THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — It doesn’t take a scientist to understand that laughter feels good, while anger feels awful. But it does take one to explain why one of these feelings can boost the immune system, while the other can wear it down, damage theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you want to protect yourself against dementia, heart disease and cancer, you might want to get your protein from nuts instead of juicy red steaks. New research shows that older women who ate the most plant protein were 21% less likely toContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Carl Bradford’s life got upended by the pandemic. The Vacaville, California, artist lost chances to exhibit at galleries. He’s been unable to see his far-flung family or go to the gym. The 65-year-old steps out to volunteer with his church’s foodContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Testosterone levels tend to fall in older men, but a new study shows that exercise — and not supplemental testosterone — is the way to rejuvenate the aging male heart. Australian researchers found that without exercise, testosterone replacement therapy offered patients no improvementContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — It can begin with the occasional missed bill payment. An inability to remember names. Telling the same story repeatedly. There may be personality changes or mood swings. Confusion. Over time, it’s as if the person who once was slowly disappears. Dementia.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — As identical twins who look alike, sound alike and even have the same mannerisms, Patricia Wood and Pamela Smith are used to people mistaking them for one another. Even before birth, their heartbeats were so perfectly synchronized that doctors didn’t realizeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s been nearly a year since David Speal, 38, first fell ill with COVID-19, but a racing heartbeat remains a regular reminder of his brush with the new coronavirus. Even the littlest thing — not eating at the right time, not drinking enoughContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The link between heart-lung fitness and brain health may begin at an early age, new research shows. The study revealed that 4- to 6-year-olds who could walk farther during a timed test also scored higher on tests of thinking abilities and other measuresContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Enduring a lifetime of discrimination may increase the risk of high blood pressure in Black people but not in Hispanic, Chinese or white people, a new study suggests. Previous research has linked lifelong discrimination to the development of high blood pressure,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Breathing in air that has even low levels of pollution poses a threat to older adults’ heart and lungs, a new study warns. Researchers analyzed medical records of more than 63 million Medicare patients from 2000 to 2016. They found that long-term exposureContinue Reading