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Dr. Stephen Sinatra
The percentage of older adults using mobility devices – such as canes, walkers, wheelchairs, and motorized wheelchairs and scooters – is rising sharply, according to the latest U.S. survey. A 2015 article in the Journal of the American Geriatric… Continue Reading
Increasing research suggests that more stimulating mental work translates to better brain function in later life. Now, a team of Scottish psychologists provides further support with evidence showing that the complexity of a person’s main lifetime occupation is associated… Continue Reading
Overweight? According to U.S. Government statistics, you’re not alone. More than two out of three adults are overweight or obese. But researchers suspect that the risk to health may be less about how much fat you have then where you… Continue Reading
It’s a well-known fact that too little physical activity − being sedentary – is a real health risk. But did you know that too much can be bad for you too? A 2014 study in the British Medical Journal, analyzed the self-reported… Continue Reading
In Anatomy of an Illness, his bestselling book in the early 1980s, Norman Cousins describes how a positive attitude and laughter can assist the body in overcoming disease. Cousins’ own personal experience involved a seriously debilitating condition called ankylosing… Continue Reading
Researchers in Sweden have discovered that a high level of fitness as a teenager is associated with a reduced risk of having a heart attack 30 or 40 years later in life. Their conclusion was based on analyzing… Continue Reading
That’s the conclusion of a ten-year study of 152 elderly men and women (average age 80) conducted by researchers at the Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care in Rome. Specifically, they found that 15 minutes a day outdoors,… Continue Reading
A study out of New Zealand shows that taking short activity breaks throughout the day, as brief as 100 seconds every half-hour, helps decrease the level of blood sugar and insulin in the bloodstream. Using 70 healthy adults, the… Continue Reading
“It is the repressed experience of early childhood heartbreak that sets the stage for heart disease…” – Heartbreak and Heart Disease (1999) We can’t put our fingers on it, but we know that love is good for us,… Continue Reading
Metabolic syndrome, also known as insulin resistance, is a major and escalating worldwide health problem that doubles the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and quintuples the risk of diabetes. It is a symptom-less and progressive destroyer of your… Continue Reading
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