Mount Sinai to offer NearVision CK
...the baby boomer population is the need for reading glasses to perform everyday tasks, such as checking their watch for the time," said Penny Asbell, M.D., Director of the Cornea Service and Refractive Surgery Center at The Mount Sinai Hospital and a principal investigator of the Mount Sinai clinical trials f...Proven at last - alcohol consumption increases risk of gout
...han spirits. Further, wine consumption of two 4-oz glasses or more per day was not associated with an increased risk of gout. These findings suggest that certain non-alcoholic components that vary across these alcoholic beverages play an important role in the incidence of gout. One candidate for this non-alc...Study confirms alcohol's role in increasing risk of gout
... increase was seen with consumption of two 4-ounce glasses of wine. "While there had been some suggestion that beer might have a greater contribution to risk, we were surprised to see such a strong difference," Choi says. "It certainly suggests that individuals with gout should try to limit or even cut out...Fewer fizzy drinks can prevent childhood obesity
...carbonated drinks over three days decreased by 0.6 glasses (average glass size 250 ml) a day in the intervention group but increased by 0.2 glasses in the control group. Consumption of water increased in both groups. At 12 months, the percentage of...Wavefront LASIK demonstrated superior to conventional LASIK
... to see as well or better than they could see with glasses before surgery," he said. Schallhorn is part of a...he military," he said. "By reducing dependence on glasses and contact lenses in active duty personnel, it enhances combat readiness and improves performance. ...Researchers discover that a protein in grape skins can kill cancer cells
...s at U.Va. Mayo said that the resveratrol in one glasses of wine three or four times a week is the right amount to block the protein from feeding cancer cells. Drinking much more than that, however, could stop this affect and, in fact, lead to a greater risk of cancer, he said. The findings, discovered by ...Health benefits of citrus topic at American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia
...ersity of Hawaii found that drinking three 6-ounce glasses of grapefruit juice a day reduced the activity of a liver enzyme called CYP1A2 that is thought to activate cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. ( AGFD 145 , Wednesday, Aug. 25, 11:15 a.m.) The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit orga...A glass of red wine a day may keep prostate cancer away
...cer. "We found that men who consumed four or more glasses of red wine per week reduced their risk of prostat...said. "Among men who consumed four or more 4-ounce glasses of red wine per week, we saw about a 60 percent lower incidence of the more aggressive types of pros...Respiratory therapists twice as likely to have asthma than other therapists
... percent wearing latex gloves and 36 percent using glasses or goggles. "It is important for respiratory therapists and other medical professionals to recognize and understand the possible respiratory effects related to the administration of aerosolized substances and take appropriate steps to minimize t...Binge drinking: red wine and alcohol have different effects on platelets
...lity was lowest among people who drank two to five glasses daily, compared to people who abstained from alcoh...volunteers (n=20) were asked to drink either three glasses of alcohol (Bacardi Breezer) or red wine during a 45-minute period of time, after which 45 minutes w...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
...without a hearing aid. Vision problems, even with glasses or contact lenses, affected 18 percent of the older population, specifically 16 percent of men and 19 percent of women. Health Risks and Behaviors The increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among older adults has been dramatic. In...Drinking water could be beneficial to patients with low blood pressure
...urology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, drinking two glasses of water can raise blood pressure, potentially providing a solution for patients with low blood pressure while standing, caused by autonomic failure. Autonomic failure is where parts of the nervous system, responsible for the control of bodily functi...Early learning leaves lasting changes in brain, Stanford owl study shows
... Knudsen and graduate student Brie Linkenhoker put glasses on the owls that shift the world to one side. When...ssfully capture its prey. When Knudsen removes the glasses the owls shift back to the original map of the world. After the human equivalent of many years, thos...Study finds heavy drinking linked to higher stroke risk
...r risk of ischemic stroke. (Intake of one or more glasses per day was linked to a 46 percent lower risk, but few men in this study drank red wine on a daily basis, he adds.) "Compared with other types of alcohol, red wine was associated with a step-wise lower risk of ischemic stroke," according to Mukamal. ......outh each winter - and began drinking two to three glasses of grapefruit juice each day. The man became cri... off a tree on the patio and drinking two or three glasses of fresh grapefruit juice every day. Karch, an expert on drug interactions, explains that grapefruit...... cardiovascular health shows drinking two to three glasses of red wine daily is good for the heart, according to a Yale School of Medicine researcher in the Journal of American College of Surgeons. "The current consensus is that it is not just the alcohol, but something else," said Bauer Sumpio, M.D., profe...