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How Alzheimer’s Disease Alters Lives (USA Today)
How an Alzheimer’s caretaker’s life and challenges may evolve as their loved one’s disease progresses:
Early stage
•May notice patient is more anxious, forgets friends’ names and telephone numbers, places everyday items in the wrong storage locations, leaves projects (laundry, meals) unfinished, has trouble making change and balancing a checkbook.
* May need to take over some household [...]
Staying Healthy Means An Active Sex Life Too! (The Washington Post)
Here’s another reason to try to stay healthy: It extends your sex life as you age, according to a new study.
Stacy Tessler Lindau and Natalia Gavrilova of the University of Chicago analyzed data about health and sexual activity collected by two nationally representative surveys. The surveys involved 3,032 adults aged 25 to 74 and 3,005 [...]
Beat Stress Now! (The Wall Street Journal)
If holiday pressures or job worries have left you clenching your teeth, relaxation may be just what the doctor ordered.
It’s important to try various stress-management strategies to avoid feeling out of control because chronic stress can be detrimental to your health.
“There’s one kind of stress where you’re just busy, but you have a road map [...]
Artificial Sweetners: Are They Any Good For You?
The Internet is flooded with rumors that artificial sweeteners are dangerous to your health. Is there any truth to these rumors? Should you worry?
A short introduction to intense sweetness:
Sweet tasting foods are rare in nature. Fruits and vegetables have some sweetness to them, but they’re also packed with lots of fiber, water, micronutrients and phytochemicals, [...]
Simple Sleep Solutions (Fox News)
Millions of Americans struggle with getting a good night’s sleep. Whether it’s snoring, insomnia, sleep apnea or nightmares we’ll show you how to put those problems to bed with conventional and natural cures
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9 Power Foods That Boost Immunity (Prevention)
Foods that Fight Illness
It takes more than an apple a day to keep the doctor away. It turns out that eating some pretty surprising nutrients will help keep your immune system on guard.
You can ensure your body and immunity run smoothly by rounding out your plate with plenty of colorful servings of fruits and veggies, [...]
America Is Smoking! Cigarette Smoking Rises – 1st Time In 15 Years (USA TODAY)
Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials’ hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20%.
A little under 21% of Americans were current cigarette smokers, according to a 2008 national survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up slightly from the [...]
Why Exercise Alone Doesn’t Lead to Weight Loss (NY Times)
For some time, researchers have been finding that people who exercise don’t necessarily lose weight. A study published online in September in The British Journal of Sports Medicine was the latest to report apparently disappointing slimming results. In the study, 58 obese people completed 12 weeks of supervised aerobic training without changing their diets. The [...]
Most Babies Born This Century Will Live To 100
Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three decades longer than in the past. Surprisingly, the trend shows little sign of slowing down.
In an article published Friday in [...]
New Research Shows Fatty Foods Affect Memory and Exercise
Eating fatty food appears to take an almost immediate toll on both short-term memory and exercise performance, according to new research on rats and people.
It’s already known that long-term consumption of a high-fat diet is associated with weight gain, heart disease and declines in cognitive function. But the new research shows how indulging in fatty [...]
