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Diabetes Treatment Considerations for Older Adults

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About 30.3 million people in the United States, 9.4 percent of the population, have type…

What Can Skew a PSA Test? These 10 Factors Can Affect Your Numbers

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It’s well known that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test used to screen for prostate cancer…

Are Potato Chips Bad for You?

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Salt and vinegar, barbecue, kettle-cooked, ruffled — to me, all potato chips are delicious. If…

PSA: What’s Normal?

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PSA is prostate specific antigen, a protein made by prostate cells that shows up in…

Lockjaw Versus a Locked Jaw: What’s the Difference

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Medical dictionaries describe lockjaw as a tightness or spasm of the jaw muscles due to…

Hungry for Hemp Seeds

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The Folklore. Hemp is back! This variety of the cannabis plant, not to be confused…

Are You at Risk of Developing Prediabetes?

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A prediabetes warning can be characterized by low blood sugar symptoms like fatigue, weakness, tiredness,…

Ask Tufts Experts: Foods for Regularity; Cutting Salt Intake; Leaky Gut

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I understand fiber can help keep me regular. Is oatmeal a good choice? Nicola McKeown,…

Alcohol’s Overhyped Health Benefits

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Some people feel a drink at the end of a tough day helps them unwind…

Newbites: Lower Alzheimer’s risk; Red meat and building muscle; restaurant nutrition; cancer risk and sedentary behavior

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Lower Alzheimer’s Risk May Be Possible with Healthy Lifestyle A study published in June in…

Ask Dr. Etingin: Involuntary weight loss; Surgery concerns; Douching and cancer risk

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My mother, who is 75, has lost weight recently. She says she feels fine, but…

Get Relief From Constipation

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Bowel movements may not be a common topic of polite conversation, but most people suffer…

Are You at Risk for Calcium Deficiency?

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You probably know that calcium is important for growing and keeping your bones strong. Did…

Nutrition Lessons from a Global Pandemic

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Here at Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter we strive to provide you with the latest,…

Ask Dr. Etingin: Arsenic in rice; Chronic laryngitis

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I’m reading a lot of disturbing information about arsenic in U.S. rice. Is rice farmed…

Chocolate Benefits for Your Brain May Include Memory and Mood Improvement

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Eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate may benefit health in many ways. In fact, some…

Infected Wound: Stop the Ooze Before it Starts

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You scraped your knee a few days ago. Now your cut is surrounded by angry,…

Lemon Health Benefits: Reduce Your Risk of Cancer, Anemia, and More

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Lemons are much more than a garnish for your glass of water or fancy cocktail….