Cognitive motor training helps in the fight against Alzheimer's and dementia, as demonstrated for the first time in a study by an international team of researchers. A dementia diagnosis turns the world upside down, not only for the person affected but also for their relatives, as brain function gradually declines. Those affected lose their ability […]
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Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta has found that radio C-RFA treatment lessens joint pain in people who have arthritis.
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At New York Sports Club, Mike Palen surprises everyone as he keeps sliding on those 45-pound plates until around 700 when he starts to lift.
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A sixth-grade teacher who was diagnosed with cancer last year, was forced to use all of her sick and vacation days for treatment. To rally support, her Los Angeles colleagues have donated more than 150 of their own sick days to her during her recovery.
Doctors diagnosed Nicole Munda with a rare liver disease and the guidelines for a donor were strict. If the 29-year-old didn't get the perfect liver soon, she would die in six months.
A mother of four who would likely die within a year from a terrible disorder, tried to raise the $128,000 needed to travel to the US for a pioneering stem-cell treatment that might cure her. The family failed to raise the money until an anonymous man showed up at their door.
Medical students in Giessen, Germany, hosted a "Teddy Clinic" last week, dolling out free care to stuffed animals with the aim of easing anxiety among children, an estimated 90 percent of whom have fears about hospitals and doctors
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