Back to Health After 50 Home Page Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Back Issues Tables of Contents for Each Back Issue January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 Please note: Titles of articles indicate full length-articles, and their special features. Longevity Facts, House Calls, Remedies and Drugstore Aisle indicate brief articles ranging from 50-150 words. Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: January 2006 Good Bacteria for Gastrointestinal Disorders Irritable Bowel Syndrome Ulcerative Colitis Probiotics A Helping Hand for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Keeping Your Wrists Flexible Heart Failure: Early Treatment is Key How Heart Failure Progresses Taking Control of Dizziness/Vertigo Longevity Facts: Soy and Menopause How to Predict a Future Stroke Pre-colonoscopy Preparation Remedies: Decongestants Low Fat Diets and Breast Cancer Viagra and Heart Attack? January 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top   Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: February 2006 Blocking Breast Cancer Relapses New drugs: Herceptin (Trastuzumab) Sticking with your Medications Stroke Rehabilitation: Moving Forward after a Stroke Adapting your House after a Stroke Options for Insulin Vitamin D: The Bone Builder Longevity Facts: Women and caffeine Preventing Falls through Exercise Breathlessness and Heart Disease House Calls: Is coffee unhealthy? How can I exercise inexpensively? Remedies: Statins for the over 70s Osteoporosis Drugs: potential side effects It's never too late to Quit Smoking: News on COPD February 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: March 2006 When is Dementia Reversible? Drugs that Can Cause "Dementia" The New Margarines and Cholesterol Preventing Ulcers from NSAID Use The Maximum Recommended Dosage for 4 common NSAIDs When to Stop Driving Driving Resources Longevity Facts: Noise levels and stress in hospitals News on kidney donations Low fat milk and lowering high blood pressure House Calls: Traveling on a Plane with Oxygen? Remedies: Flomax and Cataract Surgery Avoiding Acetaminophen Overdose Statins to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke March 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: April 2006 Laparosopic Colon Cancer Surgery? Are the New Sleep Aids Right For You? The New Sleep Aids Compared Tips for Better Sleep Getting a Second Opinion "Broken Hearts": Sudden Stresses and Cardiomyopathy News on Glaucoma Treatment Glaucoma and High Blood Pressure Taking Care of the Caregiver Longevity Facts: Parkinson's Patients and Fractures Erectile Dysfunction and Heart Disease Exercise and Dementia House Calls: Chronic Hoarseness Flaxseed and prostate cancer? Remedies: Pneumonia Shots L-arginine for heart disease? Tomatoes to help high blood pressure? April 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: May 2006 Vitamins that can Interfere with Cancer Treatments Celiac Disease: A hidden cause of Osteoporosis? Diagnosis of Celiac Disease Unclogging Carotid Arteries: Stents vs Surgery Epilepsy Missed as "Normal Aging" Handling a Complex Partial Seizure Home Monitors for High Blood Pressure Control Longevity Facts: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Processed Meats and Colon Cancer Vitamins and Supplements before Surgery House Calls: Vitamin B12 Antibiotics for Travelers' Diarrhea Remedies: Medicare Plans New Drug to Treat Kidney Cancer May 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: June 2006 Calcium Supplements and Osteoporosis The WHI Study on Low Fat Diets Gout: Not Just for the Gluttonous Parkinson's Disease: Ease Symptoms, Slow Progression Are Risk Takers Less Likely to Develop Parkinson's Disease? Coping Well with Leaving Hospital What is A Patient Advocate? Longevity Facts: Suspect a Stroke? Dial 911 Barley for Heart Health Pedometers vs accelerometers House Calls: How can I lower my triglycerides? What is bursitis? Remedies: The best place to store your medications Restoring Bowel Function after abdominal surgery Recovering from Depression June 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: July 2006 Evidence Mounts against Glucosamine for Arthritis Pain Relief The Immune System: New Help against Psoriasis New Biologic Therapies for Psoriasis  (Enbrel, Remicade, Humira and more) Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer The ABCs of Skin