Heart-Healthy Foods: What’s True, What’s False, and What We Just Don’t Know
It seems as though every day you read something new about the health properties of a specific food. The problem is that every day the verdict changes. Caffeine: is it good for your heart or bad for your heart? What about dairy products? Another day, another opinion. In an effort to make sense of the…
Read MoreDiabetes by the Numbers
Today Is World Diabetes Day, a day designated by the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to increasing global awareness of this disease. Since 2006, it is also an official United Nations Day. In honor of World Diabetes Day (which occurs every year on November 14, the birthday of one of…
Read MoreWhat is Broken Heart Syndrome?
It happens all the time in the movies: an older person clutches their chest in response to shocking news. Far from being merely a dramatic moment, this condition known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy (or in layman’s terms, broken heart syndrome) is very real. The condition, first described in the 1990s, made its way into the news…
Read MoreA Tech Giant Enters the Medicare Market
Google has become a household word, as a noun and even as a verb. But the multinational tech giant specializes in a variety of internet services and products has recently expanded into another market that, with the aging of the baby boomers, is also becoming a household word: Medicare. Alphabet, the parent company of Google…
Read MoreIndoor Temperature: A Risk Factor for Hypertension
Most people will be turning up their thermostats in the coming days and months. But according to British researchers, a warmer house does not just protect us from the colder weather. It also protects us from high blood pressure. A study published in the Journal of Hypertension, shows a strong link between a cooler home…
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Loneliness: A Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease
As the population ages, more effort is being directed into research about one of the most frightening diseases associated with the elder years: Alzheimer’s disease. Cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, and smoking have already been identified as risk factors for this scourge of old age. But now a large, government-sponsored longitudinal study has uncovered a new…
Read MoreWhat Are “Vital Signs”?
The term “vital signs” refers to a checklist of four measurements that give a snapshot of a person’s overall health. These measurements are body temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure. Vital signs are usually checked during every medical exam. Body Temperature Body temperature is the most familiar of the four vital signs, since…
Read More3 Tips to Improve Humidity in Winter
The old saying, It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity, applies as much in the winter as it does in the summer. However, in summer, the humidity is often too high. Because warmer air holds more moisture, as the temperature rises, the air is heavier with moisture, making the heat feel more oppressive. In the…
Read MoreThe Impact of Seeing and Hearing on Cognitive Decline
Staying socially active is good for the brain. And being able to see and hear help facilitate being socially active. So, is being able to see and hear good for the brain? The answer to that is yes. Remarkable new research shows that hearing aids and cataract surgery, which improve hearing and vision, are actually…
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