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Milk and Yogurt Better for Bone Health Than Cream

Cream is not as effective as milk or yogurt in promoting bone health and combating osteoporosis.åÊåÊIn the Framingham Offspring Study, 3,212 participants completed a food frequency questionnaire and were followed for hip fracture for 12 years. 2,506 participants had scans to see if they had decreased bone mineral density. The...

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94 and 95 Year Old Compete in 100 Meter Dash

A 100-meter dash between 94-year-old Emiel Pauwels of Belgium and 95-year-old Ilmari Koppinen of Finland, competing at an athletic meet for veterans in San Sebastian, Spain. Though Pauwels got off to a slower start ‰ÛÓ Belgian media noted that “Emiel Pauwels has never been a strong starter, and at 94,...

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Good Mood Improves Memory and Decision Making

Older adults can improve their decision making and working memory simply by improving their mood. Researchers found that easy mood-boosters — like giving people a small bag of candy — helped seniors do significantly better on tests of decision-making and working memory. Ellen Peters ‰ÛÏThere has been lots of research...

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1 in 7 Alzheimer’s Cases Could Be Prevented with Exercise

A team of researchers from the Ontario Brain Institute reviewed 871 research articles on exercise and Alzheimer‰Ûªs conducted over the last 50 years. They then closely examined the 45 most comprehensive studies, pooling the data for their analysis. åÊ They found that more than one out of every seven cases...

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Even with Weight Gain, Quitting Smoking Still Better for Your Health

Among adults without diabetes, quitting smoking, compared with continuing smoking, was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease despite subsequent weight gain, according to a study appearing in the March 13 issue of JAMA.‰ÛÏCigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States and a major...

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Telemedicine Saves Travel and Time for Patients with Parkinson Disease

Wonder if Michael use telemedicine? A randomized clinical trial of 20 patients with Parkinson disease by E. Ray Dorsey, M.D., M.B.A.., of Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, and colleagues suggests that telemedicine visits could save patients, on average, 100 miles of travel and three hours of time. The 7-month study at...

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