how can I stay active, photograph of Laura Carstensen

Boomers are the new Seniors. And one of the questions on many boomers minds is, “How Can I Stay Active?” This is one of the most prolific traits about boomers. They were active for most of their lives and they want to stay active. The country’s population of older people is getting larger very quickly. [...]

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Facts About Vitamin B-12

by Staff on October 22, 2011

Vitamin B 12 is an essential vitamin for the human body

Experts have shown that even a slight deficiency in this vitamin in the human system can have some quite adverse effects such as: anemia, fatigue, mania and depression. For a human to be deficient in this vitamin for long term can have extreme consequences to the human system. Permanent brain and nervous system damage can [...]

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Babies Know Night from Day – And Mostly Don’t Care

by Staff April 28, 2011
Brain Knows Night from Day At Birth

The brain is apparently programmed from birth to develop the ability to determine sunrise and sunset, new research on circadian rhythms at the University of Chicago shows. The research sheds new light on brain plasticity and may explain some basic human behaviors, according to Brian Prendergast, associate professor in psychology at the University of Chicago [...]

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iPhone Ap Gives Pointers and Tells Jokes

by Staff April 28, 2011
diabetes

A new iPhone/iPod/iPad app offers practical care pointers and humor every day to America’s diabetics — perfectly timed to help them learn more and feel better, one day at a time. The app, titled “Shot in the Arm,” delivers diabetes management advice in brief, simple doses — which gives diabetics a prompt every day to [...]

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Obesity Costs $147 Billion

by Staff April 28, 2011
Michelle Obama Discusses Surgeon General's Report On Obesity

Overweight and obesity and their associated health problems have a significant economic impact on the U.S. health care system (USDHHS, 2001). Medical costs associated with overweight and obesity may involve direct and indirect costs (Wolf and Colditz, 1998; Wolf, 1998). Direct medical costs may include preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services related to obesity. Indirect costs [...]

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Avastin Just As Effective as Lucentis for Treating Age Related Macular Degeneration

by Staff April 28, 2011
Journal of Medicine

A new study published online today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows bevacizumab (Avastin) is as effective as ranibizumab (Lucentis), the current Food and Drug Administration-approved drug for treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The results are from the landmark “Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials” (CATT) study, a pioneering comparative effectiveness trial made possible [...]

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