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Seniors/Aging News - Yahoo News NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Participation in an at-home physical activity program can modestly improve cognition in older adults with memory problems, but who do not have dementia, new research shows. Study Questions Flu Shot's Mortality Protection ...
Treatment for cataract infection - Channel 4 News A new treatment could significantly reduce the risk of blindness and post-operative infection in cataract patients, research has revealed. Coating an artificial lens with antibiotics could reduce the risks currently faced by cataract patients ...
Constant Blood-Sugar Monitoring Helps Adults Only in Study - Bloomberg Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Medical devices that continuously monitor blood-sugar levels helped adults with the most severe form of diabetes control the condition in a study. Children and teenagers didn't reap the same benefits. Patients with type 1 ...
2008 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes, Ellie’s Quest for a Cure - PR.com Golden, CO, September 08, 2008 --( PR.com )-- After a fantastic walk last year, Ellie and her family will once again be holding her birthday party at the 2008 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sunday, September ...
Medical Research - Newsday TRENTON, N.J. -- In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. Many more may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s ...
Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug - Baltimore Sun WASHINGTON - What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? In the case of ...
New Hope in Sight for Cataract Patients: Coated Lenses set to Reduce ... - EIN News LONDON, September 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester reveals that coating an artificial lens with antibiotics could significantly reduce the risk of post-operative infection, and even ...
Seeing eye to eye with...the fly? - CNW Group SickKids scientists confirm common ancestry of the eyes in humans and flies >> TORONTO, Sept. 8 /CNW/ - Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have established that despite our many differences, the genes that control the development ...
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