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Treating and Preventing Head Lice

As kids return to school, experts from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) share how to recognize, treat and prevent head lice. Head lice are most common among preschool children attending child care, elementary school children, and household members of children who have head lice. While lice are a year-round problem, the number of cases… Continue reading Treating and Preventing Head Lice

Study: A New Way to Treat Multiple Chronic Conditions

When we have several chronic health conditions as we age, the symptoms of those disorders can reduce our quality of life. In fact, having multiple chronic conditions is linked to symptoms that can restrict our ability to perform our daily routines. Some 70 percent of adults over the age of 75 have more than two… Continue reading Study: A New Way to Treat Multiple Chronic Conditions

Folic Acid and Depression

Vitamin B9, also known as folic acid, gets a lot of attention during pregnancy. It’s important for prenatal development, and too little can lead to a host of birth defects. But a lack of it impacts some people no matter what their age, and it may affect a somewhat surprising condition: depression. Folic acid can… Continue reading Folic Acid and Depression

Age and the Risk of Heat-Related Health Problems

With summer here and the temperature rising, it is important to understand the health risks that excessive heat can bring and know the signs of heat-related illnesses. Older adults and people with chronic medical conditions are particularly susceptible to hyperthermia and other heat-related illnesses. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes… Continue reading Age and the Risk of Heat-Related Health Problems

A Neglected Factor in Female Hypertension?

Doctors treating women with high blood pressure should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that at high levels damages the cardiovascular system, according to new research. If aldosterone levels are high, they should consider prescribing drugs that directly target the hormone’s receptor, says Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele, physiologist in the Vascular Biology… Continue reading A Neglected Factor in Female Hypertension?

New Hepatitis C Infections Have Tripled over The Past Five Years

Editor’s Note: Hepatitis C is a potentially deadly viral infection, and the majority of deaths occur in people 55 and older. A simple hepatitis C test can tell whether you have contracted it. Risk factors include: receiving a blood transfusion before 1992; sharing needles or getting a tattoo in unsanitary conditions; and having multiple sexual… Continue reading New Hepatitis C Infections Have Tripled over The Past Five Years

A New Era in Diabetes Treatment?

A drug used to treat people with type 2 diabetes also significantly reduces the risk of both cardiovascular and kidney disease, according to new research. The study, by The George Institute for Global Health, based in Newtown, Australia, has major implications for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The illness affects around 450 million people… Continue reading A New Era in Diabetes Treatment?

Breast Cancer in Men: Treatments and Genetic Counseling

An update from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on male breast cancer, risk factors and treatment options: Can men get breast cancer? Yes. Although breast cancer is a disease usually associated with women, men get it too. Because male breast cancer is rare, there is very limited information on how to treat men… Continue reading Breast Cancer in Men: Treatments and Genetic Counseling

Six Ways to Prevent Toenail Fungus

Although fungal nail infections are usually painless, the condition can be unsightly. If you get nail fungus – more common on the toenails than the fingernails – your symptoms could include yellow or brown nails, or nails that lift up from the nail bed or split or crumble. Without treatment, say dermatologists from the American… Continue reading Six Ways to Prevent Toenail Fungus

A Personal Treatment for Depression

An innovative psychological treatment can help older people who are suffering from lower-severity depression and prevent more severe depression, say researchers at the University of York, in the UK. Depression is common amongst older people, with one in seven meeting the criteria for full-blown depression. Older people at the greatest risk of depression are those… Continue reading A Personal Treatment for Depression

New Guidelines for Treating Back Pain

A physicians’ group has recommended that doctors and patients should treat acute or sub-acute low back pain with non-drug therapies. The American College of Physicians (ACP) said that the non-drug therapies included superficial heat, massage, acupuncture or spinal manipulation. Drug therapy, if desired, should consist of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) or skeletal muscle relaxants. The… Continue reading New Guidelines for Treating Back Pain

Genetic Clue to Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Genetics researchers in the UK have identified a genetic variant that doubles an individual’s risk of developing ulcerative colitis, one of the subtypes of a chronic disorder known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The investigators, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and other centers, also uncovered a further 25 novel genetic associations to IBD risk.… Continue reading Genetic Clue to Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A Non-Addictive Pain Treatment?

Researchers are drawing closer to developing chronic-pain treatments that keep the medicinal properties of marijuana without the possibility of addiction. The study, by experts at Oregon Health and Science University, was conducted in a rodent model. It provides additional rationale for the development of therapeutics using cannabinoid receptors to treat chronic pain, which afflicts about… Continue reading A Non-Addictive Pain Treatment?

The Medicare-Related Cost of A Cancer Diagnosis

Medicare beneficiaries who don’t have cancer and develop cancer will be faced with out-of-pocket expenses that average one quarter of their income and could reach as high as 63 percent, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center… Continue reading The Medicare-Related Cost of A Cancer Diagnosis

Oxygen Therapy May Not Help Some COPD Patients

Long-term supplemental oxygen treatment may not provide much help to some patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers say. The group of patients studied have moderately low blood oxygen levels, and the investigators, from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, concluded that the treatment made little or no change in time to… Continue reading Oxygen Therapy May Not Help Some COPD Patients

Light Therapy May Someday Help Fight Heart Disorders

Using high-tech human heart models and mouse experiments, scientists at Johns Hopkins and Germany’s University of Bonn have shown that beams of light could replace electric shocks in patients reeling from a deadly heart rhythm disorder. The findings, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, could pave the way for a new type of implantable… Continue reading Light Therapy May Someday Help Fight Heart Disorders

Depression Treatment: Too Little and Too Much

Although depression is commonly discussed in the media, researchers have found that most Americans affected by the condition don’t receive treatment. At the same time, the investigators found, it’s possible that overtreatment of depression is widespread. Less than a third of American adults who screened positive for depression received treatment for their symptoms, whereas over… Continue reading Depression Treatment: Too Little and Too Much

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