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Treating sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy may improve fetal health
DARIEN, IL – A new study suggests that treatment of mild sleep-disordered breathing with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy in pregnant women with preeclampsia improves fetal activity levels, a marker of fetal well-being. Results show that the average number of fetal movements increased from 319 during a night without CPAP treatment to 592 during the subsequent night with CPAP therapy. During the course of the night without CPAP treatment, the number of fetal movements decreased steadily by 7.4 movements per hour. In contrast, the number of fetal movements increased by 12.6 per hour during the night with CPAP therapy.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Senior Companions
Not every family can be available at all hours of the day to take a senior where they need to go or simply provide company at home.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Preventing Falls
Falls are one of the most common injuries for the elderly, and sometimes the injuries sustained from a fall can be quite serious. ... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Moving In
More and more aging parents are moving in with their adult children. It’s a trend that is likely to continue as the costs of nursing home care continue to climb.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Traditions
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Caring for Your Parents: The Poem
Members of an early memory loss group at the Alzheimers Resource Center authored a poem called "I Am... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Coping with Dementia
Alzheimer’s and other diseases can cause dementia that comes on gradually, but the diagnosis doesn’t have to stop people in their tracks.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Caring for Caretakers
Caretakers of people with dementia are twice as likely to get sick themselves.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Life with Dementia
Living with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease can be a challenge, especially as you watch the disease progress.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Diagnosing Dementia
The truth is, if we live long enough, the odds are pretty good that we may get some form of dementia.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Elder Fraud
Scott Sterling, director of the state office of Elder Fraud and Assistance, said Alaskan seniors are targeted for scams more frequently than seniors in other states.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: Senior Driving Safety
For most of us being able to drive means being independent, but as we age, sometimes our skills aren’t as sharp as they used to be.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: The Conversation (Part Two)
So often we hear the term “putting your affairs in order”, but what does that really mean?... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents: The Conversation
One of the hardest conversations to have is with an aging parent about what they would want should they no longer be able to care for or make decisions for themselves.... Read more..
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Caring for Your Parents
Here at KTVA CBS 11 News, we’re starting a new series focusing on the challenges and opportunities surrounding one of the oldest populations in Alaska.... Read more..
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Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Heart disease and stroke are the second and fourth leading causes of death in Alaska. The goal of Alaska’s Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program is to maintain and build the state’s capacity... Read more..
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Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Arthritis Foundation Exercise and Aquatics Programs Studies show that moderate physical activity can help people with arthritis feel less pain, move more easily and feel more energetic and positive. The... Read more..
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Alaska Traditional Knowledge and Native Foods Database
About this Project Resource Guide for Tribes Look for Information in the Database Native Concerns Raised in Regional Meetings Research Summaries Related Web Sites AMAP Resource... Read more..
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Alaska 2012 Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedule
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Contaminated Sites Program
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