Aging:
News Articles on Aging, Back Pain, Age Related Disease, Eldercare, Healthy Aging
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Feb 9th, 2010
Scientists have discovered a new treatment for people who suffer with complex regional pain syndrome, a chronic pain condition for which there are currently no effective therapies. The pain can be so severe that some patients request amputation, only to then find that the pain returns in the stump.
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Feb 8th, 2010
Why do some people seem to age faster than others? Scientists believe they have found the answer: a specific gene sequence that determines how fast bodies age. This is the first time researchers have found a link between DNA and human lifespan.
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Feb 5th, 2010
The largest drugstore in the nation Walgreens will be hosting diabetic wellness providing free diabetes testing at various locations during the weeks of February 5, 2010 through February 18, 2010.
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Feb 5th, 2010
HbA1c is used for diagnosing diabetes, identify pre-diabetes, and to measure how well people are doing to keep their blood glucose levels under control. A new study in the journal Lancet suggests that too tight control of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes may be as bad for survival as not controlling it.
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Feb 5th, 2010
Researchers have identified a key enzyme that destroys cells that produce insulin and lead to Type 1 diabetes. Targeting the enzyme that destroys beta cells could lead to the reversal of Type 1 diabetes.
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Feb 2nd, 2010
Researchers have found that progressively getting less than eight hours of sleep a night as we get older may be a normal part of healthy aging, according to a new study conducted at the University of Surrey in England and published in the journal Sleep.
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Feb 1st, 2010
For many people, the term “low vision” does not mean much, until a doctor gives them the diagnosis. Lack of awareness about low vision is one reason why Prevent Blindness America promotes national AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month in February. AMD stands for age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of low vision in the United States.
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Jan 31st, 2010
Depression and diabetes often go hand in hand. Complications of type 2 diabetes are now found to increase in association with depression, even after other risk factors are taken into account.
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Jan 27th, 2010
If you have been taking human growth hormone (HGH) because you believe it is an antiaging agent, you may want to reconsider. A new study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine shows that levels of human growth hormone in the body do not seem to affect life span positively or negatively.
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Jan 26th, 2010
If you have type 2 diabetes, the new drug Victoza (liraglutide), which just won the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), may be an option for better control of blood sugar (glucose) levels. The once-daily injectable treatment is not for all type 2 diabetes patients, however.