01/09/11 MetLife Mature Markets – Cancer Blood Test – Nasal Humming
Metlife Mature Markets Institute has been the gold standard in research on issues about getting older. Started in 1997, the information published cover many facets of finance, lifestyle, work and family and how to balance it all. Understanding the stress and the needs of caregiving employees and communicating that knowledge to employers, MMI delves deeply to present trends and options that may now be in place or for which the actual need may not have yet been realized. Our guest, Sandra Timmermann Ed.D a nationally recognized gerontologist is MMI’s Executive Director. A review of the titles of the MMI publications makes clear how committed they are to educating a rapidly aging population in how to do it well.
Humming Can Help Ease Nasal Problems – Keeping the sinuses healthy and infection-free requires ventilation — keeping air flowing smoothly between the sinus and nasal cavities. And what better way to keep air moving through the sinuses and nasal cavity than by humming a tune?
New Push to Develop Cancer Blood Test – Researchers have announced plans to develop a blood test that can detect a cancer cell that has been shed from a tumor.
Strides Made Toward Early Diagnosing of Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers have made significant progress in understanding the biology of pancreatic tumors, suggesting that there may be ways of identifying the usually fatal cancer at a much earlier and more treatable stage.
A principal finding is that pancreatic tumors are not aggressive cancers. To the contrary, they grow slowly, taking an average of 21 years to become fatal.
Strides Made Toward Early Diagnosing of Pancreatic Cancer
Abnormal Test Results May Not Get to Patients
If you think your doctor will automatically tell you if you have an abnormal test result, think again. Researchers studying office procedures among primary care physicians found evidence that more than 7 percent of clinically significant findings were never reported to the patient.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/health/23patient.html
25 Cancer Symptoms Men Are Likely to Ignore
Annual checkups and tests such as colonoscopies and PSA assays are important, but it’s not a good idea to rely on tests alone to protect you from cancer. It’s just as important to listen to your body and notice anything that’s different, odd, or unexplainable.
Screening Tool May Help Identify Abnormal Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
A simplified pediatric blood pressure table may simplify screening for potentially abnormal blood pressures in children and adolescents
http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/703958?src=cmemp
Abnormal Test Results May Not Get to Patients
Research published in the journal Neurology, finds that being too thin in later years-especially for those who lose weight rapidly or who had been overweight-may well be an early sign of dementia.
Dementia Diagnosis May Relieve Patients
Dementia Diagnosis May Relieve Patients – Do you want to know if someday you will develop Alzheimer’s? Washington University researchers wanted to quell physicians concerns over the effect on patients if they divulged their finding. You have to listen to find out the results or read the March 2008 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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Cholesterol Screening is Urged for Young
Cholesterol Screening is Urged for Young – Good health’s got to start somewhere and so does bad health. Screening the young for such things as high cholesterol may not spring to mind, but new guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics has made that recommendation.
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When Mammogram is Not Enough
When Mammogram is Not Enough – Recently, the American Cancer Society issued revised guidelines that suggested women who are considered higher risk for breast cancer have annual MRI’s, in addition to mammograms. An article in the Wall Street Journal discussed how ultrasound is also a test used in conjunction with mammograms. Certain conditions are not raised by the standard mammogram and these tests give doctors added information.
Abnormal Test Results May Not Get to Patients:
Abnormal Test Results May Not Get to Patients: If you think your doctor will automatically tell you if you have an abnormal test result, think again. Researchers studying office procedures among primary care physicians found evidence that more than 7 percent of clinically significant findings were never reported to the patient.
