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Short Bursts of Exercise Lower Disease Risk
As it turns out, you don't need long workouts to improve your health. Just a few minutes of more intense activity each day may help lower your risk of serious diseases. That's according to a study published March 29 in the European Heart Journal, which looked at data from...
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The Differences Between Normal Aging and Dementia
Dementia - a decline in memory and thinking that interferes with daily life - is not a normal part of aging. Yet it is becoming increasingly common. Research suggests that Americans age 55 and older have about a 42% lifetime risk of developing dementia. Experts say early...
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Walking Patterns Help Diagnose Deadly Brain Diseases
A new study suggests that the way a person walks may help doctors distinguish between two serious neurological conditions - Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) - potentially leading to earlier and more accurate diagnoses. Researchers from the University...
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What You Do While Sitting May Predict Dementia Risk
Most health advice says to stand up more, but a groundbreaking study suggests that what you do while sitting down might be just as important for your long-term memory. Researchers in Sweden, Australia and Brazil found that passive sitting - like zoning out in front of the...
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Ritalin May Protect Kids' Long-Term Mental Health
Ritalin prescribed to children with ADHD might provide mental health benefits that extend far into adulthood, a new study suggests. Children given methylphenidate - the most-prescribed ADHD med - appear to have a lower risk of serious psychotic disorders as adults, including...
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Scientists Discover How Exercise Protects the Brain
Lunges and squats may do more for the brain than previously thought, including helping protect it from damage tied to aging and dementia, a new study suggests. In research published this month in the journal Cell, scientists found that physical activity may help repair the...
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Report: Nursing Homes Give False Diagnoses, Meds
A new report says some U.S. nursing homes may be falsely diagnosing patients with schizophrenia in order to justify using powerful antipsychotic drugs to manage them. The findings come from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Study: Choice of Alcohol Influences Risk of Death
Too much alcohol of any type is bad for a person's health, but some booze is more harmful than others, a new study says. Beer, cider and liquor all appear to increase people's risk of an early death, even at low levels of imbibing, researchers are slated to report Saturday...
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How to Keep Seniors Safe at Home
Investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie are still pursuing various leads six weeks after the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show, was allegedly kidnapped from her home. Her devastating disappearance has shed light on the security - or...
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Rural Residents Have Highest Cancer Death Rates
Rural residents face an increasingly larger share of cancer deaths in the U.S., with the gap continuing to widen between them and their urban brethren, a new study says.Rural areas had the highest cancer death rates in 2021 to 2023, while large cities had the lowest rates,...
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Researchers Testing Nasal Swab to Detect Alzheimer's
Detecting the first signs of Alzheimer's disease may one day be as easy as swabbing the inside of your nose. An experimental swab, patented by Duke Health, picked up early changes in nerve and immune cells even before thinking and memory problems had emerged."If we can...
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Fitness Icon Elaine LaLanne Turns 100, Shares Tips
Elaine LaLanne is celebrating a major milestone - her 100th birthday - and showing no signs of slowing down. Affectionately known as "Lala" and often called the "Queen of Fitness," she was recently inducted into the Health and Fitness Hall of Fame by the Health and Fitness...
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Premature Menopause Increases Heart Disease Risk
Premature menopause can increase a woman's long-term risk of heart disease from clogged arteries by 40%, a new study says. This risk is particularly important among Black women, as they are three times more likely to experience menopause prior to age 40, researchers reported...
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Women More Likely to Survive Cancer Than Men
Women are more likely to survive cancer than men, but they're also more likely to develop severe side effects to treatment, a new evidence review says.Female cancer patients have a 21% lower risk of death than men across 12 different types of advanced cancers, researchers...
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Study: Prebiotic Eases Arthritis Pain
Making your gut happy might help angry arthritis-affected joints, a new study says. A prebiotic fiber supplement helped ease pain in people with knee arthritis, researchers recently reported in the journal Nutrients. The results suggest that improving gut health could be a...
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Raise a Pint of Guinness to Your Health
This St. Patrick's Day, you might raise a glass of Guinness and toast to your health. The iconic Irish stout contains antioxidants, B vitamins, fiber, and prebiotics that may offer some health benefits when consumed in moderation. While not exactly a superfood, a 2021 review...
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Medical Debt Forces Many to Skip Healthcare
People who've racked up medical debt are more likely to skip health care that could prevent future illnesses, a new study reports. Folks weighed down by hospital and doctor bills are much more likely to delay medical, dental and mental health care, researchers reported in...
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Ultra-Processed Foods Tied to Lower Bone Density
"That stuff will make your teeth rot. "For decades, parents have tried to steer kids away from junk food with that simple warning. It turns out such food is bad for your bones as well, a new study says. People who eat more ultra-processed foods tend to have lower bone density...
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One-Third of Americans Cut Back to Cover Healthcare
Roughly one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, research from the West Health-Gallup Center showed on Thursday, as steeper prices and rising living costs hit households. A nationally and state-representative...
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Questions to Ask at Your Next Doctor's Visit
Doctor's appointments can be stressful, and many patients leave without asking all the questions they intended. Experts say clear communication with your healthcare provider is essential to getting the best care. Here are several questions worth asking at your next...
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Multilingualism Might Not Boost Brain Health
A researcher is disputing a recent high-profile study claiming that people who live in multilingual countries show healthier brain aging. The study, published in Nature Aging last year, found that knowing more than one language reduced odds of brain aging by 54%.But...
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That Stressful Person May Be Aging You
Spending time with someone who constantly causes problems may do more than just ruin your mood. Over time, those stressful relationships could also affect your health and even speed up aging, a recent study suggests. Researchers looked at the effects of people they call...
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Study: Daily Multivitamins Slow Aging
The health boost from daily multivitamins might actually extend to how quickly a person ages, a new study says. Researchers found slower "wear and tear" biological aging among seniors after two years on a multivitamin, researchers reported March 9 in the journal Nature...
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How to Challenge Your Brain to Lower Dementia Risk
"Exercise your brain," experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research increasingly shows that a variety of habits and...
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Protein May Hasten Alzheimer's Progression in Women
New findings could help explain why Alzheimer's dementia often progresses faster in women and may lead to fresh avenues of research and future treatments, researchers said.Alzheimer's disease is marked by abnormal amounts of tau protein in the brain that disrupt...