Imperial Valley News Center
Forever young: Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain
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- Written by Mark Wheeler
Los Angeles, California - Since 1970, life expectancy around the world has risen dramatically, with people living more than 10 years longer. That’s the good news.
Paramedics may be best first line of defense in treating stroke patients
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- Written by Kim Irwin
Los Angeles, California - A consortium led by UCLA physicians has found that paramedics can safely start providing people with medication in the first minutes after the onset of a stroke instead of waiting for them to receive treatment at a hospital.
Scientists discover organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years
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- Written by Stuart Wolpert
Los Angeles, California - An international team of scientists has discovered the greatest absence of evolution ever reported - a type of deep-sea microorganism that appears not to have evolved over more than 2 billion years. But the researchers say that the organisms’ lack of evolution actually supports Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Lung cancer screening at Keck Medicine of USC now covered by Medicare
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- Written by Leslie Ridgeway
Los Angeles, California - Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) applauds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) decision to provide coverage of annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for patients ages 55 to 77 years with at least a 30 pack-year smoking history.
New Finding May Compromise Aging Studies
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- Written by Robert Perkins
Los Angeles, California - Some studies on the genetic roots of aging will need a second look after the discovery that a common lab chemical can extend the life span of female fruit flies by 68 percent.
First mobile app to share heart rate with a photo empowers consumers to take charge of their personal health management
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- Written by Meg Aldrich
Los Angeles, California - Heart health goes mobile and social with the release of BioGram, a new mobile app created by the cardiologist experts at the University of Southern California (USC) Center for Body Computing (CBC) along with collaborators at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and private companies AliveCor and Medable. The free app, the first to allow heart rates to be shared with a photo, is available now for download on iTunes.
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