Psoriasis is a potentially devastating skin disease, both physically and
emotionally. While the signs of the condition are most visible on the
exterior surfaces of the body, the damage that occurs inside the body
may be far worse.
Psoriasis is an independent risk factor for a number of seemingly
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More than 80 percent of Americans have back pain at some point in their
lives.
For some, the pain is caused by inflammation of the sacroiliac joint
that attaches the sacrum (the lowest part of the spine) to the pelvis.
Often this condition is missed or inappropriately treated.
The disease is
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CORK, Ireland (UPI) — Probiotics, found naturally in yogurt,
are known for gastrointestinal benefits that may extend to the whole
body, a researcher in Ireland said.
“Inflammation is a major factor in a number of chronic diseases
affecting millions of people and can cause an unwanted impact on
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MAYWOOD, Ill. (UPI) — A new technique that jumpstarts the
growth of nerve fibers may have the potential to restore function to
patients weeks after a stroke, U.S. researchers said.
Dr. Gwendolyn Kartje of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of
Medicine in Maywood, Ill., said if a stroke
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) — Pregnant women who drink three or four
glasses of wine in a short period elevate the risk of birth defects,
U.S. researchers said.
Dr. Erhard Bieberich of the Medical College of Georgia Schools of
Medicine said the initial signs of fetal alcohol syndrome are slight but
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NEW YORK (UPI) — One-third of women of reproductive age
borrow and share medications, a survey of 7,500 U.S. women indicates.
The survey, published online ahead of print in Journal of Women’s
Health, found that 44 percent of the women borrowed and shared allergy
medications and 43 percent lent
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Received wisdom has long held that people with diverticulosis (described below) should not eat nuts, corn or popcorn because these foods would increase the risk of their developing diverticulitis, a serious complication sometimes requiring surgery. In fact, most physicians specifically tell their patients with diverticulosis to avoid these foods even though there was never much evidence to support such a recommendation. But research just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that eating these foods does not increase the risk of either diverticulosis or its potential complications. Moreover, for men with the highest intake of nuts and popcorn, there was actually a reduced risk of developing diverticulitis (20 percent reduction with regard to nuts and 28 percent reduction for popcorn). So much for received wisdom!
So just what is diverticulosis and diverticulitis? Diverticulosis is a very common condition in which there is […]
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPI) — Parents of U.S. teens say vaccination
ranks next to last among things they can do to help protect their
children against influenza, a survey indicates.
Although U.S. public health officials say an annual flu vaccination is
the single best way to prevent the flu, the
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ATLANTA (UPI) — Most of the people who contracted measles in
two recent U.S. outbreaks hadn’t been vaccinated, federal health
officials said.
Among those measles cases reported during the first seven months of
2008, 76 percent occurred in those under the age of 20 and 91 percent
occurred in
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BALTIMORE (UPI) — U.S. researchers say seriously injured
people age 65 and older are 52 percent less likely than others of being
taken to a trauma center.
The researchers say elderly patients are undertriaged — with only 17.8
percent being taken to a designated trauma center — compared to 49.
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