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Sep
30
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Wearing High Heels, Pumps And Sandals Linked To Women's Foot Pain In Later Life, Study
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New research from the US suggests that wearing shoes such as high heels, pumps and sandals was strongly linked in women's later life with heel and ankle pain.
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Sep
29
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Increase In Alzheimer's Plaques And Sleep Loss Linked
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Chronic sleep deprivation in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease makes Alzheimer's brain plaques appear earlier and more often, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report online this week in Science Express.
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Sep
29
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Flu Vaccine may Protect Against Heart Attacks
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Flu can trigger heart attacks and cause cardiovascular death, but the influenza vaccine may offer protection for cardiac patients.
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Sep
25
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APTA Urges For Reform To Increase Access To Physical Therapy Services Following Results Of Pilot On Musculoskeletal Conditions
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In the wake of a report showing that patients with musculoskeletal conditions who receive physical therapy and other "physical medicine" services are less likely to have surgery, incur lower costs, and fare better than patients who do not...
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Sep
24
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Historic Gene Therapy Trial To Treat Alzheimer's Disease Underway At Georgetown
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Researchers in the Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center are now recruiting volunteers for a national gene therapy trial - the first study of its kind for the treatment of patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.
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Sep
24
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New Insight Into Age-Related Muscle Decline
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If you think the air outside is polluted, a new research report in the September 2009 issue of the journal Genetics might make you to think twice about the air inside our bodies too.
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Sep
24
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Lawmakers throw timely support to organizations intent on decreasing falls
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A bipartisan group of senators succeeded Tuesday in passing S. Res 276, officially recognizing the first day of fall as, what else: National Falls Prevention Awareness day.
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Sep
22
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Study: Flu viruses can spark heart attacks (AP)
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AP - Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows.
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Sep
21
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Early Diagnosis And Treatment Of Hip Conditions Is Focus Of New Center
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Recent improved understanding of hip abnormalities, combined with advances in diagnostic imaging techniques and minimally invasive surgical treatments are giving many patients new hope for relieving chronic, misdiagnosed hip pain.
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Sep
21
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Alzheimer's Society Comment On New Survey Highlighting Dementia Fears
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A new survey commissioned by Bupa Care Services has shown that 58% of people over the age of 55 listed dementia as their biggest concern, over becoming physically frail (51%) and cancer (49%). 'Dementia is not a natural part of ageing..."
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