The American Nordic Walking Association explains that Nordic pole walking is a workout that can use 80 percent of your muscles. As a bonus, you get to spend time outdoors.... Read More
Longevity: Role for Elders
Are you a giraffe with an especially long neck, a structure that allows you to feast on leaves others cannot access? With more food, you are more likely to survive to reproduce and pass your propensity to have a long neck on to your offspring. Your friends with shorter necks are less likely to survive to pass on their genes to future generations.... Read More
Fighting Depression with Exercise
There appeared to be an inverse association between physical activity and the incidence of depression, with greater differences in risk at lower activity levels.... Read More
Hormone Replacement: Were We Wrong?
The largest clinical trial — The Women's Health Initiative — showed that HRT that contains both estrogen and progestin increased the chances of serious health conditions, including heart disease, stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer.... Read More
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Early
Memory loss is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, with early signs including challenges in remembering recent conversations or events. With disease progression, the memory impairments worsen, and other symptoms emerge.... Read More
Surgery and Patient Dignity
Many patients have anxiety and stress when they expose their bodies in a medical setting.... Read More
Antibiotics and Sports Performance
In aggregate, the microbes from the microbiome. We need this community of microscopic creatures to help us regulate our immune systems, digest food, protect against other disease-causing microbes, and make vitamins. The last includes the B vitamins B12, thiamine, riboflavin, and vitamin K, the last important for blood clotting).... Read More
Reduce Your Risk of Blindness
A NEW STUDY CONFIRMS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS for slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in older Americans. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), or macular degeneration,... Read More