Breast Cancer :: Exercise improves quality of life for people with breast cancer
Group exercise sessions can help to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of people diagnosed with breast cancer, a new BMJ study reveals today.
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Video Games :: Action video games sharpen vision 20 percent
Video games that contain high levels of action, such as Unreal Tournament, can actually improve your vision.
AMD :: March is age-related macular degeneration AMD awareness month
March is AMD Awareness Month in March, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology wants to remind people that although AMD is incurable, there are new treatments that can usually recover lost vision and prevent further vision loss from the disease.
COPD :: Helium helps patients breathe easier
It makes for bobbing balloons and squeaky voices, but now helium is also helping people with severe respiratory problems breathe easier.
Smoking :: Expansion of Hospital-Based Smoking Cessation Programs in Canada
To mark National Non-Smoking Week, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, Canada, announced today that Canada’s New Government will contribute $158,000 to support the expansion of smoking cessation programs for smokers admitted to hospital.
Heart Attack :: Emotional recovery helpful to heart attack patients
After a heart attack, fear, anger and depression are common reactions. According to the January issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource, recovering emotionally from a heart attack is vitally important to your physical health and well-being.
Eyes :: JRRD releases single-topic issue focused on vision rehabilitation
According to the National Eye Institute, Americans are facing increasing rates of visual impairment from age-related diseases. The articles in this special issue on vision address three general areas: screening for diabetic retinopathy, basic research on treating and preventing vision loss, and management of patients with low vision.
Vitamin D :: Vitamin D or Boniva, ibandronate reduces bone loss
It appears that alcohol-induced bone loss resulting from excessive binge-alcohol drinking can be prevented by vitamin D or the anti-osteoporosis drug Boniva? (ibandronate), a Loyola University Health System study shows.
GERD :: Acidity medication increases hip fracture risks
Use of the drugs proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for the treatment of acid-related diseases such as gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with a greater risk of hip fracture, according to a study in the December 27 issue of JAMA.
Back Pain :: Psychological treatments improve back pain
Psychological interventions for chronic low back pain are effective, a new review of studies has found. Not only do these approaches improve psychological outcomes such as depression and health-related quality of life, they also reduce patients’ experience of pain.