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Healthy lifestyle
Hidden Brain Saboteurs: How Common Foods May Be Harming Your Memory and Mental Sharpness
In a time when mental clarity and memory retention are more crucial than ever, growing research is casting a troubling light on the food we consume daily. While much attention is given to physical health, scientists and neurologists are raising alarms about the subtle yet significant ways our diets may be impairing brain function, especially in children and young adults.
Healthy Lifestyle May Protect Against Long COVID
A new study suggests that people who contract COVID-19 are at risk of experiencing long-term health consequences, but a healthy lifestyle may provide protection against
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle may decrease memory decline in older adults
A study published in The BMJ found that older adults in China who maintain a healthy lifestyle, particularly a healthy diet, experience slower memory decline.
Tripledemic – COVID, RSV, and flu – rising in US this winter
Health experts are warning of a potential tripledemic this winter, with the seasonal flu, RSV and COVID on track to surge all at the same
Better designed mobile phone app boosts physical activity in women
Activity trackers and mobile phone apps are all the rage, but do they really help users increase and maintain physical activity? A new study has
5 healthy lifestyle habits may add 10 years more
Maintaining five healthy habits — (1) eating a healthy diet, (2) exercising regularly, (3) keeping a healthy body weight, (4) not drinking too much alcohol,
Four eggs per week lowers type 2 diabetes risk
Eating eggs reduces risk of type 2 diabetes — Four eggs per week lowers type 2 diabetes risk – Four eggs per week lowers type 2 diabetes risk revealed by researchers from University of Eastern Finland in a new study published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, highlighting the benefit of egg consumption in controlling type 2 diabetes.
Happier people are in better health and maintain better physical function
People who enjoy life maintain better physical function as they age – People who enjoy life maintain better physical function in daily activities and keep up faster walking speeds as they age, compared with people who enjoy life less, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Nutrition Facts Label helps to make heart healthy choices
The Nutrition Facts Label: Helping Americans Make Heart-Healthy Choices – February is American Heart Month, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a tool to help you achieve a heart-healthy lifestyle. It?s called the Nutrition Facts Label, and it can be found on all packaged foods and beverages.
Exercise improves memory and thinking after stroke
Exercise improves memory, thinking after stroke, study finds – Just six months of exercise can improve memory, language, thinking and judgment problems by almost 50 per cent. Toronto researchers found that the proportion of stroke patients with at least mild cognitive impairment dropped from 66 per cent to 37 per cent during a research study on the impact of exercise on the brain.
Chronic stress raises stroke risk
Chronic stress linked to high risk of stroke — ‘Type A’ personality and life stressors boost risk independently of lifestyle factors – Chronic stress, prompted by major life stressors and type A personality traits, is linked to a high risk of stroke. Chronic stress, manifested as physical and/or mental symptoms in response to stressors lasting longer than 6 months has been linked to a heightened risk of heart disease. But its impact on the risk of stroke has not been clear.