Not exact matches
Demographers call this reduction in the typical span
of age - related illness «the compression
of morbidity» and attribute it primarily to improvements in the treatment
of common ailments such as heart
disease.
They are right to demand action: According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention public health database, when it comes to causes
of deaths in US adolescents
ages 15 to 19, firearms are an alarmingly
common contributor.
This type
of chronic, low level inflammation is very
common and researchers believe it is a contributor in
age related
diseases including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative illnesses.
Well, super... However, celiac
disease is four times more
common now that it was in the 1950's with about 100,100 currently diagnosed with Celiac
disease and about 1 in 25 (that is approximately 12 million people in the United States, 4 %
of the population) have food allergies with and one in 17 under the
age of 3 have food allergies.
In an
age when the most
common vegetable eaten by toddlers is a french fry, experts say that the way we are feeding our children is laying the groundwork for a lifetime
of heart
disease, diabetes, and other serious health problems.
Most studies have revealed protective effects
of breastfeeding on
common infections in the first 8 to12 months
of life.8, 27,29,30 One study, which distinguished between infectious
diseases until and from the
age of 6 months, revealed results similar to those from our study.24 Although the authors used exclusive breastfeeding for 3 months as the reference group, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months reduced the risk
of gastrointestinal tract infections between the
ages of 3 and 6 months but not between the
ages of 6 and 12 months.24 We can not explain why breastfeeding duration was only associated with lower risks
of lower respiratory tract infection from 7 to 12 months.
This
disease usually occurs during the winter and early spring months and it is
common in the children under the
age of two.
The period from July through September is when the transmission
of the
disease appears most
common, with persons under 15 years
of age and over 50 years at greatest risk
of developing severe symptoms
of EEE.
CHICKENPOX
COMMON AMONG CHILDREN DESPITE VACCINE The highly contagious varicella - zoster virus (VZV), commonly known as chickenpox, often affects children under
age 12 and sometimes even after they have been vaccinated against the
disease, Oneida County Health Department officials warned today following reports
of an outbreak in Herkimer County.
«Our findings suggest that teens and young adults who seek indoor tanning may be especially vulnerable to developing BCC, the most
common form
of skin cancer, at a young
age,» said lead author Professor Margaret Karagas, co-director
of the Cancer Epidemiology and Chemopreventon Research Program at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and Director
of the Children's Environmental Health and
Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth.
Professor Gallagher, from the University's Institute
of Ageing and Chronic
Disease concluded: «Studying a rare illness like alkaptonuria is a worthwhile project in itself, but it can also help with new insights into much more
common diseases.
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are increasingly
common, which medical experts and researches have attributed to better diagnostic imaging, an
aging population and heightened awareness
of the
disease stemming from the 2011 death
of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.
«Dementia, including the most
common form Alzheimer's
Disease, and related neurodegenerative conditions are dramatically rising in frequency as people live longer and our population
ages,» says study lead Professor Robert Richards, from the University
of Adelaide's School
of Biological Sciences.
A
COMMON dye used to identify the tangles
of proteins that accompany
ageing also helps to prevent protein misfolding — one
of the hallmarks
of Alzheimer's
disease.
In other words, a drop
of 10 °C in the average temperature over seven days, which is
common in several countries because
of seasonal variations, is associated with an increased risk in being hospitalized or dying
of heart failure
of about 7 percent in people
aged over 65 diagnosed with the
disease..
Scientists have identified unique genetic signatures strongly associated with a long and healthy life, findings that could help to further the understanding
of how certain genes may offer protection from
common age - related
diseases like cancer, dementia and cardiovascular
disease.
Such physical activity leads to a higher metabolism and better circulation, reducing the risk
of conditions and
diseases common in older
age such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart
disease and strokes.
An unexpected finding was that many
of the innate immunity pathways that were active in the late stages
of these inherited blinding
diseases were the same as those that are associated with more
common vision disorders including diabetic retinopathy and
age - related macular degeneration, or AMD.
«We were surprised to find so many similarities between these two
diseases, but most striking was that some
of these
common signatures are shared with other conditions like diabetic retinopathy and
age - related macular degeneration,» said William A. Beltran, senior author on the study, an associate professor
of ophthalmology in Penn Vet's Department
of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and director
of the Division
of Experimental Retinal Therapies.
As many as 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's
disease, the most
common form
of dementia among adults over 60 years
of age.
Difficulty remembering new information represents one
of the most
common complaints in
aging and decreased memory performance is one
of the hallmark impairments in Alzheimer's
disease.
