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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Contact Delivers Drug Directly to Eye - Reported, December 11  2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Researchers have developed a contact lens which continuously delivers medication directly to the eye for up to a month. A team of researchers from Harvard University, Boston Children’s … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Asparagus a hangover remedy: Korean study - Reported, January 07, 2013 In research to be published in the Journal of Food Science, Korean researchers found that extracts taken from the leaves and shoots of asparagus boosted levels of key enzymes that break down alcohol after heavy drinking. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Fast Track - Reported, November 25 2013   ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- In 1997, the food and drug administration modernization act directed FDA to create a mechanism where important new drugs could get to patients more quickly. Under this act, drugs can be designated as … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Painkillers Prevent Marijuana-Induced Memory Problems? - Reported, November 25 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Marijuana, people use it recreationally and medically to treat a variety of conditions, from chronic pain to epilepsy. However, a new study has revealed the molecular … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Miracle Drug for Cystic Fibrosis - Reported, November 19 2013   DENVER, Co. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disease that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs. Just decades ago, children born with CG would live only into their teens. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health High Blood Pressure Predicts Memory Loss - Reported, November 19 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –People in middle age who have high blood pressure known as pulse pressure are more likely to have biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in their spinal fluid than those with lower pulse … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Treating Depression with Electroconvulsive Therapy - Reported, November 07 2013   MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Electroshock therapy was first used in 1938 to induce a therapeutic seizure. Those seizures seemed to reset the brain. Today the treatment is nothing like the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health One Dose of HPV Vaccine Enough? - Reported, November 06 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –According to a recent study, women vaccinated with one dose of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine had antibodies against the viruses that remained stable in their blood for four years, suggesting … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health World Obesity Day 2013: Fat ain’t fit   - Reported, October 25, 2013   October 26 is World Obesity Day. One of the most common advertisements in both the print and electronic media is that of weight loss programmes that promise magical transformation from a fat to a fit figure. Doctors, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Seeing Clearly: What’s Your Vision IQ? - Reported, October 17 2013    When it comes to wearing contact lenses or getting LASIK surgery, how acute is your vision IQ? Glasses, contacts, even surgery, we’ll try anything to improve vision. “The best thing to do in either, for either … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Hearing Loss Identified using Eye Imaging Technique - Reported, October 15 2013    (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A technique used to create images of your retina is now being repurposed to help identify hearing loss in patients, Brain Applegate, PhD, Director of the Department of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Endurance Exercise Boosts Brain Health - Reported, October 17 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A new study from Harvard University identifies a molecule called irisin that is produced in the brain during endurance exercise and has neuroprotective effects. Dr. Bruce Spiegelman of the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Exercise as Effective as Prescriptions? - Reported, October 04 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Exercise is potentially just as effective as many drugs for four diseases, according to new research. Researchers from London School of Economics, Harvard University, and Stanford … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Lactation May Be Linked to Aggressive Cancer in Mexican Women - Reported, October 01, 2013 Scientific data suggest that a woman reduces her risk of breast cancer by breastfeeding, having multiple children and giving birth at a younger age. A study led by the University of California, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Fat Grafts Used for Breast Augmentation - Reported, October 01 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A new study from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, finds that stem-cell enriched fat grafting may be a preferred alternative for reconstructive surgery. Liposuction is a common … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Farms can Improve Immune System!   - Reported, October 01, 2012   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Living in a farming environment can reduce hypersensitivities and allergies, according to research from Aarhus University in Denmark. The study found new environmental exposures found in farming … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Don't Drug Me, Doc! Mastering The MRI - Reported, October 01 2013   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Getting an MRI can be scary and uncomfortable—especially if you’re claustrophobic. While sedation is an option, there’s growing concern about the effects of general … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health 'Donkey ambulance' helping Afghanistan's pregnant women   - Reported, 26 January 2013   Inventive ideas for delivering healthcare cheaply to poor parts of developing countries have been unveiled at a conference at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Among the designs is the Donkey … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health New Guidelines on Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Reported, September 24 2013   Doctors should encourage obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to lose weight and recommend continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as initial therapy for all patients with OSA, or mandibular … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Hip, Hip Hooray! - Reported, September 06 2013   CINCINNATI, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When it takes you ten minutes to walk up a flight of stairs, something is very wrong. Well, that's what life was like for a young woman who had a mysterious hip pain. Doctors are now using … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Can Cholesterol Drugs Prevent Dementia? - Reported, September 04 2013   Can Cholesterol Drugs Prevent Dementia? Although controversial, statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol, were found to provide a protective effect against dementia in a recent study. In a paper … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health British adults have stopped getting fatter   - Reported, 03 September 2013   Adults in Britain have stopped getting fatter after years of rising obesity rates, a new study has shown. However, Britain's average size is still on the rise due to a small group who are continuing to pile … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Australian woman pregnant after pioneering ovarian transplant   - Reported, 03 September 2013   An Australian woman is pregnant after undergoing a pioneering operation in which ovarian tissue was transplanted into her abdomen. 02 Sep 2013 The patient, known as Vali, had been rendered … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health How Women Keep a Healthy Weight May Impact Their Children - Reported, August 27 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Weight loss surgery by women before giving birth may have a negative impact on the long-term health of their children, according to new research. Researchers studied the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Negative Effects of Half-Siblings - Reported, August 15 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Researchers from Bowling Green State University and Iowa State University have concluded that adolescents who have half-siblings with a different father are more likely to have used drugs and had … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health A New Route to a New Hip - Reported, August 15 2013   DALLAS, Texas, (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- 120-thousand people will have a hip replaced this year. That’s ten thousand people a month who are suffering with a pain so bad it hurts when they walk, or even move their joints. Now, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Sight and Lifesaving Sunglasses - Reported, August 15 2013   NEW YORK, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You slather on SPF 50 to protect your skin from the sun, but how do you protect your eyes? A recent survey says less than half of 10,000 Americans polled know the health benefits of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health High Pain Sensitivity Linked to Dry Eye Disease - Reported, August 15 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, suggest that high pain sensitivity and low pain tolerance is associated with symptoms of dry eye disease. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Semagacestat for Treating Alzheimer’s May Not be Safe? - Reported, July 30 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) –Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the existence of cortical amyloid-beta protein plaques, which result from the sequential action of ß-secretase and ?-secretase on amyloid … [Read more...]