Author Archives : Emily Lunardo

More and more Americans are not only living to the age 100 but even beyond that with 72,000 Americans who turned 100, they are still living beyond their years. Death rates for centenarians were on the rise between 2000 and 2008 but since 2008 this has been on the decline. Furthermore, cause of death for ...click here to read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges individuals to check their risk for diabetes as 86 million Americans are prediabetic knowing your risks and reducing them can spare you a diagnosis of prediabetes. Prediabetes is a precursor to type 2 diabetes – both are preventable through lifestyle changes but if not prevented can ...click here to read more

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure patients can reduce seizures with cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). A study found that psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) can become worse with antiepileptic medications and so another form of treatment is necessary in order to treat patients with PNES. The researchers assigned 38 patients to one of four groups: Medication (flexible dose sertraline ...click here to read more

Researchers have found that depression symptoms do not vary between the changes of seasons. Senior author, Steven LoBello, said, “In conversations with colleagues, the belief in the association of seasonal changes with depression is more-or-less taken as a given and the same belief is widespread in our culture. We analyzed the data from many angles ...click here to read more

A new study has found that in rare instances the chickenpox and shingles vaccine may cause corneal inflammation. Prior to individuals getting vaccinated doctors should consider their medical history, especially if there is a history of eye inflammation. Frederick W. Fraunfelder, M.D, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the MU School of Medicine and ...click here to read more

A recent study has found that ongoing aerobic activity may help slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease which is a disorder that affects the nervous system. J. Eric Ahlskog, Ph.D., M.D., a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, said, “Aerobic exercise means vigorous exercise, which makes you hot, sweaty and tired.” Examples of aerobic exercise include briskly ...click here to read more

New findings suggest that an irregular heartbeat poses a bigger threat to women than men. Atrial fibrillation – irregular heartbeat – is a risk factor for stroke, heart disease, heart failure, and even death, and this risk is larger in women than men. In fact, women with atrial fibrillation are twice as likely to suffer ...click here to read more

The autoimmune eye disease known as uveitis attacks proteins in the eye, and now research suggests the underlying problem may be linked to gut bacteria and smoking. For some time now eye specialists have understood that attacking proteins in the eye can cause the symptoms of uveitis, which include eye pain, eye redness and irritation, ...click here to read more