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31May
2023

Worried About Cataracts? Here's What You Need to Know

Worried About Cataracts? Here`s What You Need to KnowWEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness around the world, but surgery can restore vision.“Unlike many of the other major eye diseases, such as glaucoma or diabetes-related eye disease, cataracts can be easily and painlessly treated by surgery to remove and replace the eye’s lens, restoring sight for most patients,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of the nonprofit organization Prevent Blindness. “We urge patients to work with their eye doctor to understand their diagnosis and the best available treatment options,” Todd said in a news release from the organization.Here what else you should know about the common condition:More than half of all Americans will have a cataract, a clouding of the eye’s lens that blocks or changes...

Compounds in Chocolate, Berries Might Help Boost Memory...

30 May 2023
Compounds in Chocolate, Berries Might Help Boost Memory As You AgeTUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- You'll likely lose some of your memory and thinking abilities as you age, but nutrients called flavanols might help thwart that decline, a new study suggests.Not getting enough flavanols -- natural compounds found in fruits, vegetables and even chocolate -- could be driving that age-related memory loss, researchers say.This research is the pinnacle of 15 years of work showing that flavanols seem to benefit the dentate gyrus, an area within the brain’s hippocampus that is critical to memory.“This is the first time we can conclude that flavanols are acting as a nutrient for the aging brain,” said Dr. Scott Small, a professor of neurology and director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University College of Physicians...

When Arthritis Strikes, Keep Moving

29 May 2023
When Arthritis Strikes, Keep MovingMONDAY, May 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Your achy joints may suggest that you take it easy. Don’t listen to them, experts say.If it hurts when you get up from a chair or climb stairs, you might have osteoarthritis. If so, it’s best to keep moving.“While the pain from osteoarthritis worsens with activity and improves with rest, exercise is still the most cost-effective treatment for it,” said Dr. Kathryn Dao, an associate professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. “Studies have shown exercise can build cartilage, strengthen muscles, and improve joint function and bone mass. Patients who exercise also have better balance and a lower risk of falling,” Dao, a rheumatology specialist, said in a medical center news release. This type of arthritis...

The Younger You Get Diabetes, the Higher Your Risk for...

25 May 2023
The Younger You Get Diabetes, the Higher Your Risk for Dementia LaterTHURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Prediabetes often precedes type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease most closely tied to obesity.A new study suggests that the timing of this transition may set the stage for dementia in later years.Prediabetes refers to blood sugar or glucose levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to be defined as diabetes.Researchers found that folks who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before their 60th birthday were three times more likely to develop dementia than people without diabetes. This increased risk for dementia dropped for people who developed diabetes at older ages. By age 80, for example, developing diabetes was not associated with higher odds for dementia.“Slowing or preventing prediabetes progression to diabetes may be an...

U.S. Nursing Homes Fail to Report Many Serious Falls, Bedsores: Study

25 May 2023
U.S. Nursing Homes Fail to Report Many Serious Falls, Bedsores: StudyTHURSDAY, May 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A federal website intended to help people choose a nursing home not only contains inaccurate information, but those inaccuracies appear to be at least partially driven by race, a new study reports.The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Care Compare website in the 1990s to publicly report patient safety indicators for every nursing facility in the nation.But the site appears to drastically underreport the number and severity of major injury falls and bedsores suffered by Medicare residents in specific nursing homes.The site relies on self-reported data from nursing homes to track falls and bedsores, but Medicare claims data show that nursing homes are not reporting all of these incidents, said...
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