Health Conditions Archives

5 Strategies For Living Well with Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia can be a challenging disease, but the following tips can help you to manage your symptoms: 1) Keep track of the pain: Keep a pain diary so that you can connect your symptoms to other factors in your life including diet, environment, and activities. 2) Do not expect too…
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Promising Therapies for Diabetic Macular Edema

A new technique called photocoagulation is a form a therapy using a laser light. It has been effective in treating diabetic macular edema - swelling - a condition that develops from untreated diabetes. It is more effective and injecting corticosteroids in the eyes and has fewer side effects. This was…
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Zinc, inflammation & oxidative stress

A 2010 clinical trial looked at indicators of oxidative stress and inflammation in elders which found reductions among the subjects who supplemented with zinc. These two factors - oxidative stress caused by free radicals and inflammation - are considered risk factors for coronary artery disease. Zinc deficiencies have been noted…
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Ways to help prevent osteoporosis

Osteoporosis (loss of calcium in bones) affects 44 million men and women in the United States today, resulting in 1.5 million fractures each year. Approximately one-quarter of those people who have hip fractures due to the disorder die within a year after the break due to complications, including not being…
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Indoor Tanning beds = Eye & Skin Cancer

Eye Cancer Researchers report that using popular tanning beds to get a tan in the winter or without being out in the sun raised the risk of melanoma by 4 times - the range was from 74% to 240% higher risk. This determination was found after studying the health condition…
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Obesity, Exercise & Fibromyalgia

A 2010 study observes that women who are have a body-mass-index (BMI) of 30 or greater, which is considered obese have a 60-70% greater risk of experiencing fibromyalgia than those women who are not obese, and especially among those women who also get plenty of physical exercise. Fibromyalgia syndrome is…
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Heart, Not Inner Ear Source of Dizziness

It is reasonable to think that some inner ear problem is causing episodes of dizziness in elderly patients. However, in 2010 Dutch researchers determined that heart disease is a more likely common cause. The researchers did a cross-sectional analysis, a type of analysis method that looks at an entire population…
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Dietary Protein Reducing Hip Fractures

Elderly women and men who have greater amounts of protein in their diet are less likely to experience hip fractures than do elders who consume less. The recommendation by Dr. Hannan is that elderly women include a minimum of 46 grams of protein daily, and that elderly men consume a…
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Added sugar can increase heart attack risk

Sugar which is being added in greater amounts and with greater frequency than ever before by food manufacturers in almost all processed foods and beverages appears to raise the risk of heart disease. Researchers took a close look at data on nutritional intake and levels of fat in the blood…
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Walnuts slow prostate cancer growth

A 2010 study indicates that mice who have cancer of the prostate benefit from increased nuts in their diet. Researchers are doing follow-up studies to see whether the benefit may extend to men. Most nuts in reasonable amounts can benefit the heart. But among walnuts’ special attributes were their ability…
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