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You're getting older but maintaining your independence. For now, your balance is good. You want to keep it that way to avoid falls and broken bones.

Balance exercises can help you stay steady on your feet, but they aren't for everyone. This is especially true if you have severe balance problems or certain orthopedic conditions. Talk with your doctor before you get started if you're uncertain whether you should do them."

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3-Year Study of Donepezil Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease: Effects of Early and Continuous Therapy Full Story: "Delays in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, and, therefore, delays in treatment, may have a detrimental effect on a patient's long-term well-being."

Edouard Certil, 74, made it home to America from Haiti, but disappeared at Kennedy Airport, and had been reported missing for nearly two weeksCLICK TO VIEW

In a series of self-portraits he painted to document the progressive ravaging of his brain by Alzheimer's disease, William Utermohlen disappears before our eyes -- and his own
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Pacemakers are getting smarter and handier all the time. They can even serve as diagnostic tools to help physicians

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Fine Particulate Air Pollution May Hospitalize Elderly- CME Teaching Brief...[CLICK]

A defibrillator is used to correct potentially fatal heart arrhythmias during cardiac arrest. You do not have to be a doctor or paramedic to operate an automated external defibrillator, but training is important....A defibrillator is used to correct potentially fatal heart arrhythmias during cardiac arrest. Brain damage from lack of oxygen can occur within four minutes after the heart stops. Therefore prompt action is imperative to prevent death or severe brain damage.more

READ MORE: "The survey indicates that 79 percent of Avondale adults who were surveyed are overweight or obese, indicating that a substantial portion of the population is at an increased risk for the development of heart disease.

Nearly 26 percent of Avondale adults had been previously diagnosed with high blood pressure by a physician, and the TGen study found that an additional 62 percent of the community had abnormally high blood pressure readings.

In addition to obesity, diabetes is a big risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Among the individuals surveyed, more than 14 percent were currently being treated for type 2 diabetes. An additional 25 percent of study participants had glucose levels normally seen in diabetes or in individuals at high-risk of developing the disease."

READ MORE: "For neurons, overexcitement is deadly. To avoid this, brain cells must sop up unneeded neurotransmitters from the synapse through membrane-bound transporters. If these transporters fail, neurons and other brain cells get excited to death-- a phenomenon that may contribute to brain damage during stroke and Alzheimer's disease.

Indeed, brain deterioration after stroke is associated with elevated levels of glutamate -- the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) -- in the plasma and cerebral spinal fluid. One possible explanation for this glutamate build-up, reported online on March 6th in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, is a mutation in the gene encoding the glutamate transporter protein EAAT2.

This mutation --- a single nucleotide change in the promoter region of the EAAT2 gene -- was equally prevalent in healthy individuals and stroke patients. But among stroke patients, those with the mutated allele had higher plasma levels of glutamate and were more likely to suffer from post-stroke neurological problems than those with the normal allele.

The mutation changed a binding site for the activating transcription factor AP-2 into a binding site for the repressor GCF2 -- a swap that inhibited promoter activity in transfected rat brain cells. Whether the mutant promoter decreases EAAT2 expression in the human brain, as would be predicted, remains to be tested."

READ MORE: "A new case report comparing the appearance of facial lines in identical twins, one of whom received regular BOTOX(R) Cosmetic (botulinum toxin type A) treatments over 13 years beginning at age 25 and one of whom did not, suggests that long-term, consistent treatment with BOTOX(R) Cosmetic may prevent the development of lines that are visible without facial muscle contraction (the so-called 'imprint' or 'at rest' lines most associated with the aging process). The results are being presented at the American Academy of Dermatology's Annual Winter Meeting in San Francisco.("

READ MORE: "If a stroke patient has an impaired arm, constraining the working arm daily during a two-week rehabilitation program can significantly improve use of the contralateral arm."

Press Releases: UCI researchers identify first compound to block progression of Alzheimer’s disease...[MORE : "Researchers at UC Irvine have found that a new compound not only relieves the cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, but also reduces the two types of brain lesions that are hallmarks of this devastating disease, thereby blocking its progression......"