A simpler approach to evaluating your visceral fat (and its associated health risks) recognizes that approximately 10 percent of all body fat is visceral. If you calculate your total body fat and take 10 percent of it, you can get a rough estimate of your visceral fat amount.... Read More
Blood Test for Suicide
The study authors hypothesized that serum LDH might be a biomarker for major depression, given LDH reflects a reduced energy metabolic status in depressed individuals.... Read More
USA Health Outcomes
One of the only measures that the United States did not have the worst outcome was suicide rates. The USA ranked third, with 14.1 suicides per 100,000 people. South Korea fared the worst, with 24.1 suicides per 100,000. Japan was the second worst, at 14.6 suicides per 100,000 individuals. ... Read More
Drop Your Blood Pressure
Are you a heavy consumer of alcohol? If the answer is yes, cutting back to moderate drinking levels can lower your systolic (top number) blood pressure by about 5.5 mm Hg and diastolic (lower number) by approximately 4 mm Hg.... Read More
Breast Cancer Risk Dropping
Breast cancer is the most common non-skin malignancy and the second most common cause of cancer death in women in the United States. The disease accounts for nearly one in three (30 percent) cancers in women.... Read More
Lifestyle and Memory
Numerous factors influence memory, including aging, chronic diseases, APOE4 genotype, and lifestyle patterns. Let’s look at the last, a potentially modifiable risk factor for memory loss.... Read More
Reversing Muscle Aging
Today, we explore how physical activity may reverse the aging clock in muscle fibers by promoting the “epigenetic reprogramming” of chromosomes.... Read More
Pollution Impairs Brain Function
While the environment around me has improved over time, I had exposure to poor air quality as a child. We have long known of an association between poor air quality and heart and lung problems.... Read More