Editors: Natalia Gavrilova and Stacy Tessler Lindau
The registration for the 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Biomeasures Workshop (and first-ever international gathering) is now open. For Workshop agenda 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.
• Stroke
mortality rises on weekends
Read full story
for latest details.
• Low-dose
"Pill" reduces ovarian cancer risk
NEW YORK
(Reuters Health) - Oral contraceptives with low levels of
estrogen and progestin reduce the risk of ovarian cancer even more than
older versions of the "Pill", according to investigators at the
University of Hawaii in Honolulu.
• Second-hand
smoke boosts second heart attack risk
NEW YORK
(Reuters Health) - Heart attack survivors are more likely to
suffer further heart problems if they are regularly exposed to
second-hand smoke, Greek researchers report.
• The
fit may produce less of harmful, stress-related chemicals
People who are
physically fit may be protected from damaging artery
inflammation that flares up during times of mental stress, ...
• Stay
calm, or you may calcify your arteries
Older adults
with explosive tempers are more likely than mellow people
the same age to have calcium deposits in their coronary ...
• Are
We Pushing The Anti-Aging Envelope?
Many people hope
that getting Botox injections in their 20s and 30s can stop aging
before it starts.
• Cancer
Genes More Abundant Than Thought
There may be
more cancer genes than previously thought, and some gene
mutations may increase cancer risk more than others, a study shows.
• Predicting
Heart Disease In Older Women
Dr. Emily Senay
says a new study shows that routine EKGs do a good job
of it. She also looks at other tools surfacing as helpful forecasters.
• Aspirin
Nixed As Colon Cancer Preventive
People at
average risk for colon cancer shouldn't take aspirin or
painkillers like ibuprofen to try to prevent the disease, a federal
task force advises.
• Senior health costs
projected to soar
The cost of
caring for aging Americans will add 25 percent to the
nation?s health care bill by 2030 unless people act now to stay
healthy, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said
Thursday.
• The
healthy side of dependent relationships
Researchers are
realizing that while in some guises dependence can
undermine mental health, in others it can provide valuable social
support. In milder forms, dependency can come across as an annoying
clinginess. But it can also be a protective warmth that cements
romantic relationships in times of stress.
• Older
fathers appear to raise risks of genetic disorders
New findings
suggest that as men get older they face an increased risk
of fathering children with abnormalities, including autism and
schizophrenia.
• Pieces
May Not Fit Age-Old Puzzle
Was a key
suspect in human aging wrongly accused?
• Kidney
Disease Up 16% in U.S.
Chronic kidney
disease is rising in the U.S, especially among older
adults and people with extra weight, diabetes, heart disease, or high
blood pressure.
• High
Blood Sugar Linked to Cancer Risk
Women with high
blood sugar may be more likely to develop cancer, even if they don't
have diabetes, a Swedish study shows.
• Antioxidant
Supplements Raise Death Risk
Use of the
popular antioxidant supplements beta-carotene, vitamin E, or
vitamin A slightly increases a person's risk of death, an overview of
studies in humans shows.
• Gene
Tests And Brain Imaging Reveal Early Dementia
Dementia
diseases develop insidiously and are generally discovered when
the memory has already started to deteriorate. New research form
Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows, however, that
approaching Alzheimer's can be detected several years before the
symptoms manifest themselves.
• Lung
Cancer Screening Does Not Boost Survival
Test Finds More
Cancers and Leads to More Surgeries, but Death Rates Remain the Same
• Shedding
Light on the Risks of Being a Second Twin
Study Says Birth
Order of Twins May Increase Risk of Death During Delivery
• New
Guidelines to Protect Women's Hearts
Doctors May
Underestimate Women's Risk of Heart Disease Risk
NIH
Press Releases
Older
Mothers More Likely Than Younger Mothers To Deliver By Cesarean -
March...
8 Mar 2007 at 2:30pm
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that
older mothers with normal, full-term pregnancies (particularly
first-time older mothers) were more likely to undergo Caesarean
delivery than were younger women with similarly low-risk pregnancies.
NIDA
Launches First Large-Scale National Study to Treat Addiction to
Prescrip...
7 Mar 2007 at 2:14pm
Researchers funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part
of the National Institutes of Health, are launching the first
large-scale national study evaluating a treatment for addiction to
prescription opioid analgesics (i.e., painkillers) such as Vicodin and
OxyContin. NIDA?s National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
(CTN) is conducting the multi-site study, known as the Prescription
Opiate Addiction Treatment Study (POATS).
Could
Baby Boomers Be Approaching Retirement in Worse Shape Than Their
Predec...
5 Mar 2007 at 9:43am
Americans in their early to mid-50s today report poorer health, more
pain and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks than their older
peers reported at the same age in years past, a recent analysis has
shown. The research, published in print and online this week by the
nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), was supported by
the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National
Institutes of Health.
Independent
Panel to Evaluate Widely Used Chemical, Bisphenol A - February 26...
26 Feb 2007 at 11:23am
An independent panel of 15 scientists convened by the Center for the
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR), of the NIEHS and
National Toxicology Program, will review recent scientific data and
reach conclusions regarding whether or not exposure to a commonly used
chemical, Bisphenol A (BPA) is hazardous to human development or
reproduction.
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)