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Cataract Surgery Can Help You Regain Crisp Vibrant Vision

Mar 21, 2024 · Rochelle Nataloni · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

At some point during your 50s or 60s, your vision may have lost some of its vibrancy. Even when you’re wearing prescription eyeglasses, things began to be a bit blurry, hazy, or less colorful. This is what it feels like to have a cataract, which is the term for what … Read More

How to Cope with Chronic Pain

Mar 21, 2024 · Orli R. Etingin, M.D. · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

Living with chronic pain, especially if it’s severe, can deeply affect your feelings and mood. Studies have found that older women experiencing pain are more likely to feel anxious, sad, or depressed. If you are dealing with the emotional side of chronic pain—or have in the past—it’s important to know … Read More

Frontline: Brain nerve cell repair; cancer stem cells; T-cell therapy

Mar 21, 2024 · Rochelle Nataloni · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

Brain Nerve Cell Repair Offers Hope for Alzheimer’s Disease Nerve cells in the brain require an enormous amount of energy to survive and maintain their connections with other nerve cells. In Alzheimer’s disease, the ability to make energy is damaged. As a result, the connections between nerve cells—called synapses—malfunction, causing … Read More

Frequently Forgetful? Medications Might Be the Cause

Mar 21, 2024 · Rochelle Nataloni · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

Paying a bill late or forgetting to call your sister on her birthday are not significant lapses in memory if they occur over several months. But when glitches like this happen more frequently, it suggests a pattern of forgetfulness, and that can be concerning—especially for older people who invariably wonder … Read More

Consider Minimally Invasive Options for Varicose Vein Removal

Mar 21, 2024 · Rochelle Nataloni · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

During the postmenopausal years, a red, blue, or raised rope-like vein may appear somewhere on your legs. In most cases, these varicose veins are nothing more than a cosmetic annoyance. In other instances, they are quite painful, and sometimes even the source of a non-threatening blood clot. Diagnostic imaging tests … Read More

To Maintain Kidney Health, Keep BP and Blood Sugar in Check

Mar 21, 2024 · Rochelle Nataloni · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

Kidneys are vital organs—just like the heart, lungs, and liver—yet most women don’t know how critical well-functioning kidneys are to their overall health, or that there are things they can do—or avoid doing—to help protect them and keep them working efficiently. When kidney function is jeopardized and kidney disease develops, … Read More

Take Steps to Improve Quality of Life by Managing the Emotional Side of Pain

Mar 21, 2024 · Rochelle Nataloni · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

Arthritis, migraine headaches, back pain, neuropathy, and so many more conditions fall into the category of chronic pain, which is the term used to describe pain that lasts beyond the typical time it takes for an illness or injury to heal. The physical symptoms of pain get most of the … Read More

Ask Dr. Etingin: Adult-Onset Asthma; Hair Thinning and Loss

Mar 21, 2024 · Orli R. Etingin, M.D. · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

I had an episode of shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing during an exercise class. The instructor said it sounded like an asthma attack. I’m 65 and I’ve never had asthma. Is it possible to develop it now? Asthma can strike at any age, and research shows that rates are … Read More

Exercise Improves Motor Learning and Remembering What You Learned

Mar 21, 2024 · UHN Staff · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

Numerous studies have found that being physically active right before learning new information can help you better remember that information. And in a recent study, published in the Journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, researchers found that exercising also improves motor memory. The study suggests that before your learn a … Read More

Apps May Help You Predict When Migraine Attacks Are About to Occur

Mar 21, 2024 · UHN Staff · Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat

If you struggle with migraine headaches, you may know moments before one hits that you’re in for another painful and uncomfortable episode of head pain and other symptoms. Your own warning system may not always allow you to take medications or get to an environment that may ease your symptoms … Read More

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