Archives: April 2017

Bad Diets Causing Death; Fewer Overweight Trying to Exercise

Dietary Factors Associated with Substantial Proportion of Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes. Fewer Overweight Adults Report Trying to Lose Weight. Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the U.S. in 2012 were associated with sub-optimal dietary habits, according to a...

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Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer

Glaucoma Treatment – B3 May Be the Answer In mice genetically predisposed to glaucoma, vitamin B3 added to drinking water is effective at glaucoma treatment, a research team led by Jackson Laboratory Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Simon W.M. John reports in the journal Science. Glaucoma is one of the most common neurodegenerative...

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Social Isolation – A Growing Epidemic Among Seniors

Social Isolation – A Growing Epidemic Among Seniors (reprinted from my HuffPost50 Blog) According to the AARP, 51 percent of people over 75 live alone. Twenty-six percent face an increased risk of death due to subjective feeling of loneliness. More than 8 million adults age 50 and older are affected...

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Sleeping Too Much – It Might Be a Sign of Dementia Risk

Sleeping Too Much? It May Be a Sign of Increased Dementia Risk Are you sleeping too much? Sleeping more than nine hours a day may be an early sign of degeneration of the brain and signify an increased risk of dementia in older people, according to a study published in Neurology®,...

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Laugh Every Day – Smilecast 7

Laugh Every Day One of the things that annoys me is that caregiving is mostly painted in drama, crisis and depression. It doesn’t have to be that way if we learn to laugh every day. Honestly, if I did not find the humor in caregiving for my mom I would...

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