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Sundance Goes Green With Reusable Water Bottles
Though most of us aren't lucky enough to attend the Sundance Film Festival, we've probably all been to events that hand out hundreds and hundreds of plastic water bottles. Last year, Sundance alone gave out 50,000 single-serve bottles, most of which just end up in landfills.
So for the 2009 festival, which kicks off this Thursday, Sundance is partnering with an organization called FilterForGood, which is devoted to reducing bottled-water waste.
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Wear Contact Lenses? Keep These in Mind
If your vision isn't perfect, and you're an active person, contact lenses are essential in my book. Contacts don't fog up when you're running, or fall off when you're biking. And you can wear them when swimming, you just have to wear goggles or keep your eyes shut.
Skin wrinkles and blemishes
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- Introduction
- Blemishes
- Risk Factors
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Resurfacing Treatments
- Implant Procedures
- Plastic Surgery
- Resources
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- The skin of smokers ages more rapidly than the skin of non-smokers, even in areas of the body not exposed to sunlight, according to a 2007 study. Women in the study who smoked also had much lower levels of vitamin E secretions in their skin. Vitamin E may protect the skin from sun damage.
- There may be an association between smoking and higher frequency of a type of acne (noninflammatory acne) in adult women, according to a European study.
- A study in the Journal of Nutrition found that a combination of antioxidants and trace elements supplementation raises the risk of skin cancer in women, but not in men.
- Overall, exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight (radiation referred to as UVA or UVB) accounts for about 90% of the symptoms of premature skin aging.
- UVB primarily affects the outer skin layers.
Kidney stones
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Medications
- Other Treatments
- Complications
- Prevention
- Resources
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- Patients who have the most common type of gastric bypass surgery, the Roux-en-Y, are at increased risk for kidney stones, beginning 6 months after surgery, according to a study published in 2006.
- Calcium stones form when there is an imbalance in the urine substances that promote and block the formation of stones. Often, the cause of this imbalance is unknown.
- Having acidic urine or too much uric acid in the body leads to the formation of uric acid stones.
- Struvite stones are almost always caused by urinary tract infections due to bacteria that produce certain enzymes.
- Other stones, including cystine and xanthine stones, are usually due to genetic abnormalities.
- In about 85% of patients, the kidney stones are small enough that they pass through normal urination, usually within 2 - 3 days.
- Certain medications can prevent recurrence of stones in people who are at high risk.
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a technique that uses sound waves (ultrasound) to break up simple stones in the kidney or upper urinary tract. The shock waves are delivered from outside the body.
- Surgery may be necessary if the stone or stones are too big to pass, and cannot be broken down through ESWL.
- A change of diet and increased drinking of fluids, especially water, will help prevent a recurrence.
Asthma in adults
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Causes
- Prognosis
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Quick-Relief Medications...
- Long-Term Relief Medication...
- Other Treatments
- Managing Asthma
- Resources
- References
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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- Introduction
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Outlook
- Staging and Treatment Guide...
- Chemotherapy
- Biologic Therapy (Immunothe...
- Radiation
- Transplantation
- Surgery
- Resources
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Melanoma and other skin cancers
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Melanoma
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
- Precancerous Skin Condition...
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Prevention
- Screening
- Diagnosis
- Staging
- Treatment for Melanoma
- Treatment for Nonmelanoma S...
- Prognosis
- Resources
- References
Asthma in children and adolescents
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- Introduction
- Causes
- Prognosis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Quick-Relief Medications...
- Long-Term Relief Medication...
- Other Treatments
- Managing Asthma
- Resources
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Heart failure
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Symptoms
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Medications
- Surgery and Devices
- Lifestyle Changes
- Resources
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Ulcerative colitis
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Symptoms
- Complications
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Dietary Factors
- Symptom Management
- Medications
- Surgery
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