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Heat or Ice: Which Works Best for Osteoarthritis Pain of the Knee?
If you have osteoarthritis, you may wonder whether you should use heat or ice to ease the pain. Here’s our advice. More...
Posted in Arthritis on June 3, 2013
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Should You Try Epidural Steroid Injections for Your Back Pain?
Back pain is the number-one reason people visit their doctors, and epidural steroid injections have been a mainstay of treatment for short-term pain relief for decades. Epidural steroid injections seem to be most effective for people who have "radicular" pain, or pain that radiates from the spine to a leg or an arm, caused by a herniated disk. Even so, relief is often only temporary, and injections should be limited to no more than two or three a year. More...
Posted in Back Pain on June 7, 2013
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How Depression & Anxiety Affect Your Body
Most people think of depression and anxiety as conditions of the mind, influencing one's mood and outlook on life. But that's only part of the story. For many people, the more common manifestations of depression are physical, not mental, and they can have long-term consequences as well. More...
Posted in Depression and Anxiety on June 4, 2013
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Diabetes: It's a Family Affair
For people with diabetes who are trying to adhere to diet, medication and lifestyle changes, the actions of family members can help -- or hurt.
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Posted in Diabetes on June 6, 2013
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Understanding the Risks of Esophageal Cancer
Although esophageal cancer is relatively rare in the United States, the number of individuals who are diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus is rapidly increasing. More...
Posted in Digestive Health on June 10, 2013
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What Causes Nonbacterial Prostatitis?
The cause of bacterial prostatitis is obvious and easy to detect -- infection with some type of bacteria. But researchers are not sure why some men develop the more common, nonbacterial form of prostatitis. More...
Posted in Enlarged Prostate on June 11, 2013
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Two Hand and Wrist Exercises to Relieve the Pain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
A reader asks, "I spend many hours on my computer every day and I'm worried about developing carpal tunnel syndrome. What can I do to prevent it?" Here are two exercises that may help. More...
Posted in Healthy Living on October 27, 2013
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Be Prepared for a Heart Attack: Steps That Could Save Your Life
Many people who are having a heart attack wait too long to seek medical help. This delay may increase the extent of permanent heart damage and the chances of heart failure or death. You can save time during a cardiac emergency by planning ahead. Here are some ways to prepare for a heart attack and possibly increase your chances of survival. More...
Posted in Heart Health on June 14, 2013
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Hypertension and Hip Fracture: What’s the Link?
If you've recently started taking drugs for high blood pressure, you might have just increased your risk of fracturing your hip by as much as 43 percent, says a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (volume 172, page 1739). More...
Posted in Hypertension and Stroke on June 18, 2013
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Flying Safely: Supplemental Oxygen Resources
If you depend on supplemental oxygen day to day, there's little doubt that you'll also need it during an airplane flight. But even if you don't ordinarily use supplemental oxygen on land, there's still a chance you could require it during a flight. In either case, as you start making your travel arrangements, you'll want to (a) check with your doctor to determine your need for oxygen and (b) do advance planning to make sure… More...
Posted in Lung Disorders on June 13, 2013
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Working, Caregiving and Alzheimer’s: The Numbers
More than 5 million Americans are currently afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease, and the Alzheimer’s Association expects those numbers to rise to 14 million by 2050, with one diagnosis every 33 seconds. More...
Posted in Memory on June 17, 2013
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What’s Your Waist Circumference?
An estimated 68 percent of adults in the United States are either overweight or obese, and their excess weight increases their risk of coronary heart disease. Additionally, as weight rises, blood pressure and triglyceride levels increase and HDL cholesterol levels decrease, further boosting the risk of coronary heart disease. More...
Posted in Nutrition and Weight Control on May 29, 2013
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Whole Body Vibration: Can It Really Strength Bones?
A special vibrating platform that strengthens your bones when you stand on it? It sounds like something from an episode of "Star Trek," but it's actually an unconventional therapy called whole body vibration, or WBV for short. Whole body vibration is being touted as a promising, beneficial treatment for a variety of disorders including low bone density. But does this wacky-sounding therapy actually work or is it simply medical quackery? More...
