To stave off or reverse diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, scientists will explore the changes that occur in the brain as we age, laying the groundwork for prevention and treatment of age-related neurological diseases.

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The only disease where a beta carotene supplement may help is in the prevention or slowing of age-related macular degeneration and the associated vision loss.

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Lesley Griffiths AM shared these concerns and gave her assurance that the government was addressing the problem through Assist, a smoking prevention programme which specifically targets this age group.

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They also state that HRT should not be the first treatment of choice for the long-term prevention of osteoporosis in women over the age of 50, despite the success of the drug in treating the condition.

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"Ensuring the public and particularly women of child-bearing age know this, is a key message in the prevention of inborn conditions, " she said.

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According to the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 703 children under the age of 15 died in accidental firearms deaths between 2001 and 2010, the latest year for which the agency's statistics on fatalities are available.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three out of every 1, 000 school-age children are believed to have Tourette syndrome.

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According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 81 percent of the people who fell ill were under the age of 21.

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