Archive for August, 2006

Medicare Starts Paying for Visual Rehabilitation Services

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

People who qualify for Medicare and whose eyesight has significantly declined due to macular degeneration, diabetes
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New Study Seeks To Lower Diabetes Risk in Youth

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Type 2 Diabetes and Youth
As schools across the country reopen their doors this fall, hundreds of sixth graders in 42 middle schools will begin

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Sunscreens Can Damage Skin, Researchers Find

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Skin Care and Sunscreen Damage
Are sunscreens always beneficial, or can they be detrimental to users? A research team led by UC Riverside

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Losing Weight Naturally Is An Action and Not A Craze

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

You have read all that you wish to know about how to stop being overweight. Those easy set of directions should be simple to follow, but not for 36% of Americans who are not

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Hormones and the Skin

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Throughout her life, a woman may blame many things on her hormones: unpredictable emotions, weight gain and even changes in her skin, hair and nails. 

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Approval for Plan B Over-the-Counter Sales Victory for Women’s Health

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Morning After Pill Approval
The approval of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive, for over-the-counter sales to women age 18 and older by the Food and

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Debunking Myths of Menopause

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

The beginning of the end? Or too much ado about the end of menses?
There’s no shortage of myths and misconceptions about menopause - which begins at the one-year mark after a

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Overexposure to the Sun Can Happen Indoors and Outdoors

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

In the car, at work or walking to and from a store, you can’t escape the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays.  However, new research about the transmission of UV light through window and

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New Liposuction Lets Your Surgeon Sculpt Your Body

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

It’s a Less-Invasive Outpatient Surgery
— Brand-new outpatient plastic surgery techniques could give patients the body they want without spending hours at the gym or enduring a painful recovery and unsightly scars.

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Two-Thirds of Pregnant Women with Depression Aren’t Getting Treatment

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Pregnancy and Depression
The majority of pregnant women who have full-blown major depression aren’t getting any treatment for the condition, and

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