Posted in Osteoporosis on May 17, 2013
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Beta-Carotene Use During Radiation: Is It Safe?
Evidence from a recent study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics (Volume 83, page 28) suggests that concerns about the safety of using beta-carotene supplements during radiation therapy may not be warranted. More...
Posted in Prostate Disorders on June 12, 2013
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Coping with Watery Eyes
Tears are essential to the performance and health of our eyes. They keep the surface of the eye moist, help with distribution of nutrients and protective cells, and wash away particles and foreign objects. More...
Posted in Vision on May 31, 2013
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Arthritis
- Do Shock-Absorbing Insoles Help Reduce the Pain of Osteoarthritis?
- Heat or Ice: Which Works Best for Osteoarthritis Pain of the Knee?
- When Osteoarthritis Leads to Spinal Stenosis
- Research on Joint Replacement Surgery Outcomes
- Finding Relief for Chronic Bursitis Pain
- Talking About Injected Pain Relievers for Osteoarthritis
- Why Do So Few People with Arthritis Exercise?
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- Arthritis in Your Ankle? You've Got Choices!
- Gentle Workouts Relieve Arthritis Pain
- What’s the Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cancer?
- Gout and Soda: What’s the Connection?
- Joint Replacement: It's Not Just Knees and Hips
- Fibromyalgia: Understanding a Mysterious Ailment
- Chronic Lyme Disease vs. Post-Lyme Disease
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Back Pain
- Should You Try Epidural Steroid Injections for Your Back Pain?
- When Osteoarthritis Leads to Spinal Stenosis
- Advice to Keep Back Pain from Becoming Chronic
- What to Do About a Back Spasm
- Sciatic Leg Pain: Is Nonsurgical Treatment Right for You?
- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Combating Low Back Pain
- When It’s Time to Turn to a Pain Treatment Facility
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- 9 Exercises to Strengthen Your Back
- Back Pain – Is It All in Your Head?
- Advice To Help You Get a Good Night's Sleep With an Aching Back
- A Back-Strengthening Program
- An Imaging Arsenal for Diagnosing Back Pain
- Corticosteroid Spinal Injections for Back Pain Relief
- Back Pain and Osteoporosis Glossary
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Cancer
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Caregivers | Caregiving
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Colon Cancer
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- How to Interpret the Signs and Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer
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- Virtual Colonoscopy on the Rise in Hospitals
- Do Colon Polyps Always Lead to Colon Cancer?
- Preventing Colorectal Cancer Recurrence with Aspirin Therapy
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- The Promise of Personalized Colon Cancer Therapy
- How Old Is Too Old for Colorectal Cancer Surgery?
- In the Pipeline: Biomarkers for Detection of Colorectal Cancer
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- Making Your Colonoscopy Count
- Coping With the Mental Side Effects of Chemotherapy
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Complementary Medicine
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Depression and Anxiety
- How Changes in "Sleep Architecture" Cause Insomnia as We Age
- How Depression & Anxiety Affect Your Body
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder vs. Normal Worry: How to Tell the Difference
- Neurofeedback: A Promising Treatment for Depression
- Hoarding: A Common Symptom of OCD
- Music Therapy: A Helpful Add-On to Traditional Therapy for Depression
- How Yogic Meditation May Reduce Depression
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- Treating Mood Disorders With Hallucinogenic Drugs
- Facing Your Fears With Exposure Therapy
- Why Older Women Have Eating Disorders
- What Happens When Stress Doesn't Go Away
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- Report on Substance Abuse and Aging
- Anxiety and Your Physical Health
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Diabetes
- Foot-Care Advice for People With Diabetes
- Diabetes: It's a Family Affair
- Should You Consider Weight Loss Surgery? Here’s the Research
- Research on Visual Impairment and Cognitive Dysfunction
- Diabetes Pain: Often Overlooked
- Revised Diabetes Guidelines from the ADA
- Gastroparesis: Understanding the Basics
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- Prediabetes: Meeting an Epidemic With New Treatment Goals
- Looking Out for Number One: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
- Traveling Safely With Diabetes
- Understanding How Insulin Regulates Blood Glucose
- The Role of Insulin in Blood Glucose Control
- Getting a Better Look at Blood Sugar Levels
- Making Sense of Type 2 Diabetes Medications
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Digestive Health
- Understanding the Risks of Esophageal Cancer
- Can You Eat Dairy Products If You're Lactose Intolerant?
