Health News
Close to 5 Percent of U.S. adults over 50 have fake knees
By: Cheryl Hinerman On: 2012-02-10 12:16 EST|
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In a report presented Friday at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ annual meeting in San Francisco, close to 5 percent of Americans older than 50 now have artificial knees. The new figures represent more than 4 million people, showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.
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In a surprising finding released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.
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To help you prevent your loved elderly one from easily getting injured at home and prepared if they happen to fall or hurt themselves, here is an easy checklist to start from:
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In many countries which includes the U.K. and the U.S., one can only legally receive statins with a doctor’s prescription. Patients who are looking to circumvent going to the doctor or looking for cheaper prices often statins and other drugs from internet sources.
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In a report published in the January 30 online edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology researchers concluded that cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are equally effective in men and women.
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In results published in Nano Letters, researchers at Brown University have designed a biological device that can measure glucose concentrations in human saliva. The technique could eliminate the need for diabetics to draw blood to check their glucose levels.
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Insulin is usually produced by the pancreas in the body in a constant proportion to remove excess glucose from the blood, which otherwise would be toxic. Insulin level is also a control signal to other body systems (such as amino acid uptake by body cells) and has several other anabolic effects throughout the body. People who have insulin problems such as diabetics normally carry insulin around for injection into their body to control the insulin level.
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New Study Suggests Magnesium-Rich Diet May Lower Stroke Risk
By: Cheryl Hinerman On: 2012-01-20 06:49 EST|
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In a new study that appears in the February issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers report that people who eat more foods rich in the mineral magnesium appear to reduce their odds of having a stroke.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Tuesday that both adult and child overall obesity rates have not significantly increased since 2003. While obesity rates climbed sharply in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s, their increase has slowed or leveled off in many population groups since then, according to data from the CDC published today in two articles (see adult data
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The holiday season is a time when loved ones gather. For seniors, it is a time when often they are often lonely. Their loved ones may be far away or too busy partaking in the activities of the season.
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