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Harvard Health Letter archives from December 2005
Standing tall.(osteoporosis, height loss by age)
December 1, 2005... Exercises can help with the bad posture and osteoporosis that cause us to stoop and lose height as we get older.
With chronological addition comes some anatomical and physiological subtraction. As we age, we experience decrements in...
Medicare Part D: Decisions, decisions, decisions.
December 1, 2005... Medicare prescription drug coverage should save many people some money, but it puts a new burden on beneficiaries to be smart shoppers.
Part D prescription drug coverage is the biggest expansion of the Medicare program since it started in...
Burning in the house: Carbon monoxide poisoning.
December 1, 2005... An inexpensive alarm will give you some warning -- and could save your life.
A 36-year-old Albanian singer who moved to New York City with her mother and 7-year-old daughter. A 41-year-old man renovating the building adjacent to his...
In brief; Decoding politics.(International Classification of Diseases)
December 1, 2005... Chances are, you've probably never heard of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding system, developed by the World Health Organization and used by the U.S. government and private insurers for billing and tracking purposes. But...
In brief; Three Bs for the brain.(B vitamins)
December 1, 2005... Two studies published in the September 2005 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition add to the evidence that B vitamins may help us keep our wits.
Investigators in Boston followed 321 older men (average age: 67) for three years. They found...
In brief; NSAIDs side effects.(nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The side effects of rofecoxib (Vioxx) and the other COX-2 drugs have been in the headlines so much lately that it's easy to forget that ibuprofen (Motrin, other brands), naproxen (Aleve, other brands), and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory...
Ask the doctor; If I am feeling chest pain, should I call 911?
December 1, 2005... Q. I am a 73-year-old male. I've been diabetic for 50 years, and had a quintuple bypass eight years ago. I try to get an hour of exercise on a treadmill each day. While working out a couple of days ago, I developed a sudden sharp pain on my...