Researchers identify key risk factor for cataracts
...logy and physiology. "The perception that they are inevitable may have skewed our perspective about preventing cataracts, but it may be possible to prevent them if we can continue to home in on the causes of cataracts." A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens. Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness...Multiple sclerosis not as progressive or disabling as once thought
...agnosed with MS, who may feel the disease leads to inevitable and uniform decline in physical functioning. It also offers vital information for public health planners charged with meeting future needs of MS patients. In their study, the Mayo Clinic researchers provide encouraging evidence that for many patien...Sleep shortage takes toll on middle schoolers
...of depression and drops in self-esteem are seen as inevitable hallmarks of adolescence," she says. "Yet these results suggest that such changes are partially linked to a variable -- sleep -- that is largely under individual, parental and even school control." The students were asked about the number of hours th...End of life ICU use may require re-evaluation according to University of Pittsburgh study
...care for those dying in the ICU something that is inevitable for almost 20 percent of Americans more humane, compassionate and of the highest quality." Dr. Levy is professor of medicine at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Critical Care Medicine is the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medic......ome families. "To counter the seemingly inevitable Americanized diet and protect the beneficial traditional Asian diet and physical activity patterns, a tailored campaign is strongly recommended for California's low-income, immigrant Chinese, Vietnamese and Hmong communities," Foerster said. ...100,000 excess civilian deaths after Iraq invasion
...going war. And therefore certain limitations were inevitable and need to be acknowledged right away. The number of population clusters chosen for sampling is small; the confidence intervals around the point estimates of mortality are wide; the Falluja cluster has an especially high mortality and so is atypica...To help your mind, take steps to help your heart, study says
...ve function or other measures, or slightly slow an inevitable decline. The authors looked at drugs like galantamine (Reminyl), rivastigmine (Exelon), donepezil (Aricept) and memantine (Namenda). But when the authors reviewed the evidence relating to heart-protecting therapy and dementia, they found signif...