Posts Tagged ‘quality of life’
Mitral valve repair safe for older patients
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Heart surgery to repair the mitral valve is safe and leads to a better quality of life for older patients previously considered too high risk for the operation, new research shows. Continue…
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 12:36 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Aug 13, 2012 13:06 - 3 Comments
Personalized care treats cancer swelling best
U. MISSOURI (US) — Cancer survivors with painful swelling would benefit more from individualized care focused on quality of life, rather than therapy based on symptoms alone. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 24, 2012 10:42 - 1 Comment
For a better life after cancer, set new goals
MCGILL (CAN) — Breast cancer survivors who are able to let go of old goals and set new ones are better off overall, enjoy an improved quality of life, and are more physically active. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 6, 2012 17:27 - 0 Comments
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. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2011 14:08 - 3 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)
