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Mild cognitive impairment or MCI is considered just another step on the rung to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, people who live with this impairment, where their memory has “slipped” but not so much that it significantly interferes with their daily life, are at ten times higher risk of the disease. But just because you’ve begun to experience the symptoms of MCI doesn’t mean that dementia has to be just…
Many of us believe omega-3 fatty acids are good for heart health. And there’s scientific evidence to support this assumption. However, a widely cited study from a few years back cast doubt on whether omega-3s actually do help protect against heart problems by concluding omega-3 supplements provided little to no benefit. Some experts believe the result had less to do with the omega-3 fatty acids themselves and more to do…
When the first COVID-19 cases began here in the U.S. approximately 18 months ago, we all worried about whether or not we would get the virus, and if so would we end up in the hospital, or worse. In fact, for both patients and doctors, the worry was how to battle the initial stages of the disease just to get through to tomorrow. Yet, now we’re learning that not only…
When it comes to keeping all your bodily systems healthy, the fact that refined grains are “out” and whole grains are “in” is no longer new news. There’s abundant research proving that your risk for heart attack and stroke skyrocket when you indulge in too many refined grains. There’s also plenty of proof that increasing your intake of whole grains could be the key to preventing both diabetes and heart…
More than 1 in 3 Americans suffer from a chronic pain condition that alters their life in some way. Fibromyalgia is one of these conditions, and it can be a particularly tough one to treat. One reason for that is that fibromyalgia is often misdiagnosed as another health problem such as arthritis or depression. Symptoms of fibromyalgia vary widely and often go way beyond pain, which can mislead the doctor…
If you’re living with high cholesterol, your doctor has likely prescribed statins. But treatment with statins has come under fire — for good reason… For starters, there’s the effect statins have on muscle cells, causing the pain anyone that’s taken them knows all too well. The drugs can also threaten your kidneys, even leading to diabetes — not to mention the potential to double your dementia risk! And according to…
It’s no secret that our vision tends to get worse as we get older. In fact, while many of us start out with perfect visual acuity — that 20/20 vision score based on how far down we can read letters on the eye chart — it starts going in the opposite direction (up to where the letters get bigger and bigger) typically with age. But science has found you can…
Even though screenings for colon cancer have improved and become far more common in the past decades, colorectal cancer is still the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Yet, the risk of ending up with this type of cancer often comes down to lifestyle factors. In fact, according to the American Cancer Society, “the links between diet, weight, and exercise and colorectal cancer risk are…
A group of scientists has zeroed in on a very specific type of “clock” that helps predict when someone’s immune system will decline, as well as their likelihood of suffering certain health problems that can come with aging… The “iAge” clock measures biological age, which can be higher or lower than actual chronological age based on the person’s health. It does so by assessing whether chronic inflammation is present in…
Improving health — regardless of what you do to improve it — can help lower cholesterol. That includes exercising more, losing weight, reducing stress, stopping smoking, and improving diet. Of all those, improving your diet has the greatest potential to reward you with the biggest cholesterol drops. How to lower cholesterol with diet Some foods raise cholesterol. The main culprits are foods high in saturated fats and/or simple/processed carbohydrates. One obvious strategy for lowering cholesterol, therefore, is…