Depression, Diabetes Associated with Increased Dementia Risk Depression and type 2 diabetes were each associated with an increased risk for dementia and that risk was even greater among individuals diagnosed with both depression and diabetes compared with people who had neither condition, according to an article published online by JAMA...
Archives: August 2015
For Men Only – Staying Well After 50
In the United States, the average life expectancy of a woman is about 81 years while men are expected to live on average untilåÊage 76. While there are many reasons why this may be the case, hereÛªs one to consider ÛÒ proactive disease prevention. Compared to women, men make onlyåÊhalf...
Diet Soda Linked to Increases in Belly Fat in Older Adults ÛÒ Curb Your Enthusiasm For It! (Video)
Diet Soda Linked to Increases in Belly Fat in Older Adults ÛÒ Curb Your Enthusiasm For It! (Video)
An Apple a Day WonÛªt Keep the Doctor Away but Maybe the Pharmacist (Video)
An Apple a Day WonÛªt Keep the Doctor Away but Maybe the Pharmacist (Video)
People Who Participate in Arts and Craft Activities and Who Socialize May Delay Development of Memory Problems
People Who Participate in Arts and Craft Activities and Who Socialize May Delay Development of Memory Problems People who participate in arts and craft activities and who socialize in middle and old age may delay the development in very old age of the thinking and memory problems that often lead...
An Apple a Day WonÛªt Keep the Doctor Away but Maybe the Pharmacist
An Apple a Day WonÛªt Keep the Doctor Away but Maybe the Pharmacist Turns out, an apple a day wonÛªt keep the doctor away but it may mean you will use fewer prescription medications, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. The apple has come to symbolize...
Diet Soda Linked to Increases in Belly Fat in Older Adults – Curb Your Enthusiasm For It!
Diet Soda Linked to Increases in Belly Fat in Older Adults A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that increasing diet soda intake is directly linked to greater abdominal obesity in adults 65 years of age and older. Thus contributes to a greater risk...
Vitamin D Supplementation Not Associated with Lower Blood Pressure
Vitamin D Supplementation Not Associated with Lower Blood Pressure A review of clinical trial data suggests vitamin D supplementation was ineffective at lowering blood pressure (BP) and should not be used as an antihypertensive, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. Intervention studies have produced conflicting evidence...
New Tool May Help Predict Who Will Develop Memory Problems
New Tool May Help Predict Who Will Develop Memory Problems Researchers have developed a new scoring system to help determine which elderly people may be at a higher risk of developing the memory and thinking problems that can lead to dementia, according to a study published in the online issue...
Exercise May Help Keep Seniors Moving Longer Despite Old Age Brain Decline (Video)
Exercise May Help Keep Seniors Moving Longer Despite Old Age Brain Decline (Video)