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Bedford Eye Care Centre Welcome Video
A short video describing the services and products provided by the Bedford Eye Care Centre in Bedford, Nova Scotia by our optometrists, Dr. Toby Mandelman, Dr. Angela Dobson, Dr. Avila Cox and Dr. Erin Sheppard.
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Every week, the Bedford Eye Care Centre posts topics of interest, including eye and general health news as well as news about our office. Feel free to comment on any of the blog posts or ask us a question at information@bedfordeyecarecentre.ca ... we are more than happy to answer!
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Interesting news items about your health and well-being.
Vitamin D ‘as good as drugs’ at reducing high blood pressure
Vitamin D supplements could be as effective as prescription medicine at reducing high blood pressure, a conference will hear.
Chocolate lovers are thinner, study says
Sweet news about those chocolate cravings: People who eat moderate amounts regularly are thinner than those who eat chocolate less often.
Melanoma Rates On the Rise Among Young Adults
New research highlights a dramatic increase in the rates of melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer, among young adults, with young women being hit the hardest.
Moderate Drinking Might Help Men Live Longer After Heart Attack
A drink or two per day may help lower a man's odds of death in the two decades following a heart attack, a new study suggests.
Antioxidants May Improve Cancer Drugs, NIH Study Suggests
Antioxidants found in fruits, vegetables and red wine killed cancer cells, including those that are resistant to treatment, in a study that scientists said may lead to more effective tumor fighters.
Stem cells help regrow heart tissue in small study
Stem cells harvested from a patient's own heart can be used to help repair muscle damaged during a heart attack, according to a preliminary study published online Monday in The Lancet. While it's too soon to know if the technique will help patients live longer, the study is the second small, promising study of cardiac stem cells in three months.
Cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice, study says
A drug that has been approved for the treatment of a type of skin cancer since 1999 appears to reverse Alzheimer's symptoms -- in mice.
Cancer Vaccine Could See Light In 2017
Vaxil BioTherapeutics, a biotechnical company based in Ness Ziona, near Tel Aviv, Israel has produced a ground-breaking therapeutic vaccine for cancer patients which could prevent about 90 percent of cancers from coming back.
Poor Sleep May Raise Blood Pressure
Study Shows Men Who Don't Get Enough Deep Sleep May Have Higher Blood Pressure
Sleeping Soon After Dinner May Raise Stroke Risk
People Who Wait an Hour or More After Eating Before Going to Bed Have a 66% Lower Stroke Risk, Researchers Say.
Hand-Held Vaccine Delivery Device Used To Treat Melanoma.
A hand-held device that delivers a ‘turbo-charged’ vaccine into muscles is being used to treat cancer. The device fires a skin cancer vaccine into the arm or leg, using electricity to boost the treatment’s potency 100-fold.
An Apple a Day Really May Keep the Doctor Away
Fruits and vegetables whose edible sections are white may lower your risk of stroke more than other fruits and vegetables, Dutch researchers report.
One Drink A Day May Be Beneficial For Middle-Age Women.
Moderate drinking has been linked with various health benefits, and now a study finds that middle-age women who indulge in one drink a day or less on a regular basis may have a better chance of being healthier when they're older.
Chocolate (but not too much of it) may be good for your heart
Eating chocolate could benefit the heart, a study finds, possibly lowering heart disease by 37%.
Type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed ‘can be reversed’
An extreme eight-week diet of 600 calories a day can reverse Type 2 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with the disease, says a Diabetologia study.
Daily aspirin may protect against melanoma
Long-term use cut risk of deadly skin cancer by almost half, study finds
Consuming more olive oil may protect against strokes
a study finds that eating more olive oil could be linked with lower stroke risk in older people
Researchers Devise Process To Create Ready-Made Blood Vessels For Kidney, Heart Patients.
Ready-made and easily stored, bioengineered transplants did well in animal trials
People With Type 1 Diabetes May Eventually Be Able To Grow Their Own Insulin-Producing Cells
Researchers Say Advancement May Lead to Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
Energy Drinks May Be Harmful To Children
Some young people gulp drinks such as Red Bull, Full Throttle and Rockstar to boost their energy, concentration and athletic performance.
Low Vitamin D Linked to Allergy Risk in Kids
Study Shows Greater Risk of Allergies for Kids and Adolescents Who Don’t Get Enough Vitamin D
Cellphone use affects brain activity
Holding a cellphone against your ear changes the activity in your brain, according to a new study that shows the brain is sensitive to the phone's radiation emissions.
14 Things Your Eyes Say About Your Health
Looking people straight in the eye may or may not reveal their honesty -- but the eyes *can* tell you about cholesterol, liver disease, or diabetes, if you know what to look for.
Heavy Smoking Linked to Alzheimer’s in Study
Heavy smoking in middle age seems to increase the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease or another dementia, a large new study suggests.
Mayo Clinic guide: Home remedies can do the trick
In this age of rising medical costs and growing demands on our time, a trip to the doctor is something we hope to avoid.
But how do you keep yourself healthy enough to stay away? And how do you know what illnesses you can treat at home and which need professional attention?
New Gel May Help Speed Healing Of Chronic Wounds, Serious Eye Injuries.
For three years, Connie McPherson had debilitating leg ulcers that were so painful she sometimes couldn't sleep. Despite repeated surgery, antibiotics, steroids and other treatments, nothing helped.
Then last year, she took part in a trial for a new gel aimed at chronic wounds.
"It was the answer to my prayers," said McPherson, 58, a real estate agent in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Within weeks, McPherson said the ulcer treated was completely healed. "I tried everything possible and this is the only thing that worked."
What’s Lurking in Those Supplements?
Do you really know what's in the dietary supplements you're taking? Consumer Reports tells what might be in those pills and powders in a new report. They focus on the less-than-desirable ingredients that could be lurking in the supplements people often take as part of their diet and exercise regimen or for sexual enhancement.
Study: The secret to long life is having the right genes
People who live to 100 and beyond have a unique set of genetic variations that seems to help them live 20 years longer than the rest of the population, researchers have found.
Researchers Say They Created a ‘Synthetic Cell’
The genome pioneer J. Craig Venter has taken another step in his quest to create synthetic life, by synthesizing an entire bacterial genome and using it to take over a cell.
Eating Nuts May Help Cholesterol Levels
An analysis of studies has produced what its authors describe as a precise description of the beneficial effects of nut consumption on cholesterol and other heart-related fats.