Put Old on Hold Newsletter Links for December, 2009

Links for December, 2009

Bodybuilding With Steroids Damages Kidneys

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091029141202.htm

Athletes who use anabolic steroids may gain muscle mass and strength, but they can also destroy their kidney function, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA. The findings indicate that the habitual use of steroids has serious harmful effects on the kidneys that were not previously recognized.

Fitness Levels Decline With Age, Especially After 45

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026161846.htm

"The U.S. population is aging and is becoming more obese and sedentary," the authors write as background information in the article. "It is well documented that the cardiorespiratory fitness of men and women declines with age and that body composition and habitual physical activity are related to cardiorespiratory fitness." Low fitness levels increase the risk of diseases and interfere with older adults' ability to function independently.

Biofield Therapies: Helpful Or Full Of Hype? Review Looks At Reiki, Therapeutic Touch And Healing Touch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091029111913.htm

Biofield therapies, which claim to use subtle energy to stimulate the body's healing process, are promising complementary interventions for reducing the intensity of pain in a number of conditions, reducing anxiety for hospitalized patients and reducing agitated behaviors in dementia, over and above what standard treatments can achieve. However, longer-term effects are less clear.

Why Fish Oils Help With Conditions Like Rheumatoid Arthritis How They Could Help Even More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028142227.htm

New research from Queen Mary, University of London and Harvard Medical School has revealed precisely why taking fish oils can help with conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. In a paper published in Nature October 28, researchers describe how the body converts an ingredient found in fish oils into another chemical called Resolvin D2 and how this chemical reduces the inflammation that leads to a variety of diseases.

New Technique For Injectable Facial Fillers Improves Comfort, Recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028114015.htm

Less pain during injections for wrinkle-fighting facial fillers. Less swelling afterward. Less time in the office waiting for anesthesia to take effect.

Why Antidepressants Don't Work For So Many

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091023163346.htm

More than half the people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief. Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to new research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The medications are like arrows shot at the outer rings of a bull's eye instead of the center.

Violence Between Couples Is Usually Calculated, And Does Not Result From Loss Of Control, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091019123009.htm

Violence between couples is usually the result of a calculated decision-making process and the partner inflicting violence will do so only as long as the price to be paid is not too high. This is the conclusion of a new study by Dr. Eila Perkis at the University of Haifa. "The violent partner might conceive his or her behavior as a 'loss of control', but the same individual, unsurprisingly, would not lose control in this way with a boss or friends," she explains.

US Patients Five Times More Likely To Spend Last Days In ICU Than Patients In England

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091023092124.htm

Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among terminal patients is eight times higher in the U.S. than in England, according to new research from Columbia University that compared the two countries' use of intensive care services during final hospitalizations.

Processed food could have role in depression, says study

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/content/view/print/266346

People reporting a high consumption of processed foods could be more likely to experience depression in middle age, says a new study that suggests food should play a greater role in preventing depressive disorders.

Move away from Western diet to reduce disease risk, says study

http://www.nutraingredients.com/content/view/print/266633

Compounds produced by frying, grilling, or pasteurizing may be driving inflammation and ageing, according to a new study from the US.

Babies' Language Learning Starts From The Womb

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105092607.htm

From their very first days, newborns' cries already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, reveals a new study published online in Current Biology. The findings suggest that infants begin picking up elements of what will be their first language in the womb, and certainly long before their first babble or coo.

Statins May Worsen Symptoms In Some Cardiac Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091103144810.htm

Although statins are widely used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular disorders, new research shows that the class of drugs may actually have negative effects on some cardiac patients.

Testosterone Improves Women's Sex Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041123115913.htm

A recently published dissertation from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that testosterone has both a physiological and a psychological impact on women's sexuality.

TV Exposure May Be Associated With Aggressive Behavior In Young Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102171413.htm

Three-year-old children who are exposed to more TV appear to be at an increased risk for exhibiting aggressive behavior, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Angry Faces: Facial Structure Linked To Aggressive Tendencies, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091031002319.htm

Angry words and gestures are not the only way to get a sense of how temperamental a person is. According to new findings in Psychological Science, a quick glance at someone's facial structure may be enough for us to predict their tendency towards aggression.

