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Mental & Emotional HealthEarly to Bed = Greater Happiness By thirdAGE articleResearchers Jacob Nota and Meredith Coles of Binghamton University in New York have linked late evenings to repetitive negative thoughts. … Read More→
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Medical CareNew approach to treating ALS By thirdAGE articleAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that primarily kills motor neurons, leading … Read More→
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Vision HealthNew Laser Therapy Helps Slow AMD By thirdAGE articleA low impact, low energy laser treatment for patients with early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has produced positive results by … Read More→