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Abdominal surgery riskier for older adults
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: Susan Aldridge, medical journalist, PhD Abdominal surgery is carried out on two million older Americans every year? One factor that should be considered when proposing abdominal surgery is the increased...
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Take Care When Using Medicine Dosing Cups
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: June Chen, MD Liquid medications are often delivered using medicine dosing cups to help with administration of the correct dose? However,. Researchers from New York University School of Medicine and...
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Skin aging risk factors uncovered
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: Susan Aldridge, medical journalist, PhD Skin aging is a complex process? Besides the typical sign of skin aging, which is fine wrinkles, there is also photodamage which comes from exposure to the sun.
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Antidepressant May Be Useful for Stroke Patients
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: June Chen, MD Escitalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor typically used to treat depression? Now, it seems that escitalopram may be useful in stroke, as well. According to a new study...
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Ginkgo biloba does not reduce cognitive decline
Search this site: Or click here to browse the list of diseases A- A+ Home Alzheimer and Dementia 02/05/2010 - Articles Ginkgo biloba does not reduce cognitive decline Tools: Ginkgo biloba is one of the most popular herbal remedies used in both to the United...
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Brain Stimulation Effective for Post-Traumatic Stress
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: June Chen, MD Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to an ordeal, such as war, a natural disease, or a violent assault, in which serious physical harm was...
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Elderly Depression : New approaches to the management of elderly depression 5/5
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Long-Term Use of Nicotine Patch Keeps Smokers on the Wagon
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: June Chen, MD Quitting smoking can be challenging many people with tobacco dependence require multiple attempts at cessation before they are successful? Using a nicotine patch may help to curb smokers...
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CT Better Than MRI for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: June Chen, MD Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are tow imaging techniques that have evolved as non-invasive methods of detecting coronary artery disease, or narrowing of the...
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Type 2 diabetes risk cut down by pedometer use
Not a member yet?HealthandAge member? please Or By: Susan Aldridge, medical journalist, PhD Type 2 diabetes is often preceded by a condition called prediabetes, where blood glucose levels are raised but not to the threshold that signals type 2 diabetes...
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