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3. Macronutrients for Your Brain
What do we mean when we refer to “nutrients”? That term can refer to vitamins and minerals, including nutrients you should seek to limit, such as sodium. But the big picture when it comes to nutrition...
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1. An Introduction to Superfoods
The U.S. population is aging—the number of people over 65 will more than double in the next 40 years. At the same time, the costs of health care continue to grow. Naturally, many people are searching...
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2. Patterns for Protection
We know more about what makes up a heart-healthy dietary pattern than we do about “brain food,” although research on nutrition and cognition is making important progress. The word “pattern” deserves...
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8. Habits for Heart and Brain Health
The recipes in the previous chapter are a smart way to jump-start healthy eating habits that will benefit your heart and brain. Eating right is only part of the equation, however: Getting plenty of...
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3. Stages of Dementia
For a person with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), sometimes called “pre-dementia,” forgetfulness becomes a prominent part of life, not a minor distraction. MCI involves forgetting information that is...
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Under the best circumstances, it can be difficult to remember to take medication, and the more medications on one’s list, the harder it can become. To help make it easier for patients, researchers have...
View ArticleHow to Best Protect Your Heart
Taking care of your heart is vitally important. Heart disease is a major source of chronic illness and ranks as the number one cause of death in America. Researchers are constantly striving to know...
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BODYWORKS/MOVES OF THE MONTH Use Resistance Bands to Build Arm Strength (Jan., 7) Use Resistance Exercises to Build Leg Strength (Feb., 7) Build Upper-Body Strength with Dumbbells (Mar., 7) Step Into...
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1. Not Pumping Enough Blood
The term “heart failure” is understandably alarming, but it’s heart failure, not heart attack. In heart failure, the heart might fail to function as it should, but it does not stop beating, as it does...
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Allergy Vitamin D and Wool Allergy (March, 8) Early Introduction of Peanuts May Prevent Peanut Allergy (June, 2) Beverages Mythbusting: Hydration (April, 1) Health and Decaf Coffee (July, 8) Energy...
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7. Living with Depression and Providing Support to Others
Depression is a condition that feeds on itself. The low mood, lack of energy, and feelings of hopelessness can make it very difficult to seek assistance. But for anyone with this condition,...
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6. Recommended Blood Pressure Levels
Since 2017, when guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) were published, most experts in the United States have considered a systolic blood...
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8. Medications to Treat Hypertension
If you’re diagnosed with hypertension, your doctor may recommend that you start on a blood-pressure-lowering, or antihypertensive, medication. The decision about whether to start medical therapy, and...
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How to Keep Those Resolutions
The start of a new year is traditionally a time when we resolve to make changes to our lives and lifestyles. Unfortunately, New Year’s resolutions are often short-lived. We’ve got research-backed...
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5. Steps to Reduce Your Risk
Whether any of the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease apply to you or not, there are steps you can and should take to lower the chances of getting the disease. Even if you can’t prevent it, you may...
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8. Helping Yourself
Never before has there been as much compelling evidence supporting the idea that you can modify your dementia risk as there is today. Multiple studies have demonstrated that lifestyle changes...
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Alzheimer’s Tests Measure Many Aspects of Brain Function
The possibility of having Alzheimer’s disease (AD) worries many older adults—not surprising, considering that an estimated 16 million adults in the U.S. will be diagnosed with AD by 2050. But how do...
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Heart Health By the Numbers
Coronary artery disease (CAD), occurs when the arteries that supply blood to your heart become narrower and less flexible due to atherosclerosis (plaque buildup on the inner walls of your arteries)....
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If you’ve been given a diagnosis of prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or prostatitis, you may feel overwhelmed. Prostate disease causes frustrating and unpleasant symptoms that may...
View ArticleFrom the Medical Editor
What is the key to a long life? Is longevity the holy grail that we all should strive to achieve? Recently, the scientific community has refocused their approaches to studying aging and addressed the...
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