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For people who live with mild cognitive impairment or MCI, wondering if memory lapses will progress from annoying to frightening can keep you up at night. In other words, if you suffer from MCI how likely are you to develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and will you or family members be able to see it coming? Now, a new study has shed light on exactly what symptoms to be on the…
Angela Fitch’s family history of obesity caught up to her at age 40, when she was pregnant with her first child. As a physician and obesity medicine specialist, Dr. Fitch knew the lifestyle levers to pull—and she had the financial means to yank them hard. After giving birth, she lifted weights with a trainer twice a week. She sweated through one Peloton workout after another and tracked her food intake…
For the longest time, coffee was thought to be problematic — at least in terms of caffeine. But unless you’re drinking til you’re shaking, or have a medical condition where you’ve been warned to avoid coffee, like chronic hypertension, you should feel good about enjoying the world’s most consumed beverage. After all, there’s research-based evidence proving the many health benefits that come from drinking coffee, like: That last bullet really…
Angela Fitch’s family history of obesity caught up to her at age 40, when she was pregnant with her first child. As a physician and obesity medicine specialist, Dr. Fitch knew the lifestyle levers to pull—and she had the financial means to yank them hard. After giving birth, she lifted weights with a trainer twice a week. She sweated through one Peloton workout after another and tracked her food intake…
There are days when I feel young, healthy and energetic. Those are the days I get so much satisfaction from doing the things I enjoy. Then there are days when just feel so old — and that worries me… Studies have shown that our perceptions about aging can have a very real impact on our health. For instance, feeling negative about aging equates to negative physical mental and cognitive health.…
Why have eggs become almost synonymous with cholesterol and heart disease? The famous Framingham Study findings released back in the early 70s identified high blood cholesterol as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Then, well-meaning doctors began speculating that if cholesterol was a major cause of heart disease, and eggs were a high dietary source of cholesterol, then it made sense that eating foods high in cholesterol could elevate…
Rheumatoid arthritis and heart problems just seem to go hand-in-hand. In fact, rheumatoid arthritis comes with a 50 percent higher risk of dying from heart-related problems. That makes it less surprising that people who live with the condition also tend to have high blood pressure. Luckily, researchers have discovered a simple solution to beating back blood pressure problems for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers… Peak Organic Femented Beets™ It may…
The colon is the “last stop” in your digestive system, so it stands to reason that the food we put in our mouths can significantly impact the organ’s health. If we don’t take care of it, we can get very sick, and the most feared outcome for most of us is likely colon cancer. There are foods that research tells us can elevate colon cancer risk, and then there are…
One in eight men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. The good news is the vast majority of prostate cancer cases aren’t deadly. But even so, prostate cancer comes with uncomfortable symptoms like pelvic pain, trouble urinating and bone pain. There are two ways prostate cancer is typically treated: Prostatectomy, the surgical removal of the prostate, or a radical prostatectomy, which removes the prostate as well as the seminal…
If you had your blood pressure measured recently and it was high, you may be feeling appropriately concerned. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to help yourself. The first thing to understand is that blood pressure is not static. It varies throughout the day — minute by minute. What it’s really doing is oscillating, sometimes quite profoundly, around a mean — and what we’re really interested in is what that mean…