Hearing Loss and Older Adults News Headlines

• 'Micropump' For Hearing-Loss Treatments
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Hearing Loss In Children Leads To Substantial Meningitis Risk
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Older Adults May Be Unreliable Eyewitnesses, Study Shows
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Corticosteroids help hearing-loss recovery
  The Earth Times - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:26 EST
  
• Time, Therapy Spur Recovery From Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Older Adults Face Double Whammy When It Comes To Body Fat
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Older Adults Face Double Whammy When It Comes To Body Fat
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Weight Loss Supplements Widely Used
  WebMD - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Older witnesses may be less reliable
  The Earth Times - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:49 EST
  
• Walter Reed Hearing to Put Spotlight on Kiley's Leadership
  Washington Post - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Seniors' errors in drug use can cause harm
  Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:42 EST
  
• Coaching Can Help Older Adults Speak Up At Medical Visits
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Treatments Can Improve Troublesome Aches
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• New Science-Based Guide To Natural Fat-Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Kidney Disease Up 16% in U.S.
  WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Protein seems to regulate bone loss
  The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:51 EST
  
• VA Officials Testify On Data Security Breaches At Hearing
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
  
• CDC: Kidney Disease Up 16% in U.S.
  WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Folic Acid Slowed Hearing Loss In Special Elderly Population
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Older people take a rosier view
  MSNBC - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:45 EST
  
• Genetic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• New Study Finds More Obese Teens Undergoing Bariatric Surgery, But May Have Better Post-Operative Outcomes Than Adults
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Low-fat dairy enhances weight loss in diabetics
  Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:04 EST
  
• Oral Wounds Heal Slower In Women, Older Adults, Study Finds
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Researchers Discover Protein That Appears To Regulate Bone Mass Loss, The Cause Of Osteoporosis
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Pill OK'd
  WebMD - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:48 EST
  
• Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths From Common Virus
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Study: Caffeine may prevent heart disease
  The Earth Times - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:09 EST
  
• Elderly gain weight until age 80
  The Earth Times - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:23 EST
  
• Stem Cell Transplants Explored As A Possible Treatment For Hearing Loss
  ScienceDaily - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Prescription Weight-Loss Drug Orlistat Approved For Over-the-Counter Sales
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Genetic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Stem Cell Transplants Possible Treatment For Hearing Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Oral Wounds Heal Slower In Women, Older Adults, Study Finds
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths From Common Virus
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Weight Loss Supplements Widely Used
  MedicineNet - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Mental woes common in weight-loss surgery patients
  Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
  
• Mental woes common in weight-loss surgery patients
  Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
  
• High doses of zinc linked to urinary complications
  Reuters - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:11 EST
  
• Teens Spend More Time At Computers, Become Less Active As They Grow Older
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Senators Question HHS Secretary Leavitt On Medicare Physician Reimbursements At Hearing On Budget Proposal
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Diabetes and Weight Loss: Finding the Right Path
  WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths from Common Virus - February 21, 2007
  National Institutes of Health - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:20 EST
  
• Weight Loss Surgery Rate Increases Among Teens, But Use Of Procedure Still Uncommon In Adolescents
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Cost-effective hearing implants needed: Expers
  The Earth Times - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:09 EST
  
• Daily Use Of Antidepressants And Increased Risk Of Fracture In Older Adults Linked
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Surprising Airbag Hazards Among Research Findings At Hearing Safety Conference
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• U Of M Study Shows Teens Become Less Active As They Grow Older
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Redsense Medical's Product For Blood Loss Detection During Hemodialysis - Ready For The European Market
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Yearning Most Salient Feeling Following A Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Daily Use Of Antidepressants Associated With Increased Risk Of Fracture In Older Adults
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Exercise may neither help nor harm older knees
  Reuters - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:39 EST
  
• Chronic distress linked to higher dementia risk
  Reuters - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:35 EST
  
• Hearing implants for under age 5 possible
  The Earth Times - Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:58 EST
  
• Spring Is Time For Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• 60% Of U.S. Residents Say They Would Pay Higher Taxes To Fund Nationwide Universal Health Insurance System, New York Times CBS News Poll Finds
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
  
• UNICEF Laments Loss Of Children In Iraq
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• The Difficult Patient, a Problem Old as History (or Older)
  New York Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:07 EST
  
• Aging nation faces growing hearing loss
  CNN - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:25 EST
  
• Senate Special Committee On Aging Hearing Discusses Medicare Budget Cuts, Premium Payments
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Texas House Adjourns HPV Vaccine Hearing With No Vote
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Outcomes Comparable For Younger And Older Children With Surgically Implanted Hearing Aids
  ScienceDaily - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• FDA Approves Over The Counter Weight Loss Pills
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Low-Pitch Treatment Alleviates Ringing Sound Of Tinnitus
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Is Atkins the Healthiest Choice for Weight Loss?
  ABC News - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:55 EST
  
• One in four older women abused by partner
  The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:29 EST
  
• GlaxoSmithKline to launch a weight loss OTC drug
  The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:51 EST
  
• Teens less active as they grow older
  The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:10 EST
  
• Painless weight loss, 50 calories at a time
  MSNBC - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:31 EST
  
• Minorities More Likely To Receive Alcohol Counseling
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Best Diet? Atkins Diet Ahead in the Weight Loss Race
  The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:45 EST
  
• Clash of the Weight Loss Titans
  WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Outcomes Comparable For Younger And Older Children With Surgically Implanted Hearing Aids
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
  
• New Registration For Care Workers Who Look After Older People, Children And Vulnerable Adults
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Lowdown on OTC Weight-Loss Drug
  Washington Post - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Nearly Half Of U.S. Adults Do Not Trust President Bush To Improve Health Care System, According To Poll
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Increasing number of morbidly obese teens turning to surgery
  The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:19 EST
  
• Moderate drinking may benefit elderly men
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:19 EST
  
• Folic Acid Boosts Cognition in Older Adults
  MedicineNet - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
  
• More obese adolescents turning to surgery
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:29 EST
  
• More obese adolescents turning to surgery
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:29 EST
  
• More obese adolescents turning to surgery
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:29 EST
  
• Drug testing children fraught with problems - doctors
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:43 EST
  
• Drug testing children fraught with problems: doctors
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:46 EST
  
• Doctors: School drug testing a bad idea
  MSNBC - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:44 EST
  
• Want To Age Without Aching?
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Decision Has Not Been Made About Office Of Women's Health Funding, FDA Commissioner Von Eschenbach Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Slander Hearing Against Bulgarian Nurses Sentenced To Death In HIV Infection Case Postponed
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Better Designed Roadway Intersections Can Boost Older Drivers' Performance
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• One in seven have taken diet pills
  The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:34 EST
  
• Safer intersections for older drivers
  The Earth Times - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:37 EST
  
• Better-Educated Older Adults Had Greater Declines In Word Memory Than Their Less Educated Peers, Study Finds
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Most Children In U.S. Hospitals Receive Medicine Off-Label
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• One-time Melanoma Screening Of Older Adults Appears To Be Cost-effective
  ScienceDaily - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Low-carb diet beats rivals in weight-loss trial
  MSNBC - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:26 EST
  
• Most Children In US Hospitals Receive Medicines Off-label
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Folic Acid May Slow Hearing Loss
  WebMD - Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Spring pollen counts hard to predict
  The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:31 EST
  
• Multi-Year Data Shows Treatment Prevents Amputation And Safely Opens Small Blocked Arteries Below The Knee
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Medical Workers Sentenced To Death In Libyan HIV Infection Case Plead Not Guilty In Slander Hearing
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST