HRT and Your Heart: Friends At Last By blog Menopause is not for weaklings. Dealing with symptoms is at the top of the list, especially with hormones sending you […]
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_ Medical Care Development of Ebola Training Module By Jane Farrell article Johns Hopkins Medicine has been tasked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lead a group and to … Read More→
_ Aging Well Mutations Linked to Blood Cancer Surprisingly High in Older People By Jane Farrell article Researchers have found that at least 2 percent of people over 40, as well as 5 percent of people over … Read More→
_ Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Daughter Feels as Though the Room is Shrinking, First 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→
_ Skin Skin Health Psoriasis-Hypertension Link By Jane Farrell article Patients with more severe psoriasis are also more likely to have uncontrolled hypertension, according to research done at the Perelman … Read More→
Dental Health Oral Health Getting the Most from Your Oral Healthcare Providers By Jane Farrell article Editor’s note: This is the eighth in a series of articles on getting the most from the members of your … Read More→
_ Urinary Health Improving Bladder Function After Spinal Cord Injuries By Jane Farrell article People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are often susceptible to bladder infections, and those infections can cause kidney damage … Read More→
_ Medical Care Pill-Only Regimens Cure Hep C By Jane Farrell article Two new pill-only regimens that rapidly cure most patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C (HCV), the most difficult to treat … Read More→
_ Heart Health New Hope for Healing the Heart By Jane Farrell article Researchers from UCLA have discovered that cells that form scars in the heart can change into the kind of cells … Read More→
Flu What You Should Know for the 2014-2015 Influenza Season By Jane Farrell article EditorΓÇÖs note: Although the Ebola crisis has dominated the news recently, here at ThirdAge.com we donΓÇÖt want you to lose … Read More→
Chrysanthemums By blog There are certain fragrances that are the harbinger of autumn. Chrysanthemums and fallen leaves do it for me. I am […]
Caregiving Hidden Population: Tween and Teen Caregivers By Jane Farrell article While the typical preteen or adolescent can be found playing sports or video games after school, more than 1.3 million … Read More→
_ Undergoing Cancer Treatment Battling "Chemo Brain" By Jane Farrell article Scientists have identified a culprit in the condition known as ΓÇ£chemo brain,ΓÇ¥ a decrease in mental sharpness attributed to chemotherapy. … Read More→
Weight Loss Fast Food Restaurants Now Offer Lower Calorie Menu Items By Jane Farrell article Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that large chain restaurants, including fast food places, have … Read More→
_ Addiction & Substance Overuse A Possible Treatment for Binge Drinking By Jane Farrell article Scientists have discovered profound changes in proteins that could lead to treatment for alcohol-related liver diseases. The researchers, from the … Read More→
_ Exercise ThirdAge Health Close-Up: Becoming a Triathlete at 50 After Surviving a Devastating Auto Accident By Jane Farrell article Ten years ago Maureen KemenyΓÇÖs SUV was hit by a tourist bus. The now 55-year-old says, ΓÇ£Luckily my children who … Read More→
_ Medical Research A Major Effort Needed to Fight Sepsis By Jane Farrell article Sepsis ΓÇô a blood infection that can lead to organ failure and death ΓÇô is just as important a research … Read More→