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ORAL HEALTH IN OLDER MALE CANCER PATIENTS
In a recent secondary analysis of a prospective observational study published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers reported that mouth or tooth problems that cause difficulty eating in older male patients with cancer are associated with a greater risk of experiencing a lower quality of life, poorer emotional health, lower levels of physical functioning, and greater pain than in those without these problems.

Sally S. Ingram, MD, and coauthors assessed the surveys of 150 male community-dwelling cancer patients (...

ORAL HEALTH IN OLDER MALE CANCER PATIENTS
In a recent secondary analysis of a prospective observational study published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers reported that mouth or tooth problems that cause difficulty eating in older male patients with cancer are associated with a greater risk of experiencing a lower quality of life, poorer emotional health, lower levels of physical functioning, and greater pain than in those without these problems.

Sally S. Ingram, MD, and coauthors assessed the surveys of 150 male community-dwelling cancer patients (...

EXERCISE LOWERS DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE
According to a study published in a recent issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, improvements in body composition are linked to blood pressure (BP) reductions. These findings could link exercise training to improvements in cardiovascular health in older persons.

This six-month, randomized, controlled trial compared participants (ages 55-75 years) who combined aerobic and resistance training (n = 51) with controls who followed usual care physical activity and diet advice (n = 53). The participants had untreated systolic BP (SBP) of 130...

USE OF COXIBS IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Tai-Juan Aw, MBBS, FRACP, and coauthors found that cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (coxibs) are linked to a point-estimate blood pressure (BP) elevation compared with placebo and nonselective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The recent meta-analysis from Archives of Internal Medicine reported that these BP elevations may be significant in relation to increased cardiovascular risk.

Researchers analyzed 19 randomized, controlled trials, which included more than 45,000 participants, and found that coxibs produced a w...