News tagged with expectation


New study finds length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy

Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who studied the DNA of more ...

Medical research created Mar 10, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Over 50? Checklist may predict if you'll be alive in 10 years

(HealthDay)—A simple checklist could help doctors estimate whether an older patient will be alive 10 years from now, according to a new study.

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study shows declining life span for some US women

A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can't explain.

Health created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers identify brain pathway triggering impulsive eating

New research from the University of Georgia has identified the neural pathways in an insect brain tied to eating for pleasure, a discovery that sheds light on mirror impulsive eating pathways in the human ...

Medical research created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scale-up of HIV treatment in rural South Africa dramatically increases adult life expectancy

The large antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has led to a rapid and dramatic increase in population adult life expectancy—a gain of 11.3 years over eight calendar ...

HIV & AIDS created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mushroom-supplemented soybean extract shows therapeutic promise for advanced prostate cancer

A natural, nontoxic product called genistein-combined polysaccharide, or GCP, which is commercially available in health stores, could help lengthen the life expectancy of certain prostate cancer patients, UC Davis researchers ...

Cancer created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Watch and wait' approach often best for older patients with kidney cancer

(HealthDay)—Sometimes, simply watching and waiting is a safe alternative to surgery for older patients with small kidney tumors, a new study suggests.

Cancer created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amgen 4Q profit drops 16 pct. on higher spending

Drugmaker Amgen Inc. on Wednesday posted a 16 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit, as higher costs for production, marketing, research and other items offset higher sales for many of its biologic medicines. The results ...

Other created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When will we all live to 100? 40 percent of girls born now expected to reach this milestone

An article from John Appleby, Chief Economist at the Kings Fund, published on BMJ website today brings attention to the rising amount of those expected to live to 100 and asks where it will end.

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beta carotene may protect people with common genetic risk factor for type-2 diabetes

Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have found that for people harboring a genetic predisposition that is prevalent among Americans, beta carotene, which the body converts to a close cousin of vitamin A, ...

Diabetes created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New findings on mortality of individuals with schizophrenia

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the average life expectancy of men and women with schizophrenia is 15 years and 12 years shorter respectively than for those who do not suffer from the disease. The study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers attack HIV's final defenses before drug-resistant mutations emerge

Scientists who study HIV are facing a troubling consequence of their own success. They created drugs that can now give infected patients almost normal life expectancy. However, those same drugs will eventually ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Violence plays role in shorter US life expectancy (Update 3)

The United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, due in part to the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked, ...

Health created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cancer screening unlikely to benefit patients with a short life expectancy

Breast and colorectal cancer screening should be targeted towards patients with a life expectancy greater than 10 years: for any shorter life expectancy the harms are likely to outweigh the benefits, concludes a study published ...

Cancer created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tips on coping with grief during holidays

(HealthDay)—People who have lost a loved one in the past year can have difficulty coping during the holidays, an expert says.

Health created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0