People with Diabetes Urged to Have Their Hearing Checked Regularly
New Study Finds Higher Incidence of Hearing Loss Among Diabetics WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients with diabetes are more than twice as likely as those without the disease to have hearing loss, according to a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) study. Overall, more than 4...Exercising regularly can reduce the risk of Parkinson’s diseas
According to researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), exercise routine started in early adulthood may reduce the risk of having Parkinson’s disease.// Parkinson’s disease is a disease of the nerves that affect people in their middle ages. Some symptoms of the condition are mus...Switching drugs regularly improves HIV treatment
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When HIV-infected patients alternated their drug regimen every three months, their virus levels stayed down longer than when one regimen was administered continuously. That news comes from the SWATCH (SWitching Antiviral Therapy Combination against HIV-1) study. Dr. ...Gays in China Urged to Use Condoms Regularly
The usage of condoms among the gay population will be promoted significantly in China, from next year.// A five-year project is scheduled to be flagged off in the coming year. The program aims to contain the increase in number of HIV infections across the nation. The chief focus of the program...Wounds Heal 25% Faster In Older Adults Who Exercise Regularly
Here is another feather in the crown of physical exercisers. A new study in older adults finds that regular exercise may speed up the wound-healing process by as much as 25 percent//. The faster that a wound heals, the less chance it will become infected. The results appear in a recent issu...Experts Insist That Neonatal Herpes Be Reported Regularly
Experts are of the opinion that infection of newborns with herpes type 1 and 2 should be routinely reported to the authorities. Currently this is not an established procedure in most cases. In a commentary published in the September issue of the // journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, resear...Isis Reports Strong Financial Results and Highlights for Second Quarter of 2009
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MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (Jan. 8, 2008) Adolescent girls who frequently eat meals with their families appear less likely to use diet pills, laxatives, or other extreme measures to control their weight five years later, according to research led by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., lead ...Wild chimpanzees appear not to regularly experience menopause
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