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October 23, 2015

Hours to save the world: New software program aims to stop deadly pandemic spread

In order to best address the next pandemic, Dr. Eva Lee, a systems engineering professor at Georgia Tech Univeristy, presented a novel software program at AAAS. The program sifts through massive amounts of data to better optimize decision-making during the event of an emergency scenario – especially in the case of a deadly outbreak.

October 23, 2015

13 everyday habits that are aging you

Are you aging faster than your years? If you don't like what you see in the mirror, it may be time to evaluate some of your daily routines.

October 22, 2015

Web module helps patients decide about lung cancer screening

A brief web-based decision aid gives current or former smokers individualized feedback on whether or not lung cancer screening is right for them, according to a small study.

October 22, 2015

Mediterranean diet linked to healthier aging brain

Following a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fish and healthy fats may preserve a more youthful brain in old age, a U.S. study suggests.

October 21, 2015

Male and female hearts age differently, study finds

Men and women will always have their differences, but a new analysis finds that these differences extend to heart anatomy.

October 21, 2015

Almost half of elderly patients miscalculate life expectancy

Almost half of elderly people don't have an accurate sense of how much longer they're likely to live, a problem that may lead some of them to make poorly informed medical decisions, a U.S. study suggests.

October 20, 2015

Health risk assessments may benefit elderly

When healthy elderly people fill out health risk questionnaires and get personalized counseling, they have better health behaviors and use more preventive care, according to a new study.

October 19, 2015

New genetic marker may protect some people against HIV

A genetic marker that may protect some people against HIV infection has been found, a new study suggests

June 12, 2015

Brain-dead Canadian woman kept on life support to save fetus

A 32-year-old Canadian woman who has been declared brain dead is being kept on life support in a Victoria, British Columbia hospital, with doctors working to keep her alive long enough to deliver her unborn son.

June 12, 2015

New advice for vaccines to stave off pneumonia

People age 65 and older should get two separate vaccines to protect against pneumonia and other infections starting this fall, a change of decades-old advice, according to new health guidelines.