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New Nationwide Study on Leading Cause of Vision Loss for Seniors

...advanced AMD and another 7 million are at risk for losing vision. AMD damages the macula, the small area near the center of the retina that blurs central vision. Wet AMD, also known as vascular AMD, is caused by abnormal blood vessel growth under the macula, leading to loss of central vision. Dry AMD, wh...

Human Stem Cells Delay Start of Lou Gehrig’s Disease in Rat

...verage, rats injected with live stem cells started losing weight at 59 days and lived for 86 days after inje...control rats injected with dead stem cells started losing weight at 52 days and lived for 75 days after injection. The rats were coaxed to crawl uphill on a...

Obese Kids Unmotivated byWeight Loss campaigns

... makes them much more receptive to campaigns about losing weight and keeping healthy. Marketing expert Ekant Veer who conducted a study on 330 obese schoolchildren between ages 13 and 18 praised TV shows such as those by chef Jamie Oliver for highlighting health issues. He said: "Saying 'this is ugly ...

Laser Surgery Safer Than Contact Lenses?

...studies discovered that there is greater danger of losing ones vision from the use of contact lenses than from undergoing laser vision correction surgery often referred to as 'Refractive Surgery' .The Archives of Ophthalmology has published Dr.Mathers findings in a letter in it's October 9th . Severa...

New Drug Blocks Influenza, Including Bird Flu Virus

...ic is heightened and available antiviral drugs are losing their potency. "This gives us another tool," say...he senior author of the new report. "We're quickly losing our antivirals." The new drug, which was tested on cells in culture and in mice, conferred complet...

Coughing Could Help Heart Attack Victims

...people who had previously fainted or come close to losing consciousness because of various heart problems, reported health portal Country Roads. They were taught how to recognise the symptoms - sudden dizziness and weakness, shortness of breath, sudden sweating and blurred vision - and then taught the pro...

Complicated Grief Needs Specific Treatment

...person could not respond to earlier losses without losing emotional equilibrium, complicated grief becomes a greater danger for him or her.” Treatment of complicated grief often relies on the idea that grieving is an experience to be worked through. A promising treatment called traumatic grief therapy use...

For Super-Obese Patients, Duodenal Switch Beats Gastric Bypass

...eve and maintain successful weight loss—defined as losing more than half of their excess weight—at one year ...ght loss we need to get those health benefits, but losing more of the excess weight certainly seems to be better.” Sourc-Newswise SRM...

India may Lose Over $230 bn from Heart Diseases

...ber of deaths is growing gradually, the country is losing productive working days, which in turn is a loss to the economy," said K. Srinath Reddy, head of cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Upendra Kaul, chief cardiologist at the Fortis hospital, said that due to lifestyle problems nearl...

Weight Loss Healthier with a Diet of Whole Grain Cereals

... who exercised and consumed a calorie reduced diet losing 12 pounds. However it was found that the group using whole-grain cereals had a lower intake of saturated fat and high intake of fiber, magnesium and vitamin B-6 which indicated that the use of high-fiber whole grain cereals delivers a better profile ...

Most people applying for coverage end up not buying it

...m coverage. "More workers and their families are losing employer-sponsored health insurance," said Commonwealth Fund Assistant Vice President Sara Collins, lead author of the report. "Most of the increase in the number of uninsured Americans--now upwards of 46.6 million--was due to a decline in workplace ...

British Addicted To Cell Phones

...ble for a major loss in their relationships or for losing their jobs. <B...

Common Falls In Bath Among Older Adults Can Be Prevented

...artment of Internal Medicine. "For older adults, losing the ability to bathe is associated with having falls, fracturing bones, and even being admitted to a nursing home. It is important that we take steps to help to prevent bathing disability before it occurs," Murphy says. One of the major problem are...

Forgetful? You May Be Losing More Than Just Your Memory

...r adults who complain their “mind is going” may be losing a part of their brain along with their memory, according to a study published// in the September 12, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study, which looked at 120 people over the age of 60, f...

Latest Weapon in Battle against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

...ainst bacteria in the light of several antibiotics losing their potency against pathogens which have developed drug resistance. Tests have shown that these compounds actively blocked the spread of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is a common bacterium that causes fatal lung infections in people with cystic f...

Bladder Control following Weight loss in women with Prediabetes

Urinary continence can be reduced through losing weight by dietary changes and increased physical a...nounced in 2001 and reported in 2002 revealed that losing 5 to 7 percent of weight through diet as well as a consistent increase in physical activity reduced ...

Mind in a Bind – Alternative Intervention

...focus, absentmindedness, memory loss, nervousness, losing the thread of a conversation, repeated episodes of nightmares, increased bouts of angry outbursts etc. may be physical manifestations of stress. These may be associated with other symptoms like giddiness, nausea, vomiting, mild diarrhea, chronic head...

Ten Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure

.... 4. Control your weight. If you are overweight, losing weight can lower your blood pressure. 5. Don’t smoke. Smoking a cigarette can cause a 20-point spike in systolic blood pressure. 6. Drink alcohol in moderation. Going beyond a drink a day can contribute to higher blood pressure. 7. Shake up you...

Excessive exercise common among women with eating disorders

...de healthy exercise levels in their lives, without losing any gains made in controlling the eating disorder. GA...

Gene linked to Hearing Loss in Aged Identified

... future people will no longer face the prospect of losing their hearing as they age."...

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