Are You Sitting Down? If You’re a College Senior, Probably

Are You Sitting Down? If You’re a College Senior, Probably

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
Forget the freshman 15. Weight gain during the first year of college may be the least of it — the likelihood of packing ...
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New Test May Screen Donated Blood for Fatal Disease-Causing Proteins

New Test May Screen Donated Blood for Fatal Disease-Causing Proteins

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
A new blood test can diagnose cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare, fatal brain disease caused by proteins known as prions, according ...
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Exercise Can’t Undo the Damage of Too Much Screen Time

Exercise Can’t Undo the Damage of Too Much Screen Time

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
Spending more than four hours a day sitting in front of a television or computer more than doubles your risk of dying from ...
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Melanoma Drug Shrinks Tumors, Study Finds

Melanoma Drug Shrinks Tumors, Study Finds

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
A new drug aimed at treating advanced melanoma has been found to shrink tumors in 80 percent of patients in an early trial, ...
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Co-Conspirator Cells Contribute to Skin Cancer

Co-Conspirator Cells Contribute to Skin Cancer

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
Skin cancer is caused when cells grow out of control. But a new study finds there are previously unnoticed cells that help the ...
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YouTube May Help Elderly Dementia Patients

YouTube May Help Elderly Dementia Patients

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
The video sharing website YouTube could help treat elderly patients’ dementia,  a new study finds. The results show YouTube can be used as ...
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Brain Functioning Decline Higher in Southern ‘Stroke Belt’

Brain Functioning Decline Higher in Southern ‘Stroke Belt’

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
People who live in the “Stroke Belt” — a group of eight southeastern states where stroke is 50 percent more prevalent than in ...
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8 Tips for Healthy Aging

8 Tips for Healthy Aging

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
U.S. residents are generally living longer these days, but more and more of them are developing chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart ...
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Alzheimer’s Vs. Normal Aging: How to Tell the Difference

Alzheimer’s Vs. Normal Aging: How to Tell the Difference

By Mark Schweizer
February 9, 2021
Everyone’s memory gets worse with age, so how can you tell the difference between normal aging and signs of Alzheimer’s disease? There definitely ...
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