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Interesting read A study, involving almost 200,000 participants, finds that individuals who have back pain are more likely to also experience a range of mental health issues. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, lower
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Many parents unintentionally place infants in unsafe sleep environments. Researchers recorded infants, for one night, ages 1, 3, and 6 months in family homes. In those recordings, 10 to 21 percent of infants were placed on a
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Optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optic nerve, the bundle of nerve fibers that transmits visual information from the eye to the brain. Pain and temporary vision loss are common symptoms of optic neuritis. This condition
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More than the normal number of fingers or toes. From the Greek “polys” (many) + “dactylos” (finger) = many fingers or, medically, too many fingers. Polydactyly is the opposite of oligodactyly (too few
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Oropharyngeal carcinomas are diagnosed in more than 15,000 men and women in the U.S. each year. But public health experts warn that the number of cases in men over age 50 will rise dramatically in the coming years. Thirty years
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A genetic treatment that delivers a virus to a gene in the brain could be used treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, says research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click to read!
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A number of studies have suggested caffeine has the potential to slow Parkinson’s disease. Now, researchers have built on these findings, creating caffeine-based compounds that could halt the protein clumping associated
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Mosquito-borne disease risks can vary considerably depending on geographic location, local mosquito ecology, time of year, and the traveler’s length of stay and previous exposure to mosquito-borne viruses. Malaria: most
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Type 2 Diabetes Who’s Got It: about 29 million Americans including 1 in 4 people 65 or older Family Risk: If both parents have the disease, you have a 1 in 2 chance of developing it. I just one parent has it, your risk is 1
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Average risk: colonoscopy every 10 years starting at age 50 but age 45 for African Americans. Increased risk: 1. Immediate family member with colon cancer or polyps at age 60 or younger- colonoscopy every 5 years starting at age
