_ Mental & Emotional Health Talk Therapy Better Than Light Therapy for Preventing SAD Relapses By Jane Farrell article Are you prone to the winter blues? Cognitive behavior therapy is probably your best bet for preventing annual recurrences of … Read More→
Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Broken Bone IsnΓÇÖt Healing, Second Week By Jane Farrell article EditorΓÇÖs note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the … Read More→
_ Diabetes Hearing Loss Is Your Hearing Loss a Symptom of Diabetes? By Jane Farrell article We face so many concerns as we age, especially when it comes to our health. It seems like the media … Read More→
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_ Brain Health Male/Female Brain Differences? Big Data Says Not So Much By Jane Farrell article Research done at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois has debunked the widely-held belief that … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Detection of Early-Stage Breast Cancer Increases With Age By Jane Farrell article The mammography detection rate of an early-stage but potentially invasive type of breast cancer rises with age, according to a … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medication Errors & Adverse Drug Events in 1 out of 2 Surgeries By Jane Farrell article The first study to measure the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events during the perioperative period – immediately … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse New Policy Statements Urge Strong Regulations of E-Cigarettes By Jane Farrell article Parents and grandparents, take note! While adolescent use of tobacco has declined since the 1970s, e-cigarettes are threatening to addict … Read More→
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_ Brain Health Memory Complaints in Older Women May Signal Thinking Problems Decades Later By Jane Farrell article A study published in the October 28th, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of … Read More→
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_ Senior Health ΓÇ£Health Risk AssessmentΓÇ¥ Questionnaire Benefits Non-Disabled Elderly By Jane Farrell article Implementation of a collaborative care model among community-dwelling older people using a health risk assessment instrument resulted in better health … Read More→
_ Hearing Loss A Search for Better Hearing-Loss Treatments By Jane Farrell article Researchers have made a discovery that paves the way for understanding the ΓÇ£genetics of hearingΓÇ¥ and may eventually lead to … Read More→
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_ Could a Drug Engineered from Bananas Fight Deadly Viruses? By Jane Farrell article A banana a day may not keep the doctor away, but a substance originally found in bananas and carefully edited … Read More→