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Pharmacological Interventions for Sleepiness and Sleep Disturbances Caused by Shift Work

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT | SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | DISCUSSION | ARTICLE INFORMATION | REFERENCES Clinical Question  Are pharmacological interventions associated with better-quality sleep and alertness in shift workers? Bottom Line  Low-quality evidence shows that melatonin is associated with 24 minutes longer daytime sleep after the shift but not with faster falling asleep compared with placebo. There […]

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Food Antioxidants to Prevent Cataract

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA JAMA Ophthalmology Total Antioxidant Capacity of the Diet and Risk of Age-Related Cataract: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort of Women Susanne Rautiainen, PhD; Birgitta Ejdervik Lindblad, MD, PhD; Ralf Morgenstern, PhD; Alicja Wolk, DMSc Importance To our knowledge, no previous epidemiologic study has investigated the association between all antioxidants in

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Flow Health’s Debut Aim to unify the Personal Health Record for patients

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork After the disappointing lack of adoption suffered by Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault, many observers declared personal health records (PHRs) a non-starter, while others predicted that any progress toward personal control over health data would require a radically new approach. Several new stabs at a PHR are emerging, of which

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A single test can determine every Virus a Person Has Had from a single Drop of Blood, Researchers Find

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Using less than a drop of blood, a new test can reveal nearly every virus a person has ever been exposed to, scientists reported on Thursday. The test, which is still experimental, can be performed for as little as $25 and could become an important research tool for tracking patterns

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Blood Pressure Control and Cognitive Performance

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Something to Think About With Aging May 19, 2015, Vol 313, No. 19 > Along with declining memory performance, elevation of systolic blood pressure and an increased prevalence of hypertension are expected consequences of advancing age. It is not surprising, therefore, to expect that the two processes may be

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Race, Ethnicity, and the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Breast cancer is not one disease, and eliminating the disparities in outcomes requires improved understanding of biology and implementation of systemwide clinical innovation to deliver high-quality care to all women, one woman at a time. Representing 14.0% of all new cancer diagnoses, an estimated 232 670 new cases of breast

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Consuming—Not Avoiding—Peanuts Leads to Fewer Peanut Allergies in Kids

 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 28, 2015, Vol 313, No. 16 Anita Slomski, MA High-risk children who consumed peanut products from infancy until they were 5 years old were significantly less likely to develop a peanut allergy than those who avoided peanuts, according to the LEAP randomized trial (Du Toit G et al. N Engl

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How to Naturally Raise Your HGH Levels

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Men’s Fitness For as long as man has wanted a better body, he’s been looking for a wonder drug that will give it to him. Of course, you know there’s no substitute for hard work and consistency when it comes to building muscle and losing fat. But the idea of

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Extended-Release Medications for Obesity Treatment

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA March 24/31, 2015 Naltrexone Extended-Release Plus Bupropion Extended-Release for Treatment of Obesity   In September 2014, a proprietary formulation of naltrexone extended-release (ER) plus bupropion-ER (brand name Contrave) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA),1 becoming the fourth medication approved for long-term weight management in patients with

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THE BENEFITS OF SLEEP ACCORDING TO RECENT RESEARCH

follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Men’s Fitness   A flood of recent studies is giving us new insights into how important getting enough good sleep is for staying healthy, feeling great, and thinking straight. So take a short siesta and check out the slumber stats below. Sleep deprivation makes you eat more. Skip sleep, and

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