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23 Oct
Preventing Knee Replacement Surgery
A brisk walk each day lowers the risk of knee replacement surgery in patients with knee arthritis.
22 Oct
Childhood Obesity and Hip Problems
Childhood obesity is causing a serious hip condition in more kids.
19 Oct
The Link Between Rosacea and Coffee
Caffeine from coffee but not other foods may ease symptoms of rosacea.
TUESDAY, Oct. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- If you suffer from knee arthritis and worry that walking will only worsen your damaged joint, a new study suggests you put your fears aside, slip on some sneakers, and take a brief but brisk walk.
The researchers estimated that if older adults with the condition added just 5 minutes of brisk w...
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TUESDAY, Oct. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration "jumped the gun" when it declared the chemical BPA safe for consumers earlier this year, experts from the Endocrine Society claimed Tuesday.
The FDA asserted in February that its "initial review supports our determination that currently authorized uses of ...
- Dennis Thompson
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TUESDAY, Oct. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The better the weather, the more seniors venture out and get active.
So say researchers who assessed the activity levels of more than 1,200 adults in Norway, aged 70 to 77, who were grouped based on whether they scored low, medium or high on a fitness test.
"Older people in poor phys...
- Robert Preidt
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TUESDAY, Oct. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- New research seems to suggest that living in the United States might make Hispanic men more prone to obesity.
To arrive at that conclusion, researchers analyzed responses from more than 1,000 men who took part in a 2002-2003 survey.
The results showed that Hispanic men who are born o...
- Robert Preidt
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TUESDAY, Oct. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -- the first woman on the high court -- has dementia, "probably Alzheimer's disease," she announced Tuesday.
Doctors diagnosed her with the beginning stages of dementia "some time ago," O'Connor, 88, said in a letter addressed to "friends ...
- Robert Preidt
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TUESDAY, Oct. 23, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who live in for-profit nursing homes are nearly twice as likely to have health problems linked to poor care than those in nonprofit nursing homes and those who live in private homes, a new study finds.
"We saw more -- and more serious -- diagnoses among residents of for-profit fac...
- Robert Preidt
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