Regeneration Can Be Achieved After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028134620.htm

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats even when treatment delayed is more than a year after the original spinal cord injury.

The Magic of Cholesterol

http://www.spacedoc.net/magic_of_cholesterol

Why is it that at the time statin drugs first were marketed, doctors had such rudimentary knowledge of the true role of cholesterol in the human body? Just as I draft this sentence on 5 October 2009, Prof. Ernest Arenas of the Karolinska Institute(10) announces, "Cholesterol vital for brain development."

New Evidence That Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091111123612.htm

The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research. It found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. Everyone's favorite treat also partially corrected other stress-related biochemical imbalances.

Persistent Pain Common For Many Women 2 To 3 Years After Breast Cancer Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110171630.htm

Nearly 50 percent of women surveyed indicate they experience pain symptoms 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment, with women who were younger or who received supplemental radiation therapy more likely to have pain, according to a study in the November 11 issue of JAMA.

Men Leave: Separation And Divorce Far More Common When The Wife Is The Patient

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110105401.htm

A woman is six times more likely to be separated or divorced soon after a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis than if a man in the relationship is the patient, according to a study that examined the role gender played in so-called "partner abandonment." The study also found that the longer the marriage the more likely it would remain intact.

ATM Safety

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Vitamin D deficiency linked directly to heart disease

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/content/view/print/268281

Researchers from Utah presented fresh evidence this week linking vitamin D deficiency to heart disease at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Scientific Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Why Can't Some People Give Up Cocaine?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091120000633.htm

Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score on the so-called 'scale of craving', an antisocial personality type and previous heroin abuse are the factors most commonly involved in people falling back into the habit.

How Fish Is Cooked Affects Heart-Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117161004.htm

If you eat fish to gain the heart-health benefits of its omega-3 fatty acids, baked or boiled fish is better than fried, salted or dried, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.

Sounds Can Penetrate Deep Sleep and Enhance Associated Memories Upon Waking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091119193632.htm

They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle and a cat's meow, somehow penetrated their slumber.

Viagra for Women? Drug Developed as Antidepressant Effective in Treating Low Libido

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116085043.htm

The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.

Heart and Bone Damage from Low Vitamin D Tied to Declines in Sex Hormones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091115123715.htm

Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, but not testosterone.

People Entering Their 60s May Have More Disabilities Today Than in Prior Generations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112162832.htm

In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous generations, according to a new UCLA study. The findings, researchers say, may be due in part to changing American demographics.

Authorities in Peru block ‘human fat for cosmetics’ ring

http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/content/view/print/268224

Police in Peru say they have arrested a number of people on suspicion of murdering people in order to sell on their fat, allegedly to European cosmetic makers. Police officials said the gang murdered individuals in rural areas and then extracted fat and tissues from the corpses in a clandestine laboratory, which was then sold to intermediaries in the country’s capital, Lima.

Resveratrol could prove HRT alternative, study

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/content/view/print/268384

Treatment based on resveratrol could be a safer alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women and could help prevent breast cancer, according to a new study. The findings of a study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry indicate that resveratrol is the most likely candidate of the phytoestrogens to offer safer HRT and chemoprevention of breast cancer due to its estrogenic activity and high antitumor activity.

Food prices face a welcome perfect storm

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/content/view/print/268348

There’s a perfect storm building for food prices. You don’t have to scan the horizon to see the signs; the clouds are developing all around us - at a faster rate than anyone expected.It’s a lethal cloudscape of high energy prices and climate change that threatens to send prices soaring – but this may not be a bad thing: Provided the world’s poorest are insulated from its effects.

Diet rich in polypenols might delay onset of Alzheimer’s

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/content/view/print/268903

A diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease through the production of new brain cells and the strenghtening of neural networks, according to a new Spanish study.The study will be published in next month’s issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Source: December, 2009 Put Old on Hold Newsletter