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80.5% of hospital patients are at high risk for sleep apnea, study finds

Eighty-one percent of hospital patients are at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a Loyola University Health System study has found.

Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How to ... avoid kidney stones

These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary tract.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Size matters: Obesity leading risk factor of left atrial enlargement during aging

Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New therapies expected to help reduce future visual burden of age-related eye disease

The prevalence of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration is projected to increase substantially by 2050, but the use of new therapies is expected to help mitigate its effects on vision, according to results of simulation ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0