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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follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Mindfulness meditation improved sleep quality for older adults with moderate sleep disturbance compared with a structured program focused on changing poor sleep habits and establishing a bedtime routine (Black DS et al. JAMA Intern Med. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8081 [published online February 16, 2015]).
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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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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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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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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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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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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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follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork ACEP NOW APRIL 2015 A Deadly Case of MANOPAUSE A quest for the Fountain of Youth may cost more years than it gains. The Case “I told him he never should have started that medication,” said the patient’s worried wife. Several hours earlier, her husband had presented to the
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE JAMA April 14, 2015 The Culture of Organs, a book published in 1938 by Nobel Laureate Alexis Carrel and well-known aviator Charles Lindbergh, described how organs could be kept “alive” in culture for months, with the intent to reuse them. Decades later, regenerative medicine, a field of science that
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