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Harvard Health Letters
Each month, the five Harvard Health Letters are filled with the latest, most accurate information on everything from to supplements to strength training, pacemakers to prostate cancer, pain relief and post-traumatic stress syndrome. Lively feature stories, Q&As, briefs and graphics by Harvard University experts fill the pages of the Health Letter, Heart Letter, Women’s Health Watch, Men’s Health Watch and the Mental Health Letter. All art is available.
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The smoldering epidemic
The number of new cases of hepatitis C is down, but millions are chronically infected and may not know it. The identification of the virus that causes hepatitis C, a disease that affects the liver, has probably saved millions of lives.
By the way, doctor: Isn't quinoa a supplier of complete proteins?
Q. I read in your June 2010 issue that soybeans are the only plant food that could serve as a person's sole source of protein because they contain all eight essential amino acids. A. Quinoa is native to the Andes in South America.
By the way, doctor: Should my mother get an angiogram?
Q. My 82-year-old mother is having angina when she exerts herself. A. I think an angiogram is a reasonable choice for your mother, assuming that she has had a good trial of medicines like beta blockers and calcium-channel blockers.
The aging face
Between acceptance and defiance there's a middle way of relatively small tweaks that will make an old face look younger. Age affects every nook and cranny of the body, but nowhere are the consequences on such open display as on our faces.
Tiny specks may add up to heaps of trouble
Household dust may contain toxic chemicals and all sorts of allergens. Anyone who has yearned for a clean house can attest to the seemingly supernatural properties of dust.
By the way, doctor: Can I stop getting colonoscopies?
Q. At age 60 I was treated for colon cancer. A. It's a good question. Several years ago, researchers from a hospital in Seattle reported data on about 1,200 asymptomatic people who had colonoscopies at their facility.
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