Posts Tagged ‘quality of life’
After new radiation, better quality of life
UC DAVIS (US) — A study finds that newer radiation therapy technology offers head and neck cancer patients better ongoing quality of life. Continue…
Monday, February 6, 2012 17:27 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2011 14:08 - 2 Comments
Poor can’t break cycle of inferior health
MCGILL (CAN) — Canadians with less education and lower income begin life less healthy and remain that way over the course of their lives. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2010 12:19 - 0 Comments
Previous break intensifies osteoporosis
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — Women with osteoporosis suffer more mobility problems, pain, anxiety, and/or depression if they have previously broken a bone. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 7, 2010 12:54 - 2 Comments
Depression, brain injury go hand-in-hand
U. WASHINGTON (US)—More than half of adults who suffer a traumatic brain injury develop major depression in the following year, according to a new study, but less than 50 percent of them receive antidepressant medications or counseling. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 25, 2010 12:03 - 1 Comment
As testosterone dips, quality of life dims
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Male cancer survivors who develop testosterone deficiency often report having impaired quality of life and reduced energy levels, indicating replacement therapy may benefit some patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
‘Staging’ key to treating older cancer patients
A new study suggests that older adults diagnosed with cancer—like 92-year-old Louis Falzer, who survived prostate cancer—are more likely to become frail and vulnerable. The findings could be helpful in developing a new staging approach to caring for older adults. (View this and other videos at Futurity’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/futurityvideo)
