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Regulating Wax Removal 
Approximately 12 million people seek removal for compacted earwax a year in the United States. However, people seek services from a variety of medical physicians, prompting to publish national guidelines for an issue that affects 10 percent of adults, 5 percent of children and more than 33 percent of adults. |
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Growing Strong Bones
A study released in the Aug. 26 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explains the work of engineers at Georgia Tech University. The engineers used skin cells to create artificial bones and found that their slower development allowed the bones to blend better with ligaments and tendons. |
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Making the VA Mobile
Representatives of the Department of Veteran Affairs announced Wednesday, Aug. 27 that the VA will launch its new four-unit mobile clinic to serve veterans in rural areas. The units will circulate around 24 counties, offering primary care and mental health care. |
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High-Risk Habits Linked to Lack of Awareness [PDF, 17KB]
In a study published in the August 2008 issue of The Journal of Urology, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that the more men participated in unhealthy habits like smoking, the less they were aware of the Prostate Specific Antigen or the importance of having a PSA test. |
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Healing the Effects of Stroke
Researchers at Loyola University are studying ways to return mobility to people who have experienced debilitating strokes up to days and months after the incident. Trials of Nogo-A treatments, which jumpstarts nerve fibers in the brain and was developed for victims of spinal cord injuries, are expected to begin in 2012. |
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MIT Examines Structures
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used new computer-based technology to identify the protein structure that leads to Alzheimer’s in hopes of finding ways to prevent those particular structures from forming. |
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AARP Launches Online Health Tools
AARP announced Thursday, Aug. 21 that it is launching four online tools for consumers. The tools include a doctor and hospital finder with comments, feedback and reviews of the physician and facility, an illustrated encyclopedia about health, a symptoms search engine and a drug database that allows people to find out how a prescribed drug interacts with other drugs. |
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Obesity increases chances of disability
In the August 2008 edition of the Journal of American Geriatrics Society, researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in England published their findings that show a strong link between obesity later in life and a greater likelihood of decreased mobility and disability than a link between obesity later in life and early death. |
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Appetite Controllers May Wane with Age
Researchers from Monash University in Australia believe they have found that the brain cells that trigger a person to stop eating are attacked by free radicals and over time can lead to overeating and increased weight gain. |
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Report Highlights Dementia Testing Methods
In the Aug. 20 issue of JAMA, researchers from Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine question the well-accepted method of testing older people for dementia against a normal set of standards. |
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Study Finds 13 Percent of Elderly are Abused
Researchers from the University of Chicago found that adults in their late 50s and 60s are more likely to report verbal, financial and physical abuse, which seemed to be related to physical impairment. |
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