These series of attacks and remissions make a diagnosis of MS difficult to pin down. Often, early in the disease, a person has one or more of these puzzling symptoms but doesn’t bring it to the attention of a physician because it simply goes away on its own. Read more…
The term “isometric exercise” means tensing a muscle and holding it in a stationary position while maintaining the tension. Isometrics are strengthening exercises that can be used to build up individual muscles significantly. In some patients with severe OA involvement in the knee, exercise can actually move the patella slightly so that it tracks a little differently and uses a slightly different area of the cartilage, thus relieving some of the pain. Read more…
The instinct of an arthritis patient in pain is to protect the joint by not moving it. But movement is essential to preserving joint range and function. Although the type of exercise varies from patient to patient, some form of exercise is definitely recommended for almost anyone with arthritis. Read more…
NAHOF volunteers and other community based AIDS outreach groups are trying to pierce this fog of ignorance and denial. At conferences, workshops, and senior community centers, educators are alerting older adults to their risk, giving them the facts about how HIV is transmitted, teaching them how to negotiate with partners to practice safe sex and how to ask questions of their health providers, urging them to get tested, and handing out free condoms. Read more…
When you think of HIV infection, risky sexual behaviors, and AIDS, the image of your 62-year-old grandmother doesn t pop immediately to mind.
And that s a problem.
The number of older Americans infected with the human immunodeficiency virus is rising dramatically, even as the rate of HIV infection among younger people drops. Read more…
Fifth disease isn’t serious, but it has symptoms that can appear similar to those of more serious illnesses.
Symptoms to Look for: Read more…
Popeye loved it. While spinach might not make you stronger, studies show it may help prevent cancer.
The secret may be in the chlorophyll — the stuff that makes spinach green. Doctors say chlorophyll seems to bind to dangerous foods and keep us from absorbing them. Read more…
At the time of the second biopsy, 50% of patients had normal GPT, 41% had negative HCV RNA, and 36% had normal GPT and negative HCV RNA. Each of these changes was associated with a statistically significant improvement in Knodell index score compared with continued abnormal GPT or positive HCV RNA. Read more…
Several studies reaffirmed the benefits of longer-term IFN therapy on sustained response rates and liver histology.
Bellobuono and colleagues (Milan, Italy) compared six and twelve months of IFN alfa-2b therapy in men with an unknown serum HCV RNA after one month of treatment. One hundred thirty patients with biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis C without cirrhosis received IFN alfa-2b 5-8 MU TIW (genotype 1 a or 1b) or 3-5 MU TIW (genotype 2a or 3a) for 1 month. Read more…
As health clubs increasingly turn to the older adult market as the target for cardiovascular rehab and other programs to lower the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses, younger members’ health risks for the same diseases may be overlooked. Read more…