disease is expected to triple in the next 40 years, according to a new study published in the February 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-people-alzheimer-disease-triple.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:00:02 EST news279386432 (HealthDay)—Of all the diseases people worry about getting, viral hepatitis is usually way down on the list. Most often it's thought of as a disease that affects only drug addicts or the sexually promiscuous. Though those groups are at higher risk, almost anyone can contract hepatitis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hepatitis-hidden-hazard.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:06:46 EST news275317598 (AP)—Officials in the nation's capital are asking senior citizens to think about HIV and AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-washington-tailors-hiv-aids-seniors.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:58:47 EST news269701121 The aging of the U.S. population will have broad economic consequences for the country, particularly for federal programs that support the elderly, and its long-term effects on all generations will be mediated by how—and how quickly—the nation responds, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. The unprecedented demographic shift in which people over age 65 make up an increasingly large percentage of the population is not a temporary phenomenon associated with the aging of the baby boom generation, but a pervasive trend that is here to stay. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-population-aging-long-term-implications-economy.html Health Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:11:49 EST news267804692 (HealthDay) -- Researchers are preparing to test an experimental drug in people genetically primed to develop Alzheimer's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-trial-drug-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:04 EST news256399609 Over the next decade, the population of cancer survivors over 65 years of age will increase by approximately 42 percent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-older-cancer-survivor-population-substantially.html Cancer Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:41:33 EST news237091285