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Health Tip: Controlling Pinkeye
Published 02/09/2018(HealthDay News) --Pinkeye, medically called conjunctivitis,is an inflammation of the thin tissue covering the white part of theeyeand the inside of the eyelid.
It's easily spread as hands become contaminated with discharge from an infected eye or by direct contact with surfaces such as contamina...
New Hope for 'Ringing' in the Ears
Published 01/03/2018WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- For people with tinnitus, the persistent sense of ringing in the ears is mildly annoying at best and disabling at worst.
But a new device may help ease the phantom noises, researchers report.
The experimental device uses precisely timed sound and skin s...
'Boomers' Doing Better at Avoiding Eye Disease of Aging
Published 11/16/2017THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Macular degeneration is a major cause of vision loss in older Americans. But new research shows that baby boomers are somehow avoiding the illness at higher rates than their parents did.
Why the improvement? The researchers aren't sure, but say that low...