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Researchers say they may have found a genetic link between two mental illnesses -- bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Scientists searching the health records of nine million Swedes found the disorder...

Residents of an aged care home in Tasmania's south are distressed about its imminent closure.

Two previously identified pathways associated with aging in mice are connected, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding reinforces what researchers have recently begun to suspect: The age-related degeneration of tissues, organs and facial skin is an active, deliberate process rather than a gradual failure of tired cells.

Females -- young and old -- are generally less physically activethan their male counterparts, according to results of two studiespresented earlier this month during the annual meeting of the UKSociety for Behavioral Medicine at the University of Exeter.

Abstract Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), a recently discovered phosphaturic substance playing a key role in genetic and oncogenic phosphate diabetes, is involved in the physiological regulation of phosphate metabolism. Moderate idiopathic phosphate diabetes (IPD) leading to male osteoporosis and diffuse pain resembling fibromyalgia has been described. The aim of our study was to define the role of FGF23 in the mechanism of IPD. The study concerned 29 patients with IPD, mean age 53 ± 11 years, of whom 72% were men. Fifteen subjects without bone disease and with normal serum phosphate and calcium levels were used as controls. Phosphate diabetes was confirmed by phosphate reabsorption level <85% and phosphate reabsorption threshold (TmPO4/GFR) <0.83....

Andrew Smith, MD, FACS, is an Orange County face lift surgeon who performs short-scar face lifts for men and women who are seeking subtle facial tightening and contouring to correct early signs of aging.

Andrew Smith, MD, FACS, is an Orange County face lift surgeon who performs short-scar face lifts for men and women who are seeking subtle facial tightening and contouring to correct early signs of aging.

Older adults are especially vulnerable to hypothermia, which can be deadly if not treated quickly. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has some advice to help older people avoid hypothermia.

Andrew Smith, MD, FACS, is an Orange County face lift surgeon who performs short-scar face lifts for men and women who are seeking subtle facial tightening and contouring to correct early signs of aging.

Background:Our aim was to determine the efficacy of a trivalent inactivated split virus influenza vaccine (TIV) against culture-confirmed influenza A and/or B in adults 18 to 64 years of age during the 2005/2006 season in the Czech Republic.Methods:6203 subjects were randomized to receive TIV (N = 4137) or placebo (N = 2066). The sample size was based on an assumed attack rate of 4% which provided 90% power to reject the hypothesis that vaccine efficacy (VE) was [less than or equal to] 45%. Cases of influenza like illness (defined as fever (oral temperature [greater than or equal to] 37.8 degrees C) plus cough and/or sore throat) were identified both by active (biweekly phone contact) and passive (self reporting) surveillance and nasal and throat swabs were collected from subjects for viral culture. Results:TIV was well tolerated and induced a good immune response. The 2005/2006 influenza season was exceptionally mild in the study area, as it was throughout Europe, and only 46 c