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| 2010/08/08 |
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| Though our sense of balance is fundamental to carrying on everyday activities, most of us are unaware of just how widespread issues of balance are. To minimize our risks it is important to understand the many ways our balance can be affected. |
| tags balance disorder vestibular falling injuries dizziness aging |
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| 2010/08/01 |
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| From its initial identification as a genetic disorder involving one gene in 1993, the advances made in understanding Huntington's Disease continue to accumulate rapidly. This is good news because such progress is not typical of a rare disease. |
| tags huntingtons dementia genetic disorder medical science degenerative aging |
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| 2010/07/24 |
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| Cataracts have been recognized as a medical condition for at least 4000 years and medical science is getting closer to understanding what causes them. As they learn more, prevention is increasingly becoming a more viable option. |
| tags cataract vision loss blindness prevention antioxidants aging |
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| 2010/07/03 |
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| As the second most common degenerative disease of the brain, Parkinson's is a condition for which considerable research is under way. However, while there is no cure yet, research is offering many ways to reduce the our risks for getting it. |
| tags parkinsons aging prevention dementia insecticides coffee fragility |
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| 2010/06/15 |
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| Though there are many idealistic visions of living to a "Ripe Old Age", reality has a tendency to mess up many plans. Conditions such as cancer and Alzheimers might immediately come to mind, but broken hip, not so much. |
| tags osteoporosis broken hip fragile bones embolism aging |
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| 2010/06/08 |
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| Known to human kind for more than 4000 years, Gout has brought excruciating episodes of joint pain to many affluent individuals. In modern society, however, an increasing number of individuals are alsosharing in the pain associated with the condition. |
| tags gout gouty_arthritis joint pain inflammation genetics aging |
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| 2010/06/02 |
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| Being the most common form of cancer by a long stretch, physicians diagnose skin cancer in the US more than 1,000,000 times per year and the rate is growing. What most people do not know but should is exactly who is at risk. |
| tags skin cancer melanoma carcinoma cancer risk aging |
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| 2010/03/26 |
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| As a very common condition associated with aging, Parkinson's disease will affect as many as 1% of those over the age of 60. With the degradation of mental and physical capabilities associated with the disease, ongoing efforts to find better medications are crucial. |
| tags parkinsons parkinsons disease PD aging dementia medications tremors |
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| 2010/03/21 |
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| With more than 100,000 deaths and 1.5 million injured in the US annually as a result of drug interactions, the problem of preventing such damage to patient health is a very serious one. To date, however, no simple solutions have been identified to resolve the problem. |
| tags drug interactions medication errors medications aging ADE |
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| 2010/03/07 |
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| Though most of us know someone who is losing their hearing as they age, and understand it to be a standard part of aging, the reason why we lose our hearing has largely been a mystery. However, research is starting to better understand the reasons. |
| tags hearing loss deafness aging antioxidants oxidative stress diet prevention |
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