Cancer detection A Vaccine for Melanoma? Finding Help for Overwhelming Grief Is an Oopherectomy really necessary as well as a Hysterectomy? Longevity Facts: Omega 3s for your heart and eyes Coronary artery disease and diabetes Smoking and surgical complications Drugstore Aisle: Corticosteroids and COPD House Calls: Can bariatric surgery ease Type 2 diabetes? Why am I losing my sense of taste? Remedies: Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) while traveling Donating your Heart Stroke rehabilitation and constraint-induced therapy July 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: August 2006 Chemotherapy Update for Ovarian Cancer The Uses and Misuses of testosterone therapy When your hormones need help Helping Hip Replacements hold up over time The Hip and Hip Prosthesis Questions to Ask your Surgeon before Hip Replacement surgery Seeking Help for Alzheimer's Longevity Facts: Pre-hypertension and the link between high blood pressure and heart disease Cadiac rehabilitation Vitamin K and Osteoarthritis Drugstore Aisle: Radiosynovectomy versus corticosteroids for knee pain and knee osteoarthritis Diabetes, end stage renal disease, and ACE inhibitors BPH and Saw Palmetto: new study results House Calls: Persistent bad breath Using my treadmill safely Remedies: Plantar Fasciitis Listening to music after surgery August 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: September 2006 New information about the link between Osteoporosis Drugs and Jaw Damage Help for Tendon Pain Keeping Tendon Pain at Bay Sorting out Advances in Breast Cancer Screening Tests for Breast Cancer New Drug Therapies for Breast Cancer on the Horizon Itching to Find a Cure for Itching Seeing Double? See a Doctor Longevity Facts: Ovarian Cancer Diabetes and kidney disease Drugstore Aisle: A New Vaccine for Shingles House Calls: Preventing Bedsores Atherosclerosis and unclogging my arteries? Remedies: Stents and blood thinners Heart rate recovery training for heart failure patients Avoiding OSP laxatives before colonoscopy if you have kidney disease September 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: October 2006 When Watchful Waiting is the Right Choice for Prostate Cancer Drug-free help for Back Pain Spine Stretching Hunting Down Heart Disease in Women Reining in Heart Disease Risk Factors The New Angiogram Helping your Heart by Fighting Loneliness Causes of Dry Mouth Common Mediations which Cause Dry Mouth Taking Care of Dry Mouth Longevity Facts: Exercise during Dialysis Cardiac Ischemia and coronary stents House Calls: Biofeedback for Chronic Pain? Cataract Surgery and its Effect on Age-Related Macular Degeneration? Remedies: Breast Cancer Treatment and hot flashes? High Blood Pressure Medications and their Side Effects Respiratory Muscle Training for people with Chronic Heart Failure October 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: November 2006 The DASH Diet Fights Hypertension The DASH Eating Plan Finding Peace through Hospice Care Questions to Ask about Your Hospice When Nature Calls Too Much: Urinary Incontinence Inside Your Bladder Stress Incontinence versus Urge Incontinence Depression and Diabetes: How Big is Your Healthcare Team? Your Diabetes Team Frequent Fainting Spells and Low Blood Pressure Longevity Facts: Heart disease death and Prostate Cancer Link? Significant Weight Change during Menopause and Breast Cancer link? House Calls: Why do placebos "work"? Making sure your medications get through airport security Remedies: Suspect a stroke? Get to the hospital FAST! Statins and your eyes Get your flu shot NOW. November 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Issue: December 2006 The Balancing Act of Early Alzheimer's Disease The ABCs of Daily Activities with Alzheimer's Disease Exercises for Osteoporosis Getting Started with Isometric Resistance Exercises New Laser Treatments Ease Severe BPH Symptoms Potent Statin Drug Zocor Goes Generic Longevity Facts: Sudden cardiac arrest and cold weather? Diabetes, blood sugar control, and fewer surgical complications House Calls: New Age-Related Macular Degeneration Drugs Remedies: Arthritis, NSAIDs and Erectile Dysfunction (ED) link? Antidepressants and "serotonin syndrome"? December 2006: ORDER NOW Back to Top   January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 Johns Hopkins Health After 50 Back Issues Tables of Contents for Each Back Issue