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'Drowning in Alzheimer's': Minorities struggle with dementia (CNN)
Francisca Terrazas could not be left alone.
Kimberly Dennis, M.D.: Eating Disorders: Be The First Line Of Defense (The Huffington Post)
By becoming aware of certain signs and symptoms of eating disorders, you can uncover illness that may otherwise go unnoticed - and untreated. With the right knowledge, you can save a life.
Stay hydrated, warns Jurin (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
Children, the elderly, people with high blood pressure or heart problems and golfers were warned yesterday to drink lots of water to prevent life-threatening heatstroke during this summer, as the mercury is soaring.
Clinical Trials Update: March 9, 2010 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Tracking kidney number is just as important as controlling cholesterol, say DNA physicians (News-Medical-Net)
It's a silent epidemic that affects millions of Americans. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a life-threatening illness that can often be treated successfully if found early, and can be detected at an early stage using simple, inexpensive blood and urine tests. As part of its 2010 World Kidney Day awareness program, the physicians of Dallas Nephrology Associates urge everyone to know and track ...
When Does Aspirin Prevent Heart Attacks? (ThirdAge)
Have you been told to take low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks? You may want to reconsider, assuming you don't show any symptoms. A new study finds that aspirin doesn't prevent heart attacks or strokes in people who have a high risk of heart disease yet show no symptoms.
Appetite Grows When New Bacteria Take Over the Gut (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
It reads like a plot straight from the pages of a science fiction novel: Hordes of bacteria infect mice and cause the rodents to develop voracious appetites. The ill-fated mice grow fat, their troubles compounded by insulin resistance, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.
12 Ways To Judge Alzheimer's Risk (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
Short-term memory loss is one of the most noticeable signs of Alzheimer's disease . But the disease process usually begins before symptoms are noticed.
U.S. failing with high blood pressure (The Gainesville Sun)
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP medical writer A critical new report declares high blood pressure in the U.S. to be a neglected disease - a term that usually describes mysterious tropical illnesses, not a well-known plague of rich countries.
Symptoms of cardiac trouble were just ignored (AsiaOne)
THE alarm bells had been ringing for Madam R. Amurtham but they just didn't register. No matter that her symptoms - breathlessness, high blood pressure and cholesterol for a few years - screamed cardiac trouble.