Surgery For Weight Loss

Surgery For Weight Loss

Now it appears that for those who qualify, weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass seems to help people not only lose a significant amount of weight but also keeps the weight off long term.

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Keeping Muscles As You Age

Keeping Muscles As You Age

What causes us to lose muscle strength as we age and how exercise can prevent it from happening has never been thoroughly understood, but McMaster University researchers have discovered a key protein required to maintain muscle mass and muscle strength during aging.

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Alzheimer's Linked to Male Chromosome

Alzheimer's Linked to Male Chromosome

Men with blood cells that do not carry the Y chromosome are at greater risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and this is in addition to an increased risk of death from other causes, including many cancers.  

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Electroceuticals for internal monitoring!

Electroceuticals for internal monitoring!

UC Berkeley engineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be implanted in the body, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in real time.

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The Cheaper Solution for Depression

The Cheaper Solution for Depression

A simple and inexpensive therapy is equally as effective at treating depression as the "gold standard" of Cognitive behavioral Therapy (CBT), a large-scale study has concluded.

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