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Women With Depression At Risk For Osteoporosis
A study from the National Institute of Mental Health has found that women who suffer from depression are more likely to enter menopause with an increased risk of bone fractures. Researchers report that 17% of women with depression had decreased bone mass in the femoral neck, compared to 2% of women who did not have depression. Additionally, low bone mass in the lumbar spine was found in 20% of depressed women, compared to 9% who were not depressed. The researchers theorized that women with depression have overactive immune systems that produce a chemical known as IL-6. This chemical is associated with bone loss as well as promoting inflammation. During adolescence, bone mass reaches its peak and begins to decline through the rest of life, thinning at a faster rate after a woman undergoes menopause. (Read more about Women With Depression At Risk For Osteoporosis)
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What is Peripheral Arterial Disease?
Dr. Sattesh Babu of Vascular Associates of Westchester discusses Peripheral Arterial Disease, who is at risk, why it is important to be screened and current treatments. (Read more about What is Peripheral Arterial Disease?)
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Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems
A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how stress affects the sympathetic nervous system, impacts physiology, and the effect it has on the cardiovascular system. Lead author, Daniel Brotman, claims "Acute physical stressors such as sugery, trauma, and intense physical exertion are well known triggers of cardiovascular events. Emotional stressors are increasingly recognized as precipitants of such events." (Read more about Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems)
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ACUPUNCTURE FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
If you’ve tried all the pain medicines, the heat packs, and you still have aching knees, there’s new evidence that acupuncture might help with your osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of joint disease, and the most common location for osteoarthritis is, in fact, the knee. And with our aging baby boomers, more and more of us are going to have to deal with this problem, which is hardly insignificant. (Read more about ACUPUNCTURE FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS)
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Family History
How well do you know your family medical history?
We mean, really know –in the sense of knowing what each parent, brother, sister, grandparent, and great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, and cousin has or has had in terms of medical conditions. (Read more about Family History)
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KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
“I was very sad when I had to stop tennis. Life wasn’t the same,” says Phyllis Hyacinthe. She didn’t want to accept the fact she could no longer play tennis because knee osteoarthritis got the best of her. (Read more about KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS)
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KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS TOPICAL TREATMENT
52 year old George Laflare has been a sports fanatic since his high school days. A former football player, George says over the years his knees have really taken a beating. Eventually he developed knee osteoarthritis. Now, new topical treatments of knee osteoarthritis are helping George cope with the pain. (Read more about KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS TOPICAL TREATMENT)
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Why The Body Ages
How the body Ages.
The nucleus of every cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes. And they contain DNA or the genetic material of the cell. A prime cause of ageing is every cell’s chromosomes are capped with a protein button called a telomere. (Read more about Why The Body Ages)
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RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATMENT
New research into rheumatoid arthritis shows the problem affects various ethnicities differently, and that plays a role in how the treatment for rheumatoid arthritis has to vary from person to person. (Read more about RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATMENT)
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JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
“She was fine on a Thursday. But when she woke up on a Friday her legs didn’t function the way they did before,” recalls Gina Gorisek.
Suddenly, just 6 months ago, 2 year old Isabella, an active toddler, could no longer stand. She’d cry every time her mother, Gina, tried to help her stand or walk. After a battery of tests, Isabella was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. (Read more about JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS)
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