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White fruits and vegetables may lower stroke risk PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Serena Gordon, HealthDay - USAToday   
Friday, 16 September 2011

Article Source: USAToday

Fruits and vegetables whose edible sections are white may lower your risk of stroke more than other fruits and vegetables, Dutch researchers report.

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Seniors exercise right to a better, more youthful life PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Janice Lloyd - USA Today   
Monday, 09 May 2011

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"Exercise is the closest thing we have to a fountain of youth," says Marie Bernard, deputy director of the National Institute of Aging. "With all the gains we've made over the years allowing people to live longer, it would be nice if more people would take advantage of exercise to improve the quality of a longer life."

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The healing power of the doctor-patient bond PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Dr. Charles Raison - CNN   
Tuesday, 03 May 2011

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Dr. Charles Raison, CNNHealth's Mental Health expert and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University, writes regularly on the mind-body connection for better health.

Hot-off-the-press studies that have exciting new treatment implications always cause a media stir, as well they should. But I find it equally exciting to discover older studies with huge treatment implications that were overlooked when they first came out, either because they went against the scientific grain of the time, or because no one stood to gain financially from their findings.

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Discovery doubles genetic clues to Alzheimer's PDF Print E-Mail
Written by CNN   
Monday, 04 April 2011

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Two new reports in Nature Genetics detail the discovery of five new pathways for detecting Alzheimer's disease, the memory-stealing brain illness that is especially prevalent among the elderly. Previous research had identified five genes linked to Alzheimer's disease, or AD. The combined efforts of an international consortium of researchers has raised those known genetic markers to 10.

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Ibuprofen may reduce risk of getting Parkinson's disease PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Mary Brophy Marcus - USA Today   
Thursday, 03 March 2011

Article Source: USA Today

The study is one of the largest to investigate the possible benefits of ibuprofen on Parkinson's, a brain disorder that causes tremors and movement problems and affects mostly elderly people. Scientists found that people who take ibuprofen regularly have a 38% lower risk of developing the condition, compared with those who don't use it. Other pain relievers, such as aspirin and acetaminophen, did not show the same effect, researchers said.

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