Female baby boomers with asthma may need help
Asthma takes a backseat to other conditions with older women. Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater… read more.
Asthma takes a backseat to other conditions with older women. Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Fenofibrate treatment reduces cardiovascular disease risks in persons with type-2 diabetes, especially women, researchers reported on August 18 in Diabetologia.
by Bruce Sylvester: Estrogen blocking letrozole treatment results in higher birth rates in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) than standard-therapy clomiphane, researchers reported on July 9, 2014… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Heart attack survivors appear to live longer by increasing dietary intake of fiber, and consumption of increased cereal fiber is especially beneficial, researchers reported… read more.
Researchers at King’s College London have discovered a link between four common chronic pain syndromes (CPS), suggesting that some people may be genetically predisposed to suffer from conditions… read more.
World Health Matters by Gary Finnegan – Italy – Death rates from pancreatic cancer are predicted to increase in men and women in 2014 and beyond, according to… read more.
Analysis could eventually lead to improved therapy, researcher says. So many variables can contribute to shortness of breath that no person can keep them all straight. But a… read more.
Someone’s drilling an icicle into your temple, you’re throwing up, and light and sound are unbearable. Yes, it’s another migraine attack. But now in 140 characters on Twitter,… read more.
Heart problems less likely for spouses than for single, divorced and widowed people. People who are married have lower rates of several cardiovascular diseases compared with those who… read more.
Little evidence other complementary or alternative therapies work. A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology suggests that there is little evidence that most complementary or alternative… read more.
Aging men weighing treatment should be warned about cardiovascular events. According to a statement issued today by the Endocrine Society, the risks and benefits of testosterone therapy for… read more.
Aspirin is still overprescribed for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) despite the potential for dangerous side effects, according to research published today.
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