Health

Seeing Spots Before Your Eyes?

By:

Elyse Glickman, Jewish Exponent Feature

Among the various childhood rites of passages, many of us will recall a bout of measles as one of them. From a kid's perspective way back when, it did have a plus side -- staying home from school, eating chicken soup and watching cartoons. But the illness is no trivial matter. Recent reports have shown a resurgence nationally of measles,...

Health

Future Shock

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Diane McManus

Not long ago, macular degeneration, a disease of the retina, meant certain blindness. But scientists are working on an implantable artificial retina that can, with a simple surgical procedure, restore eyesight. Other implantable devices are being developed to monitor glucose, treat heart failure and relieve pain. Indeed, overweight patients could one day swallow an ingestible hydrogel capsule that induces satiety...

Health

Mothers' Daze

To be a working mom or a stay-at-homer? That is the question

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Elyse Glickman, Jewish Exponent Feature

Just in time for Mother's Day comes a revived battle of choices for women dealing with circumstances that can dictate their own physical and emotional health: The oft-discussed "War on Women" has brought back the old "working mom" vs. "stay at home" controversy and which is healthier for families overall. Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen was fired up about, and later,...

Wellness

A Beginning in Understanding Hospice Care

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Lynne Blumberg, Jewish Exponent Feature

Ira Bergman, 59, was asked if he wanted to see a rabbi when he entered a hospice program in September 2008. He had been fighting colon cancer for more than four years when his care began at the Wissahickon Hospice and Palliative Home Care of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His wife, Rhona, said that Ira had been...

Health

When You're Hot, You're Hot

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Elyse Glickman, Jewish Exponent Feature

Given how great 40-something and older celebrities look these days, and how youth crazy the culture generally is, it is no wonder that menopause can feel like an oncoming truck with compromised brakes. Yes, what happened to the notion of "aging gracefully," at least outside the doors of our favorite yoga studio? Dr. Moshe Lewis, an integrative medicine expert whose...