Weight loss in senior citizens can reduce symptoms as well as the pain of knee arthritis. Recent research shows that seniors can really help their knee arthritis by losing at least 20% of their weight. Studies show that millions of older adults have stiff, painful knees caused by arthritis.…...
Opioid Crisis Taking Its Toll On Senior Citizens, Says Government Report
The opioid crisis in the form of prescription pain killers, is affecting senior citizens at an increasingly dangerous rate, warns the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Millions of senior citizens are filling prescriptions for many different opioid medications at the same time. And hundreds of thousands are getting hospitalized with opioid-related…...
New Triple-Pill Hypertension Drug Reduces High Blood Pressure By 70%
A triple-pill drug just introduced to the market, may revolutionize hypertension treatment worldwide for the better, after a clinical trial has declared it safe and effective. Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health — in Australia, — tested the effectiveness and safety of the triple-pill for the treatment of…...
High Blood Pressure Putting More Americans At High Risk
High blood pressure among Americans is increasing at an alarming rate and putting them into the high-risk category for heart attacks and strokes. Currently, estimates by the American Heart Association (AHA) indicate that more than 103 million Americans adults have high blood pressure. This is nearly half of all adult…...
Epilepsy Drug Made From Marijuana Approved By FDA
An epilepsy drug made from marijuana was approved today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new drug, called Epidiolex, treats two rare and devastating forms of epilepsy. It reduces the number of seizures by about 40 percent in patients with Dravet or Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. The drug, manufactured by…...
