Two videos from the Deaf Wellness Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center are on the Seasonal Flu page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website today.
“Flu Guidance for Parents” and “Flu Guidance for Adults” are in American Sign Language with captions and voiceovers. They were produced under the direction of Robert Pollard, director of the Deaf Wellness Center, and feature members of the local deaf community.
They are scheduled to be on the page for about a week and then highlighted on other CDC pages for about a month.
Estrogen is a female hormone that is produced by a woman’s ovaries. This hormone plays a vital role in a woman’s monthly menstrual cycle. As a woman ages her estrogen levels begin to decline when she nears menopause. During the perimenopause stage, or just before menopause, a woman’s estrogen levels can fluctuate wildly. Since estrogen plays such and important role in the health of females, it is not surprising that when levels begin to fluctuate and decline the woman will have various symptoms that reflect her estrogen levels directly.
Certain well known low estrogen symptoms are common to women who are going through menopause. The c
Read more…
A study of triathletes has revealed that the heart adapts to triathlon training by working more efficiently.
Triathlons are multi-sport events consisting of swimming, cycling and running various distances in succession.
“To our knowledge, this is the first study using MRI to investigate effects of triathlon training on cardiac adaptations,” said lead researcher Michael M. Lell, M.D., associate professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Erlangen, Germany.
Dr. Lel
Read more…
Twenty years ago, Dr. Jack Frankeny didn’t see many patients younger than 60 who needed a knee replacement. But what he calls “boomeritis” has changed that dramatically.
About 581,000 knee replacements are performed each year in the United States, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and studies show the number is projected to climb to around 3 million per year over the next 20 years as baby boomers maintain their active lifestyles.
The ultimate culprit causing knee pain is arthritis, mostly developed through a combination of aging, use and genetics. Injur
Read more…