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Vitamin D: More may not be better

In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything ...

Health May 01, 2013 | 3 / 5 (4) | 3

Alzheimer's markers predict start of mental decline

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have helped identify many of the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that could potentially predict which patients will develop the disorder ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia May 14, 2013 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Lifestyle activities impact development of spinal stenosis

(HealthDay)—Increased loading of the lumbar spine, arising from lifestyle activities (such as lifting heavy objects, more frequent pregnancy, and higher body mass index), could contribute to the degenerative ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes May 16, 2013 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0