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New Risk Index Shows High Prediction Rate For Alzheimer's In Older People |
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Sunday, 28 June 2009 05:09 |
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US researchers have developed a new tool that assesses 15 risk factors for dementia that can predict whether people aged 65 and over have a high risk of developing Alzheimer's. The study was the work of first and corresponding author Dr Deborah Barnes of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues, and was published online on 13 May in the journal Neurology. Barnes also works at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology. Scoring 8 or more points on the 15-point scale indicates that a person is at high risk of developing dementia in the next six years, said the researchers in a press statement. |
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Climate Change Biggest Threat To Health, Major Study |
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Sunday, 28 June 2009 05:07 |
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Climate change is this century's biggest threat to human health according to a major report by an interdisciplinary team of academics that highlights changing patterns of disease, population migration, extreme climatic events, water and food insecurity, vulnerable shelter and human settlements, as key issues. |
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FDA Tells Cheerios Cereal Makers Their Health Claims Contain "Serious Violations" |
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Sunday, 28 June 2009 05:00 |
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The US Food and Drug Administration has written a warning letter to General Mills, the makers of the popular breakfast cereal Cheerios, explaining that they have reviewed the labelling of the product and found it contains "serious violations" of federal regulations. |
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CDC Say Don't Delay Giving Anti Flu Drugs To Pregnant Women |
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Sunday, 28 June 2009 05:02 |
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that doctors should not delay giving antivirals to pregnant women with flu symptoms because the risks of premature labor, pneumonia and dehydration are too great and outweigh the risk of the drug affecting the baby. |
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New Biomarker For Aggressive Prostate Cancer, Study |
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Sunday, 28 June 2009 04:53 |
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Scientists have for the first time discovered that genetic information taken from molecules found inside bubbles of fat in a man's urine could be a useful new biomarker for showing whether his prostate cancer is aggressive or not. |
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