- Go-To, Self-Help Remedies for Constipation
- Gastroparesis: Understanding the Basics
- Revised Screening Guidelines for GERD
- Your Aging Digestive System
- What Is Interval Cancer and Are You at Risk?
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- On the Horizon: Two New Surgical Treatments for GERD
- Focus on Peptic Ulcers
- Life Without a Gallbladder
- 7 Tips to Help You Reduce Bloating
- How Your Gut Can Affect Your Bones
- What to Expect From Your Endoscopy
- Four Relaxation Techniques to Soothe Your Digestive Discomfort
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Enlarged Prostate
- Talking TURP
- Primer on Prostate Anatomy
- Prostatitis: Nailing Down the Diagnosis
- What Causes Nonbacterial Prostatitis?
- Saw Palmetto for BPE Symptoms: What the Latest Research Shows Us
- Research on Coping with the Pain of CP/CPPS
- HoLEP vs. TURP for Benign Prostatic Enlargement
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- Two-Drug Options for BPH
- Do You Have BPH? Take This Prostate Symptom Questionnaire to Find Out
- PVP or TURP for BPH?
- In the Pipeline: New Treatments for BPH
- BPH: New Discoveries May Lead to Better Treatment
- What Does It Mean? PSA Terminology Explained
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Exercise and Fitness
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Healthy Living
- Two Hand and Wrist Exercises to Relieve the Pain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- On the Horizon: A New Drug for Multiple Sclerosis
- Yes or No? Recirculated Air on Planes Can Make You Sick
- Do You Still Need Your Yearly Gyn Exam?
- Focus on Bell’s Palsy
- What Causes Chronic Hoarseness?
- Hernia Repair: Which Surgical Approach Is Best for You?
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- Do You Have a Thyroid Disorder?
- Impulse Control: The Link Between Parkinson's and Gambling
- The Pain-Mood Connection
- Your Cosmetic Dentisty Options
- How the FDA Approval Process Works
- Are You At Risk For Gallstones?
- Breathe Easier With An Air Purifier
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Heart Health
- Be Prepared for a Heart Attack: Steps That Could Save Your Life
- Flavonoids Linked to Lower Risk of Fatal CVD
- Updated Guidelines for Treating Stable Heart Disease
- Why It’s Important to Take Control of Your Heart Health in Middle Age
- Hypertension and Hip Fracture: What’s the Link?
- Should You Take a Low-Dose Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack? It Depends …
- "Simple 7" Heart Goals Tied to Longer Life
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- The Research on Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiac Rehab Works: Here’s How
- Protecting Your Heart With Whole Grains
- What You Should Know About C-Reactive Protein
- Zapping Abnormal Heart Rhythms
- Ways to Boost Your HDL Cholesterol
- The Best Screening Tests for People Without Symptoms of Heart Disease
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Hypertension and Stroke
- Hypertension and Hip Fracture: What’s the Link?
- Aphasia: Regaining Language Is Possible
- Weight Loss: A Key Player in the Fight Against Hypertension
- What We Can Learn About Blood Pressure from the Tsimane of the Bolivian Amazon
- Don't Let Anger Provoke a Heart Attack or a Stroke
- White-Coat Hypertension: Should You Be Treated?
- Two Arms Are Better Than One
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- Hypertension and Your Sex Life
- Are You At Risk For Vascular Dementia?
- Can You Pass the Stroke Symptom Test?
- Controlling Difficult-to-Control Hypertension
- When Your Heart Feels Like It's Skipping a Beat
- Guidelines on Controlling Pain Without Raising Your Blood Pressure
- Get Moving To Lower Your Blood Pressure
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Knee Replacement Surgery
- Is Age an Obstacle to Knee Replacement Surgery?
