DHEA Cuts Abdominal Fat in Elderly
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NEW YORK  - DHEA is a popular dietary  supplement among older people, but its positive or negative  effects are unclear. Now, there's scientific proof that DHEA  has at least one benefit.
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NEW YORK  - People gearing up for an  indulgent holiday feast may want to make time for some pre-meal  exercise. A small study out Monday suggests that a long walk  before a fatty meal can lessen the effects of high fat intake  on blood vessel function.
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In a study of middle-aged men, high intake of linoleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid found in certain plants and vegetables, seemed to lower the risk of prostate and other cancers, Finnish researchers report.
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Injections of a hormone made by fat cells can jump-start an idling reproductive system, research shows. Twice-daily injections of leptin restored menstruation in female athletes who had become so lean that their periods had stopped.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with testosterone can help curb the gain in abdominal fat as well as the loss of skeletal muscle seen in non-obese aging men, according to a new study.
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Even moderate exercise by older people cuts the risk of developing a syndrome which increases heart disease and diabetes risk, US researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - Men with long-term diabetes may have a reduced risk of prostate cancer, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with an ultralow-dose  of the hormone estradiol, administered as a patch, reduces the  rate of bone loss in older women without promoting the build-up  of cells in the uterine lining, which is associated with an  increased risk of cancer, according to a new report.
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SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS DHEA, a popular dietary supplement touted as an anti-aging nostrum, appears to have at least one benefit. According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, treatment
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Men who lose 3cm or more of height as they age have an increased risk of heart attack and death, a study finds.
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Dr. Robert Ersek, a 66-year-old plastic surgeon, invited reporters to his Texas operating room recently and, in front of their cameras, proceeded to liposuction himself. After numbing the skin near his navel, he slipped in a hollow tube about a quarter-inch wide and moved it back and forth until it had sucked out about half a pound of fat. Ersek's office throws away tons of liposuctioned fat every year. But he shipped his own to a California company for processing and long-term storage of some of the cells from that fat.
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NEW YORK  - Middle age and elderly women whose diets include a lot of red meat appear to have an increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a report in the medical journal Diabetes Care.
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WEDNESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- There&#39;s no fountain of youth waiting around the corner, but a study of unusually old mice suggests a natural anticancer protein might also put the brakes on aging.
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Short bursts of exercise may help reduce the potentially dangerous spikes in blood fats that occur after fatty meals.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly men who consume more  dairy products have stronger bones, and the effect is the same  in both black and white men, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Some men and women who consume the recommended daily amount of choline, an essential dietary nutrient, may still develop an insufficiency and experience liver dysfunction as a result, new study findings suggest.
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Older people can cut heart disease and diabetes risks through regular exercise and weight loss, according to a new study. Research by Johns Hopkins University found that people between the ages of 55 and 75