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Millennium-old olive trees of the Iberian Peninsula are younger than expected

May 16, 2012
Northeast Spain is home to olive trees so old that they are known as "millennium-old." A group of scientists have now studied their age. The oldest is to be found in the Catalan region of Montsia and is 627 years old making it one of the oldest olive trees recorded ...

The millennium-old olive trees of the Iberian Peninsula are younger than expected

May 16, 2012
This release is available in Spanish . Due to the large size of the olive trees in the Mediterranean region, many experts have claimed that they are millennia old but "there had never been a scientific study to ...

Younger People More Likely To Drop Out Of Diet Programs

May 14, 2012
A new study reveals that individuals who participate in a 1-year weight-loss program called Itrim, in Sweden, are significantly more likely to discontinue with the program if they are under 40 years of age. The study, conducted by Dr. Erik Hemmingsson, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital Obesity Center, Stockholm, ...

Younger athletes and females take longer to recover from concussions

May 9, 2012
New research out of Michigan State University reveals female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, findings that call for physicians and athletic trainers to take sex and age into account when dealing with the injury.

Female and younger athletes take longer to overcome concussions

May 8, 2012
EAST LANSING, Mich. New research out of Michigan State University reveals female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, findings that call for physicians and athletic trainers to take sex and age into account when dealing with the injury. The study, led by ...

Younger And At-Risk Men Benefit From PSA Screening To Detect Prostate Cancer

May 8, 2012
Screening younger men and men at risk of prostate cancer can be beneficial in reducing metastatic cancer and deaths and should not be abandoned, states an article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The United States Preventive Services Task Force, which last issued prostate screening guidelines in 2008, recently ...

Female and younger athletes take longer to overcome concussions

May 8, 2012
(Michigan State University) New research out of Michigan State University reveals female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, findings that call for physicians and athletic trainers to take sex and age into account when dealing with the injury.

PSA screening to detect prostate cancer can be beneficial to younger and at-risk men

May 7, 2012
Screening younger men and men at risk of prostate cancer can be beneficial in reducing metastatic cancer and deaths and should not be abandoned, states an article published in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical Association Journal ). The United States Preventive Services Task Force, which last ...

Rejuvenating Aged Hematopoietic Stem Cells To Make Them Functionally Younger

May 7, 2012
Researchers have rejuvenated aged hematopoietic stem cells to be functionally younger, offering intriguing clues into how medicine might one day fend off some of the ailments of old age. Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Ulm University Medicine in Germany report their findings online in the journal ...

PSA screening to detect prostate cancer can be beneficial to younger and at-risk men

May 7, 2012
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Screening younger men and men at risk of prostate cancer can be beneficial in reducing metastatic cancer and deaths and should not be abandoned, states an article published in CMAJ.

Younger Women Benefit From Mammography

April 28, 2012
Researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have published new findings that mammography remains beneficial for women in their 40s. According to a study published in the May issue of American Journal of Roentgenology, women between ages 40 and 49 who ...

Study finds mammography beneficial for younger women

April 26, 2012
CLEVELAND Researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have published new findings that mammography remains beneficial for women in their 40s. According to a study published in the May issue of American Journal of Roentgenology , women between ages ...