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Older Age Associated with Disability Prior to Death, Women More At Risk Than Men
Talk about a downer. Persons who live to an older age are the more likely to be disabled near the end of life and require the assistance of a caregiver to complete the activities of daily living, and disability was more common in women than men two years before death,...
Hearing Loss Associated With Hospitalization (VIDEO)
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Obesity As a Disease – Really!
åÊ The American Medical Association recently voted to define obesity as a disease, making it a medical condition requiring treatment that should be covered by insurance. Obesity affects more than a third of adults and 17 percent of children nationwide. The AMA took its vote during its annual meeting after...
Certain Drugs Can Trigger or Slow Alzheimer’s
Good or Bad? Hmmm. Certain widely prescribed medications can trigger or slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, according to recently published research. A Mount Sinai Medical Center team screened 1,600 FDA-approved medications, using a computer algorithm to determine which drugs are associated with blocking or stimulating beta amyloid accumulation. Amyloid...
Are We Addicted to Java?
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Eating More Red Meat Associated with an Increased Risk of Type-2 Diabetes
Eating more red meat over time is associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a follow-up of three studies of about 149,000 U.S. men and women, according to a report published by JAMA Internal Medicine. Red meat consumption has been consistently related to an increased risk...
Your Cholesterol Drug Could Be Hurting You (VIDEO)
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