Seniors Health Center

Common Disorders

• Drug signs and teenagers
• ABO incompatibility
• Cor pulmonale
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Muscle atrophy
• Essential hypertension
• Hypertensive heart disease
• Alcohol use
• Rapid breathing
• Medullary cystic disease
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Seniors - Health News

• Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients
  Use of Aranesp should be reserved for the most seriously ill, experts say
  
• Patients More Likely to Die While in ICU in U.S. Than in England
  More study needed to discern if difference is due to intensive care overuse or underuse
  
• Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure
  Drinking more than two sweetened sodas a day boosts risk of hypertension, study finds
  
• Flu Deaths Higher Among Seniors With Dementia
  Study suggests mortality rate may be linked to health-care inadequacies
  
• Surgery, Illness Not Linked to Mental Decline in Seniors
  New findings contradict previous reports of increased risks of dementia
  
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Related Tools and Calculators

• Arthritis Checkup
  Sometimes regular aches and pains can be the sign of a disease such as Rheumatoid Arthritis. Find out how serious your symptoms may be.
  
• Ideal Body Weight
  For years, people looked up their weight on tables drawn from insurance company statistics. While those are still around, this is a newer, more accurate way to calculate what is truly a healthy weight range for you.
  
• Prostate Check For Men
  The problem with prostates for most men is simple: enlargement. This is often more of a bathroom nuisance than anything else. But not always.
  
• Are You Getting Enough Protein?
  Even though protein is the raw material for every cell in your body, you don't actually need that much. Which doesn't guarantee that you're getting enough.
  
• Just How Sleep-Deprived Are You?!?
  The amount of sleep you need may have little to do with the amount you actually get. Is your body coping fine, or showing signs of running down?
  
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Related Videos

• Shutting Down Tremor.
  Doctors are operating on patients while they're awake to correct a condition 10-times more common than Parkinson's.
  
• What's Your Stroke IQ?
  Fewer than two in five people know the warning signs of stroke. Recognizing these symptoms could save a life.
  
• Disaster Heart Attacks
  It's been more than three years since Hurrican Katrina ripped through New Orleans.  A new study shows the storm did more than damage residents' homes.  It also damaged their hearts.
  
• Teaching Old Docs New Tricks
  Two new programs are helping veteran doctors keep up with the latest technology.
  
• Fine Tuning for Hearing Impaired
  Cochlear implants give hearing back to those who have lost it, but they're not always perfect.  New software brings those with implants one step closer to perfect hearing.
  
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Related Animations

• Erectile Dysfunction
  Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for his or his partner's sexual needs. Watch this video animation as it shows how blood flow and other factors affect this disorder.
  
• Alzheimer's Disease
  The most common cause of dementia occurring in patients over 45 yrs of age is Alzheimer's disease. This video animation shows how an abnormal tau protein in Alzheimer's patients can cause the microtubule structures to collapse.
  
• Heart Attack
  Heart attack or myocardial infarction is caused due to coronary artery blockage. This video animation demonstrates how a heart attack can happen.