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Posted September 2010
Through five years of experience with the LSU AgCenter, I have come to find that one of the hardest audiences to reach when it comes to nutrition and health is the male population. I firmly believe that most area physicians would agree. Spouses and significant others often joke about how their male counterparts avoid going [...]
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Every day more and more people—both young and old—are asking, “What did you say?” or “Huh?” According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, 1 in 5 American teenagers suffer from some type of hearing loss. This is an increase of 31 percent since the mid 1990’s. The most likely cause of this is [...]
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Here is a concern for all of us: Heat illness is the third leading cause of death among high school athletes in the U.S. In the vast majority of cases, heat illness is preventable with little more than common-sense precautions. And when it does occur, early detection and proper management can minimize if not eliminate [...]
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Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or a combination of the two. It can lead to serious complications and premature death. Some 23.6 million Americans (or 7.8% of the U.S. population) have diabetes. Of these, 5.7 million don’t know they [...]
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Most sports encourage participants to have the best vision possible. Fall sports (such as football, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, cheerleading, etc.) may require something more durable and practical than standard eyeglasses. Under a football or lacrosse helmet, glasses are likely to fog or be cumbersome, and on the soccer field or volleyball court, glasses are likely [...]
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In 2008, almost 220,000 bariatric procedures were performed in the United States alone. With over 70 million Americans being considered obese, it is expected that the number of procedures will continue to rise as it has for the past several years. Of course, there are a number of reasons why people are increasingly turning toward [...]
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As the third leading cause of death and leading cause of adult disability in the U.S., stroke occurs when a blood vessel carrying oxygen to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. When this happens, the effected part of the brain cannot receive oxygen and begins to die. 75% of strokes are [...]
Continue ReadingPosted August 2010
Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital has announced the winners of its international contest to seek innovative solutions to treating diabetes in a rural population. The contest was initiated with the launch of www.Mission2EndDiabetes.org web site in December 2008 which invited entrepreneurs, inventors and researchers from around the world to win cash awards for developing and [...]
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Aging skin is a continuous natural process that we all go through. Aging skin can start as early as our mid 20’s. There are two important substances that make up healthy and youthful looking skin: collagen and hyaluronic acid. Over time, collagen and hyaluronic acid diminish. As a result, your skin loses structure and volume [...]
Continue ReadingPosted August 2010
As people age, their skin loses its ability to quickly rid itself of old skin cells resulting in a thickening of the epidermis and a loss of elasticity. While there are many treatments and products available that claim to help reverse or at least slow down the aging process, there are few ingredients that have [...]
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