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Knee Replacement Surgery
- Resuming Physical Activities After Your Knee Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
- Female Knee Replacements
- After Knee Replacement Surgery: Rehab and Recovery
- What Happens During Knee Replacement
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Lung Disorders
- Flying Safely: Supplemental Oxygen Resources
- Antibiotics Do’s and Don’ts
- COPD: A Risk Factor for Stroke
- Ex-Smokers Enjoy Life After Cigarettes
- 18 Ways to Conserve Energy When You Have COPD
- Research on Screening Smokers for COPD
- Can Acupuncture Improve Breathlessness in COPD?
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- Bronchoscopy: Taking a Closer Look
- Planning Ahead: The Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
- On the Horizon: A New Treatment for COPD
- Four Steps to Better Asthma Control
- COPD: Catching the “Silent Killer”
- Home Monitoring for Sleep Apnea
- Looking At How The Lungs Work
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Memory
- Working, Caregiving and Alzheimer’s: The Numbers
- The Oldest Old: What Do We Hope to Learn from the 90+ Study?
- A New Tool to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease
- Coping with a Diagnosis of Early-Stage Dementia
- The Good News on Exercise and Cognitive Decline
- Research on Vascular Dementia and Exercise
- Advice on Choosing a Nursing Home
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- Food for Thought
- Your Aging Brain: What’s Normal, What’s Not
- Does Light Therapy Help Alzheimer’s Patients Sleep?
- Habilitation: A Better Caregiving Approach
- Guarding Your Memory
- Activities to Engage the Dementia Patient
- Caregivers -- The Hidden Patients
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Men's Health
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Nutrition and Weight Control
- Is Your Salad Making You Sick?
- What’s Your Waist Circumference?
- Weight Loss: A Key Player in the Fight Against Hypertension
- Fighting Infection with Your Fork
- Canned Fruits & Vegetables: How Healthy Are They?
- What To Do When Your BMI is Too High
- Research on the Obesity Gene Variant
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- Making Sense of Health Claims
- 7 Easy and Effective Weight-Loss Strategies
- The Wisdom of Cutting Back on Salt
- The Psychology of Mindless Eating
- 7 Strategies to Rev Up Your Aging Metabolism
- Changing Behavior to Lose Weight
- Dietary Supplements: Yea or Nay?
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Osteoporosis
- A New Risk Factor for Osteoporotic Fractures
- New Recommendations on Repeat DXA Testing
- The Latest Thinking on Hormone Therapy to Prevent Osteoporosis
- Whole Body Vibration: Can It Really Strength Bones?
- How Osteoporosis Weakens the Bones
- New Guidelines for Men at Risk For Osteoporosis
- Should You Take a Calcium Supplement? The USPSTF Weighs In
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- Talking About Hip Fractures with Dr. Bellantoni
- Osteoporosis: Not Just a Woman’s Disease
- Osteopenia: To Treat or Not to Treat?
- Osteoporosis and Digestive Disorders
- Is it Ever Okay To Discontinue Your Osteoporosis Medication?
- 6 Exercises To Help Build Bone Strength and Help Prevent Osteoporosis
- Calcium Supplements Still Count
- More Special Reports...
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Prostate Disorders
- Proton Beam Therapy: Does Newer and Costlier Mean Better?
- The Promise of Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- Beta-Carotene Use During Radiation: Is It Safe?
- What We Can Learn by Measuring PSA Velocity
- Urinary Incontinence: A Common Side Effect of Prostate Cancer Treatment
- ADT and Bone Strength: Does Race Matter?
- Research Update: Osteoporosis Drug May Delay Bone Metastasis
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- A New Look at Cryosurgery
- Planning Ahead: The Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney
- Should You Take Proscar to Prevent Prostate Cancer?
- Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer
- Taxotere: Chemotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
- Testosterone-Replacement Therapy: Does It Increase Prostate Cancer Risk?
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Sexual Health
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Vision
- New Lasers for Cataract Surgery
- Coping with Watery Eyes
- A Question About Cataracts
- Research: Genes Could Hold the Key to AMD
- Research on Visual Impairment and Cognitive Dysfunction
- Unraveling the Genetic Mystery of Glaucoma
- Correcting Presbyopia
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- Glaucoma and Your Genes
- Your Glaucoma Treatment Options
- What You Should Expect After Cataract Surgery
- 4 Promising Treatments for AMD
- Glaucoma: A Family Matter
- How the Eye Works
- Advice To Help You See Better When You Drive
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