Time to Take Control From my article at Ground Report: United Health Foundation recently released AmericaÛªs Health Rankings Senior Report ÛÒ A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities. It finds preventable chronic illness at troubling levels among seniors. Nationwide, about 80 percent of seniors are living with at...
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Dietary Change May Support Wound Healing
An honest to goodness diabetic rat! According to a study published by the American Physiological Society, proline and arginine supplementation can help heal wounds in diabetic patients.Diabetic ulcers are a common problem among diabetic patients. It is estimated that approximately 80% of such patients undergo lower leg amputation.French researchers found...
Video Games Better Than Crosswords for Slowing/Reversing Declines in Brain Function (VIDEO)
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Being American Is Bad for Your Health
According to the New York Times, a growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. And while their American-born children may have more money, they tend to live shorter...
Video Games Better Than Crosswords for Slowing/Reversing Declines in Brain Function
A Wall Street Journal article reported on a government-funded study that found that playing Double Decision can slow and even reverse declines in brain function associated with aging, while playing crossword puzzles cannot.åÊ Despite promising study results, WSJ reports that some doctors say there still isn’t enough evidence to prove...
Our Featured Song This Week – I Will Wait
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Depressed or Lonely at Increased Risk of Cdiff (VIDEO)
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Depressed or Lonely at Increased Risk of Cdiff
Stay Positive My Friend! People who are depressed or lonely are at increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection, according to University of Michigan Health System researchers. Cdiff is nasty stuff. Itcaused my mother to be rehospitalized a few times. Of course getting it would make you depressed too! In one...