Editors: Natalia Gavrilova and Stacy Tessler Lindau
• The preliminary agenda for the 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Biomeasures Workshop (and first-ever international gathering) is now online. Please visit CCBAR website at: http://biomarkers.uchicago.edu/Agenda-2007.html. Please contact Karl Mendoza: kmendoza@babies.bsd.uchicago.edu or 773-834-4832 for more information.
• Fewer
breast cancers linked to less hormone therapy
A sharp decline
in new breast cancer cases in 2003
in the United States have come because millions of older women ceased
hormone replacement therapy the previous year, researchers said on
Thursday.
• Low-protein
diet might reduce cancer risk
Researchers
studying a group of vegetarians
who'd maintained a diet relatively low in protein and calories found
that they had lower blood levels of several hormones and other
substances that have been tied to certain cancers.
• Study:
Preschoolers too fat; Hispanics at highest risk
Read full story
for latest details.
• New
Tool To Diagnose Alzheimer's
A newly
identified imaging compound that shows how Alzheimer's disease
ravages the brain could lead to better tools to diagnose the disease
and better ways to evaluate new treatments, a new study shows.
• Daughters
linked to prostate risk
Men who father
daughters, not sons, may be at greater risk of developing prostate
cancer, say researchers.
• Stored
Calories May Raise Cancer Risk
It's not the
calories you eat, it's the calories you don't burn off that increase
cancer risk, a new study using mice suggests.
• Folic
acid boosts elderly brains
Folic acid
supplements can improve the memory and brain power of ageing brains,
research shows.
• Growth
Hormones Doubted As Aging Treatment
Human growth
hormones appear to offer few benefits and significant
health risks as an anti-aging treatment, a review of the research finds.
• Study:
Gene Could Be Signal Of Alzheimer's
A huge
international study has identified a gene that apparently can
raise the risk of developing the most common form of Alzheimer's
disease. By shedding light on the biology of the illness, the discovery
could help scientists find new treatments.
• Are you a giver? Brain
scan tells the truth
Altruism, one of
the most difficult human behaviors to define, can be
detected in brain scans, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
• Boomers' health mistakes
can add up later
Even when
boomers' behavior and choices lead to serious problems, their health
may still not come first.
• Hormones
safer for younger women, experts advise
Read full story
for latest details.
• Antidepressants
may raise bone risk
The most popular
pills for depression might substantially raise the
risk for bone breaks in older people, a drawback that should ...
• Testosterone
Use For Aging Questioned
A growing number
of middle-aged and elderly men are using testosterone
creams, gels and patches in an effort to feel young again, but there is
little evidence the treatments are either effective or safe.
• Mammograms
Drop in Women 40 & Older
The CDC reports
a drop in the percentage of U.S. women 40 and older getting mammograms
to screen for breast cancer.
• 2nd
Fracture Risk Same in Men as Women
Men who have had
one osteoporosis-related fracture are just as likely as women to suffer
a second one, new research shows.
• Don't
Go to Bed Lonely
Sleeping Alone
Adds Stress to the Body and Brain
• Study:
Polluted air raises heart risks
The fine grit in
polluted air boosts the risk of heart disease in older women much more
powerfully than scientists realized, ...
• Exercise
May Not Up Knee Arthritis Risk
Moderate
exercise doesn't increase the risk of developing arthritis in
the knees of older adults, even if they are overweight, according to a
study that evaluated more than 1,200 people.
• Poll:
Stress Squeezes 4 In 10 Americans
Four in 10
Americans often feel stressed, a Gallup poll shows.
• Ward off cancer with bad
breath
In laboratory
studies, certain natural compounds in onions and garlic
have demonstrated cancer protection. Now population studies published
in recent months provide further evidence of the link between onions
and garlic and a lower risk of cancer.
• Older
Moms, Healthy Families
At Any Age, Moms
Still Have Much to Offer Their Kids
NIH
Press Releases
Common
Blood Pressure Drug Reduces Progressive Muscle Degeneration in Mice -
...
2 Feb 2007 at 9:50am
Scientists
supported in part by the National Institutes of Health's
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
(NIAMS) and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
(NINDS) have found that that the commonly prescribed blood pressure
medication losartan improves muscle regeneration and repair in a mouse
model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
Heart Disease
Deaths in American Women Decline - February 1, 2007
2 Feb 2007 at 8:38am
New York. The
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the
National Institutes of Health announced today that the number of heart
disease deaths in American women is decreasing.
Damage
to Specific Part of the Brain May Make Smokers 'Forget' to Smoke,
Janu...
25 Jan 2007 at
2:15pm
National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), "Damage to Specific Part of
the Brain May Make Smokers 'Forget' to Smoke" January 25, 2007
Soaring Economic
Costs from Depression a Global Issue, January 19, 2007
19 Jan 2007 at
12:34am
National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), "Soaring Economic Costs from
Depression a Global Issue" January 19, 2007
Older
Americans Not Discussing Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use
wit...
18 Jan 2007 at
9:00am
National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), "Older Americans Not
Discussing Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use with Doctors"
January 18, 2007
Scientists
Find New Genetic Clue to Cause of Alzheimer's Disease, January 14,...
16 Jan 2007 at
7:38am
National
Institute on Aging (NIA) , "Scientists Find New Genetic Clue to Cause
of Alzheimer?s Disease" January 14, 2007
Events
2007 Annual Meeting of
the Population Association of America
at the Marriott Marquis, New York, NY, March 29-31, 2007
Friday March 30, 8:30-10:15. Session “Collection
and Analysis of Biomarker and Genetic Data”
2007
NICHD-NCES Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
First Release Conference to be held May 8th-10th in Bethesda, MD.
Summer
Institute on Aging Research 2007
Aspen Wye River, Queenstown, Maryland, July 14-20, 2007
Applications due March 2, 2007
Alzheimer's
Disease Biomarkers:
How Can Specific Population Groups Help Us Identify/Validate Biomarkers
for Presymptomatic Diagnosis and Drug Development?
June 7th - 8th, 2007, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D.C.
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This Newsletter is
supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging, National
Institutes of Health (Grant No. 5 P30 AG012857)