They said the finding sheds light on the benefits of offering treatment for hypertension among people over 80, a group that is often overlooked in medical studies.
Our results clearly show that many patients aged 80 and over could benefit greatly from treatment. Populations are living longer and we have growing numbers of people living well [...]
In an interview with Reuters Health, Melissa Miller, who spoke at the meeting, noted that 4 out of 10 older adults suffer from a chronic condition, like heart disease, high cholesterol, or arthritis. A lot of these older adults avoid exercise because they think they are going to hurt themselves or make their condition worse, [...]
When you’re born with cerebral palsy, you have to battle constantly against the low expectations of others. When you’re black and in a wheelchair, you have to combat the assumption that you are a victim of gang violence. When you’re whip-smart in ways that the world may not see, you have to make the [...]
CLOSE TO to half a million Jamaicans with health insurance can still expect to pay indirectly for services and items in public health facilities from which user fees are to be removed come Tuesday.
Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday Health Insurance, Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer says while insured persons would not be required to [...]
When it comes to ways to keep track of our health, a daily peek in the toilet bowl is probably not what first comes to mind. But one gastroenterologist says that your bowel movements can be an important clue to the state of your digestive health.
Dr. Anish Sheth — otherwise known as Dr. Stool — [...]
We have been moving toward the adoption of health management as at least part of the solution to our “healthcare cost crisis†for decades, though with something close to glacial speed. The growth of health insurance, and its decisions not to pay for the limited amount of health management advice and support given by family [...]
DIET: The Eat Clean Diet Workout: Quick Routines For Your Best Body Ever! (Robert Kennedy Publishing; $21.95)CREATOR: Tosca RenoCREDENTIALS: A B.Sc. and a B.Ed.CELEBRITY EDGE: Reno has a column called %26quot;Raise the Bar%26quot; in the popular fitness magazine Oxygen.CLAIM: Eating clean – that is, making whole foods the basis of your diet – will help [...]
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Cuban health professionals serving in Guyana provide free treatment to more than 70 percent of the country’s population, boosted by the opening of a new Integral Diagnostic Center in Leonora, the second in the country. Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, of the Guyana Health Ministry, praised the work of the Cuban doctors many of [...]
LONDON, England: In June 2008, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance will start a project in Haiti to ensure that those who need HIV prevention, treatment, and care are able to access these services. The three-year project, supported by the Big Lottery Fund, will work with local leaders, health providers, and community members to increase their involvement [...]
NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Black people treated for glaucoma are at increased risk of dying from heart and vascular disease, particularly those treated with timolol maleate eye drops, according to data from the Barbados Eye Studies. Similar associations have been observed in white populations, the investigators note, but whether timolol eye drops mediate the increased [...]
