http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. –Hair strands contain valuable information about senior citizens' stress levels that can be used to determine an individual's cardiovascular disease risk, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-hair-analysis-reveals-elevated-stress.html Cardiology Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:26:10 EST news285427542 A UC San Francisco team has developed a tool that can help determine – and perhaps influence – senior citizens' 10-year survivability rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-clinical-tool-health-older-adults.html Health Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:00:09 EST news281710052 As we get older, the trillions of cells in our body do too. And like us, they become less resilient and able to weather the stress of everyday life. Our skin especially tells the tale of what's happening throughout our bodies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-skin-cells-young-boost-scientists.html Medical research Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:38:38 EST news274358306 Always look on the bright side of life. Thanks to a new study from Concordia University, this catchy refrain offers a prescription for staying healthy during one's golden years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-lonely-older-adults-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:28:27 EST news270383286 (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 Forgetfulness, lack of orientation, cognitive decline… about 700, 000 Germans suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). Now researchers from the University of Ulm, among them the Epidemiologist Professor Gabriele Nagel and the Neurologist Professor Christine von Arnim, have discovered that the serum-concentration of the antioxidants vitamin C and beta-carotene are significantly lower in patients with mild dementia than in control persons. It might thus be possible to influence the pathogenesis of AD by a person's diet or dietary antioxidants. 74 AD-patients and 158 healthy controls were examined for the study that has been published in the "Journal of Alzheimer's Disease" (JAD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-vitamin-beta-carotene-dementia.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:16:17 EST news266580966 A study carried out by Dr. Louis Bherer, PhD (Psychology), Laboratory Director and Researcher at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM), an institution affiliated with Université de Montréal, has shown that all seniors, even those considered frail, can enjoy the benefits of exercise in terms of their physical and cognitive faculties and quality of life and that these benefits appear after only three months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-elderly-frail-benefit.html Health Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:41:51 EST news266172102 A Cuban cholera outbreak that has claimed three lives has been contained and no cases have been detected in the capital Havana, a pro-government blog reported Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-cuba-cholera-case-capital-blog.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:44:17 EST news261243817 Go ahead - do it: Grab a pencil. Right now. Write your name backward. And upside down. Awkward, right? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-mind-games-mental-key-brain.html Health Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:00:18 EST news259404567 Can a simple diagnostic test used to measure a heart's electrical activity help predict heart attacks? And can that knowledge help doctors reroute their patients away from coronary heart disease? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-electrocardiography-heart-healthy-older-adults.html Cardiology Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:00:02 EST news253274112 A study based on the National Health and Sexuality Survey, involving nearly 2000 people, describes the sexual practices of senior citizens in Spain. The most common are kisses, caresses and vaginal penetration. The main causes of sexual inactivity are physical illness and widowerhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-percent-men-women-age-sexually.html Health Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:51:34 EST news252751878 With a deadly dose of barbiturates stashed in his home in a small eastern Dutch town, pensioner Hans Hillebrand is a "self-determinist": he alone wants to decide when it's time to die with dignity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-dutch-pensioner-decision-die-dignity.html Other Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:55:12 EST news252392102 Thousands more American senior citizens with kidney disease are good candidates for transplants and could get them if physicians would get past outdated medical biases and put them on transplant waiting lists, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-thousands-seniors-lack-access-lifesaving.html Other Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:05 EST news245586446