Frank Whittemore on July 7th, 2010

Warning people to stay out of the sun may have led to vitamin D deficiencies, British newspaper The Independent reported Monday…
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Frank Whittemore on June 11th, 2010

Although several previous studies support a connection between obesity, poor calcium metabolism and vitamin D deficiency, the new study…
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Frank Whittemore on April 15th, 2010

Researchers provide details of the first treatment that allows efficient regeneration of cartilage without the need for surgery. Using self-assembling bioactive nanofibers, they have seen dramatic results with…
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Frank Whittemore on March 7th, 2010

In a commentary on the new studies, published Jan. 25 in The Archives of Internal Medicine, two geriatricians, Dr. Marco Pahor of the University of Florida and Dr. Jeff Williamson of Winston-Salem, N.C., pointed to “the power of higher levels of physical activity to aid in the prevention of late-life disability owing to either cognitive [...]

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Frank Whittemore on February 16th, 2010

A SIGN of a cell’s age could help predict the onset of dementia. Elderly people are more likely to develop cognitive problems if their telomeres - the stretches of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes - are shorter than those of their peers…
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Frank Whittemore on February 8th, 2010

A once-a-day pill helped completely rebuild bone in rodents with severe osteoporosis, a finding that could lead to…
The team tested a compound that blocks the production of serotonin…
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Frank Whittemore on January 10th, 2010

The approval of the drug, Actemra, ”marks a major step forward” in the treatment of the disease…
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Frank Whittemore on January 8th, 2010

Time in partnership with CNN documented the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2009.
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Frank Whittemore on December 2nd, 2009

Like a pothole that worsens over time, so do knees’ internal injuries, study finds…
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What to do after reading this and my previous post?
Here’s what I do. I jog. In fact I jogged every day in the month of November 2009 [...]

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Frank Whittemore on October 9th, 2009

Relieve pain in the joints and bring arthritis to a manageable level…
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