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(Wiley-Blackwell) A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only.

(Wiley-Blackwell) Older individuals' complaints about memory lapses such as having trouble remembering recent events may indicate that they are experiencing cognitive problems that are greater than typical age-related changes.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study has found that smokers who take multivitamins offset their healthy behavior by smoking more cigarettes.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study shows the prevalence of gout in the US has risen over the last twenty years and now affects 8.3 million Americans.

Prevalence of increased uric acid levels (hyperuricemia) also rose, affecting 43.3 million adults in the US. Greater frequency of obesity and hypertension may be associated with the jump in prevalence rates according to the findings now available in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology.

(Wiley-Blackwell) Surprising results from a new study revealed that men who smoke had less risk of undergoing total joint replacement surgery than those who never smoked.

Researchers also reported that men who were overweight, or who engaged in vigorous physical activity were more likely to need arthroplasty.

Details of this study are now available in Arthritis & Rheumatism,a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology.

(Wiley-Blackwell) Canadian researchers have found that maternal multiple sclerosis is generally not associated with adverse delivery outcomes or risk to their offspring.

Full findings now appear in Annals of Neurology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Neurological Association.

(Wiley-Blackwell) Radiation after a mastectomy for women with advanced breast cancer saves lives, but almost half of these patients do not receive it.

That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in Cancer.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study published in the journal Clinical Obesity reveals that bariatric surgery can result in significant weight loss in severely obese adolescents.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study published in the American Journal on Addictions reveals that illicit use of HGH (human growth hormone) has become common among young American male weightlifters.

(Wiley-Blackwell) According to the first update of the American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatric Society's guidelines on preventing falls in older persons since 2001, interventions for preventing falls should include an exercise component and a number of new assessments should be used, including; feet and footwear, fear of falling, and ability to carry out daily living activities.

A summary of the guidelines are published today in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.