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Are You Getting Older - Or Are You Getting Sleep Apnea?
By Brandon R. Peters, MD
As my 81-year-old grandma likes to remind me on occasion, "It's hell to get old." More than a nuisance, the cumulative decline that comes with aging can significantly compromise one's quality of life and health. What if some of the problems so often associated with growing older didn't need to occur? Better yet, what if some of these physical and mental impairments could be reversed? Consider the role of sleep apnea as an unexpected contributor to many ailments erroneously attributed to aging and the reversals possible with effective treatment.
Sleep Changes with Age
It is clear that sleep chang...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
7 Tips To Lower Diabetes Risk in Menopause During the Holidays
By now, most people have been to a holiday party or two. Lots of food, lots of eggnog and other carb laden alcoholic beverages, and lots of grazing all day long on all the boxes of candy friends and business acquaintances sent to us. It's easy to gain the five pounds most people gain during the holidays, and in the process, raise your blood sugar or glucose levels too high. That's your body letting you know you have prediabetes (higher than normal but still below diabetes levels) or diabetes, and unless you take action soon, your body won't like it.
Diabetes silently sneaks up on you and if untreated, slowly weakens your ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Common 'silent strokes' go undetected, raise concerns about dementia and full-blown strokes
About seven per cent of people in their 50s have silent strokes, and among people aged 80-plus, about one-quarter have unknowingly been affected. Researchers estimate that for every symptomatic stroke, there are up to 10 silent strokes.
Source: CBC | Health - December 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Eat Mediterranean diet for a healthier and younger brain, studies say
As we age, our brains naturally shrink and our risk of having a stroke, dementia or Alzheimer's rise, and almost everyone experiences some kind of memory loss.
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Ministrokes may cause dementia, study suggests
New study suggests the impact of ministrokes is wider and longer-lasting than previously understood, potentially causing dementia and cognitive decline.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Dementia NEWS: High blood pressure could REDUCE Alzheimer's disease risk
HIGH blood pressure, a condition associated with stroke and heart disease could prevent elderly people developing dementia - a disease associated with memory loss.
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A meaning to life: How a sense of purpose can keep you healthy
It helps prevent heart attack and stroke, staves off dementia, enables people to sleep better, have better sex and live longer. Oh, and it ’s free
Source: New Scientist - Health - January 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research
Exercise May Be As Valuable As Good Genes In Lowering Dementia Risk
This study is still epidemiological data, Heisz noted ― which means it shows a link between sedentary behavior and dementia risk, but doesn’t necessarily explain how one leads to the other.
But taken with previous research that has linked physical activity is to lower dementia risk, the results are fairly convincing, she added. This study included a large number of individuals, it followed those individuals for five years and it controlled for other dementia risk factors, including age, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, depression and smoking.
More studies are needed to identify what types...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Four Questions You Should Ask Yourself About Brain Health
I don’t watch much TV, and when I do, I rarely pay attention to commercials. But a new ad caught my eye the other day: in it, a middle-aged accountant talks frankly about his passion for his work. Numbers, he says, just come naturally to him, and he feels like his brain is firing on all cylinders when he’s working at something he loves. Then, the CEO of AARP walks into the frame and announces a new website featuring quizzes, games, and other applications designed to promote the brain health of older Americans.
Having spent a good portion of my career working to make brain health as well-known a term as heart h...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Take 'chocolate’ pill to combat dementia: Supplement could also REDUCE heart attack risk
DEMENTIA, stroke and heart attack risk could be reduced with a new pill made from cocoa which is now available in the UK.
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Truth, And The Tribulations Of Randomized Diet Trials
This study has not been done. This study will not be done. Whatever you do, don’t hold your breath waiting for it.But, so what?Let’s contrast our ostensible need for this RCT to how we know what we know about putting out house fires.First, there has never been, to the best of my knowledge, a RCT to show that water is a better choice than gasoline. Do you think we need such a trial, to establish the legitimacy of the basic theme (i.e., use water) of the “right” approach? Would you, and your home, be willing to participate in such a trial when you call 911- knowing you might randomly be assigned to the gasoline a...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
David Cassidy Has Dementia. Here’s What That Means
Actor and singer David Cassidy recently revealed he has dementia, but what exactly does this term mean?
Cassidy, who is 66, told People magazine on Monday (Feb. 20) that he has dementia, and will stop touring as a musician because of his diagnosis. The actor also said that both his mother and grandfather suffered from dementia.
“I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming,” Cassidy said.
Dementia is not a specific disease, but rather a group of symptoms resulting from changes in the brain that affect people’s ability to carry out everyday activities, according to Mayo Clinic. These sympt...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
House Passes Bill To Help Vets With Mental Illness Buy Guns
WASHINGTON ― The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to allow thousands of veterans who are disabled or have mental health conditions to buy guns.
Under a law signed by President George W. Bush in the wake of a mass shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007, federal agencies such as the Veterans Administration were required to add the names of people deemed “mentally defective” to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, to block them from buying weapons.
The VA defined such individuals as those who receive monetary benefits, and have a fiduciary because they lack “the mental ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Use of Warfarin in Veterans With AF After Dementia Diagnosis Use of Warfarin in Veterans With AF After Dementia Diagnosis
Should older adults with AF who have been taking warfarin for stroke prevention continue therapy after being diagnosed with dementia?Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Costs for Neurologic Diseases Soar Costs for Neurologic Diseases Soar
Dementia, stroke, and other neurologic diseases collectively cost some $800 billion annually, and experts warn that the economic impact will worsen without increased research funding.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
