_ Solve the Medical Riddle: One Side of Her Face Suddenly Drooped and She CouldnΓÇÖt Smile or Close Her Eye, Fourth 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→
Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Caregiving Medical Research AlzheimerΓÇÖs Patients & Caregivers Prefer Support over Research for Cure By Jane Farrell article More than $100 million in federal funding was spent last year toward searching for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. However, … Read More→
A Call for Improved Firearm Safety Counseling by Physicians By article Physicians should improve the way they discuss firearm safety with patients by showing more respect for the viewpoints of gun … Read More→
Mental & Emotional Health Remembering Self-Control Failures Leads to Repeat Failures By Jane Farrell article It’s been said that “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it,” but even if you know your … Read More→
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Aging By blog Last weekend I attended my ten-year high school reunion. Ok, I mean 20. Ok, no more lying. It was my […]
The Perfume of Life By blog Scientists have long believed that smells are linked to the way-back-machine part of our brains, somewhere between reptiles and fish. […]
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_ Health Headlines Medical Care Medical Procedures Hospitals Unfairly Penalized for Good Care By article A study by Johns Hopkins researchers indicates that hospitals suffer improper financial penalties because of the number of patients who … Read More→
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If You DonΓÇÖt Feel These 12 Things with Your Partner, It IsnΓÇÖt Real, Lasting Love By blog In our topsy-turvy, stressed-out world, love may be the only thing we can count on. Looking for that special someone […]
Medical Research Resurrecting Ancient Viruses in Hopes of Improving Gene Therapy By Jane Farrell article Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute have reconstructed an ancient virus that is highly effective at delivering … Read More→
_ Senior Health Too Many Pills for Seniors? By Jane Farrell article Although older Americans get mental-health medications at more than twice the rate of younger adults, they are much less likely … Read More→
_ Hearing Loss Antibiotics and Hearing Loss By article Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University have found that patients stricken with dangerous bacterial infections and treated with … Read More→
_ Caregiving Stress-Free Living Well-being Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities By article Disasters are frightening for everyone and are even more so for people with disabilities and access needs. Here, the experts … Read More→
Medical Research Tools to Select Patients for Aneurysm Treatment Need Further Evaluation By Jane Farrell article A study released July 30th 2015 at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery 12th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, indicates … Read More→
_ Medical Care Researchers Lengthen Lifespan of Aging Cells By article Researchers, working with yeast and worms, have found that they can extend the lifespan of aging cells. The study was … Read More→