Young Kids at High Risk for Foodborne Illness Death
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Rochester, Minnesota - New World Health Organization (WHO) global estimates of foodborne diseases find 1 in 10 people now get sick from contaminated food each year, and children under 5 years of age are at high risk of death from the disease.
Coping with anxiety: Can diet make a difference?
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- Written by Daniel K. Hall-Flavin, M.D.
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Rochester, Minnesota - Coping with anxiety can be a challenge and often requires making lifestyle changes. There aren't any diet changes that can cure anxiety, but watching what you eat may help. Try these steps:
Music and Alzheimer's: Can it help?
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- Written by Jonathan Graff-Radford, M.D.
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Scottsdale, Arizona - Research suggests that listening to or singing music can provide emotional and behavioral benefits for people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. Musical memories are often preserved in Alzheimer's disease because key brain areas linked to musical memory are relatively undamaged by the disease.
Lewy Body Dementia: Unfamiliar With This Common Disorder?
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- Written by Susan Barber Lindquist
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Rochester, Minnesota - Lewy body dementia is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. But if you’re not familiar with it, you’re not alone. “Lewy body dementia is the most common disorder you’ve never heard of,” says Bradley Boeve, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist who will speak at the International Dementia with Lewy Bodies Conference December 1-4 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Evidence Suggests Amateur Contact Sports Increase Risk of Degenerative Disorder
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- Written by Kevin Punsky
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Jacksonville, Florida - Scientists have recently found evidence that professional football players are susceptible to a progressive degenerative disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repetitive brain trauma. Now, researchers on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus have discovered a significant and surprising amount of CTE in males who had participated in amateur contact sports in their youth.
Stress, depression and the holidays: Tips for coping
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Scottsdale, Arizona - The holiday season often brings unwelcome guests - stress and depression. And it's no wonder. The holidays present a dizzying array of demands - parties, shopping, baking, cleaning and entertaining, to name just a few.
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