Women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome — the most
common hormone disorder in women
of reproductive
age — face a heightened risk
of developing heart
disease, diabetes, mental health conditions, reproductive disorders and cancer
of the lining
of the uterus than healthy women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal
of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Alzheimer's
disease, which is the most
common cause
of dementia and affects as many as 5.1 million Americans
age 65 and older in the U.S., may triple in the next 40 years.
«AF is a
disease of aging and it is
common, costly and has lots
of complications,» Soliman said.
Silent strokes are frequent in sickle cell anemia (the most
common form
of sickle cell
disease), occurring in approximately 3 percent
of school -
age children with the
disease, and can cause poor school performance and limit performance
of complex tasks.
In western countries, asthma is the most
common chronic
disease in children under the
age of 15 years.
Enter a mutant mouse strain that is afflicted at a young
age with many
of the
diseases common to older humans.
An
age - related and genetic eye
disease, FECD is one
of the most
common causes
of corneal swelling.
For the study, researchers examined how
common several chronic conditions were in 23,382 people with MS at the time
of their diagnosis and 116,638 people
of the same
age and sex without the
disease.
«Their increased risk for
age - related
diseases in general led us to analyze how these patients are impacted by one
of the most
common age - related eye
diseases, macular degeneration.»
The
disease can start at any
age, but is most
common in female minority populations, and 90 percent
of people with lupus are women.
Might
common diseases of old
age such as Alzheimer's and osteoarthritis be associated with a genetic advantage in youth?
Uncontrolled calcium signaling and ROS in the mitochondria is behind a number
of common diseases, such as stroke or heart attack, and is thought to play a role in
diseases of aging such as neurodegenerative
disease.
The most
common forms
of this
disease usually affect patients over the
age of 65 and are collectively the most frequent cause
of legal blindness in developed countries.
Mild cognitive impairment sets in at a median
age of 44 in people carrying the mutation, and full - blown dementia at 49, decades earlier than is
common with the more typical sporadic form
of the
disease.
Two genetic studies involving thousands
of participants suggest that
age - related macular degeneration, an eye
disease common among the elderly, is tied to a gene that helps regulate «good» cholesterol.
As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated with a decreased risk
of dementia, consistent with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase risk for later - life cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older
ages may be associated with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a declining risk for dementia in the face
of a large increase in the prevalence
of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia risk, along with the documented declines in the incidence
of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack, stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding
of a significant decline between 2000 and 2012
of the heart
disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a decline in dementia risk.
Spanning the full spectrum
of medicine and afflicting people
of all
ages and ethnic groups, these
diseases encompass some
of the most
common, severe and disabling conditions affecting Americans.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A scientific team led by the Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco has discovered that a
common form
of a gene already associated with long life also improves learning and memory, a finding that could have implications for treating
age - related
diseases like Alzheimer's.
Lastly, increased systemic inflammation seen during
ageing is also apparent in chronic infections such HIV or cytomegalovirus, 10,15 obesity7 and individuals enduring chronic psychological stress.16 Similarly, the main features
of immunosenescence are apparent in many
of these conditions, including decreased antibody responses, increased infections, malignancies and also incidences
of inflammatory associated disorders such as cardiovascular
disease.7, 10,15,16 Inflammation and premature immunosenescence are, therefore, prevalent features
of many
common conditions
of modern life, such as obesity and stress, and could have negative health consequences for large proportions
of society well before old
age is reached.
Until recently, only one gene variant, Apolipoprotein E-e4 (APOE - e4), had been confirmed as a significant risk factor gene for the
common form
of late - onset Alzheimer's
disease, which typically occurs after
age 60.
In 2014, a Japanese woman in her 70s with
age - related macular degeneration — a
common eye condition that can lead to blindness — had a tiny sheet
of retinal pigment tissue made from her own skin cells implanted into one eye, which reportedly stopped the
disease's progression.
Alzheimer's
disease, the most
common cause
of dementia in the elderly, affects about 5 %
of people over the
age of 65.
Senescent cells also promote inflammation, which is a
common feature
of all major
age - related
diseases.
Telomeres have recently emerged as a read - out
of human cellular
aging and their shortening actually contributes, along with other factors, to various
common age - associated
diseases.
Certain brain changes that are
common in normal
aging are not the beginnings
of Alzheimer's
disease.
Alzheimer - type dementia is a
common chronic disorder, becoming even more prevalent as the population
ages, and it frequently coexists with other
diseases of aging.
They also argue that as long as patients with dementia are excluded from clinical trials
of therapies for
common age - related
diseases, such as osteoporosis or arthritis, physicians will have insufficient data to make evidence - based recommendations for this rapidly growing group.
Alzheimer's
disease (AD) remains the most
common form
of age - related dementia, a disorder which affects approximately 36 million sufferers worldwide [1].
Inflammation contributes to the pathology
of all
of the
common age - related
diseases.