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Living Near the Ocean Boosts Longevity
Heading to the beach this Labor Day may do more than lift your spirits - it could help you live longer. A new study from The Ohio State University found that people who live within 30 miles of an ocean or gulf coast, on average, about a year longer than the U.S. average...
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Menopause Hormone Therapy May Boost Memory
Hormone therapy for menopause might be able to boost memory, a new study says. What's more, the specific type of hormone therapy used by a woman during and after menopause can have different effects on her memory, researchers found. Women using estradiol patches or gels had...
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FDA: Add Test for Alzheimer's Patients on Leqembi
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it is recommending an additional, earlier magnetic resonance imaging monitoring prior to the third infusion for patients with Alzheimer's disease taking Biogen's drug Leqembi. The earlier monitoring can identify...
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Dr. Small: Feel Younger, Live Longer
We've all heard the saying, "You're as young as you feel." Now, research suggests that this may actually be true. Dr. Gary Small, brain health expert and chair of psychiatry at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, says studies show that people who feel younger...
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A Sense of Purpose Can Protect Aging Brain
Having a sense of purpose in life is not only personally fulfilling, but might also protect your brain against the ravages of dementia, a new study says. People who reported a higher sense of purpose in life had about 28% lower odds of mild cognitive impairment or dementia,...
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Gun Suicides Increasing Among Senior Women
Senior women are becoming more likely to use a gun to end their lives, a new study says. Firearms are the leading method of suicide among seniors 65 and older, especially men, researchers say. In fact, senior men are 13 times more likely to kill themselves with a gun than...
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Little Known Signs of Hip Problems
Do you have a nagging pain in your knees, groin, thigh or back? These symptoms might mean there's a problem with something seemingly unrelated - your hip. Most people don't realize that hip problems can manifest as pain in other parts of the lower body, experts with Ohio...
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Expert Advice on Hormone Therapy for Menopause
Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief. But many women wonder about taking it. That's because the treatment, subject of a recent expert panel convened by the Food and Drug...
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Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Parkinson's Disease
Folks with metabolic syndrome have up to a 40% higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, a new study says. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of health problems that include excess belly fat, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol levels.It's...
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Study: Volunteering Slows Brain Aging
Want to keep your brain healthy as you age? Regularly volunteer some of your time to your community, neighborhood, friends or family, a new study suggests. People who regularly lend a hand slow their rate of aging-related brain decline by 15% to 20%, researchers report in the...
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Don't Ignore Warning Signs of a Heart Arrhythmia
Cardiac arrhythmia - an irregular heartbeat - occurs when the electrical impulses that coordinate your heart's rhythm misfire. This can cause the heart to beat too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or erratically. Some arrhythmias are harmless; others can be...
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Slight Changes in Walking Stride Ease Knee Pain
Slightly altering your stride while walking could considerably ease pain caused by wear-and-tear knee arthritis, a new study says. Foot positioning while walking can reduce stress on a person's knee joint, researchers reported Aug. 12 in The Lancet Rheumatology. People...
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Experimental At-Home Patch Detects Skin Cancers
Someday, you might apply a small patch onto your skin to find out whether that odd little spot is a cancer or not. That's the hope from a new technology being developed by researchers at the University of Michigan.The tiny silicone patch is embedded with micro needles that...
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Flavored Vape Bans Slowed Cigarette Smoking Declines
State bans on enticing flavors of e-cigarettes bring real benefits in terms of lowering vaping among adults of any age, new research finds. But it points to a downside, too: A slowdown in statewide declines of cigarette smoking after flavored vapes were banned. "Both...
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Most People Inhale 68,000 Microplastics per Day
Scientists say the average person may be inhaling microscopic, lung-penetrating plastic particles at a rate that's 100 times what was previously assumed: 68,000 per day. "Everywhere we look, we find microplastics, even in the air we breathe inside our homes and cars," said...
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Your Heart Could Be Aging Faster Than You
Researchers who've developed a new "heart age" calculator say many Americans have unhealthy hearts that are physiologically older than their chronological age, with men faring worse than women.The research team theorizes that telling folks their heart age might help spur...
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Healthy Lifestyle Changes After 60 Preserve Cognition
Two years' involvement in programs focused on healthy eating, regular exercise and "brain training" exercises appears to have helped a wide range of older adults - even those at heightened risk for Alzheimer's - avoid cognitive decline, a new study finds. The findings,...
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Dementia Typically Takes 3.5 Years to Be Diagnosed
It takes an average of three-and-a-half years for typical dementia symptoms to lead to a diagnosis, a new report finds. Diagnosis often comes even later for early-onset dementias. Speeding up the process is important, because "timely diagnosis can improve access to treatments...
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Most Nursing Home Patient Hospital Visits Avoidable
A breakthrough study has uncovered that up to 40% of nursing home resident trips to a hospital or emergency department (ED) are avoidable. These hospital visits can be distressing and harmful for the residents, many of whom are severely impaired or terminally ill. These...
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Heavy Grief Nearly Doubles Risk of Early Death
People intensely grieving a loved one are nearly twice as likely to die within a decade of their loss, a new study says. Those whose grief remained persistently high in the first years following a loss have 88% increased odds of dying within 10 years of their loved one's...
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RSV Increases Older Adults' Risk for Heart Failure
Older adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) face an elevated risk of developing heart failure and a dangerous heart rhythm problem, a Canadian study found. The risk for heart failure was seen even in individuals without a history of heart problems,...
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Scientists Uncover Why Wrinkles Form
The struggle to tame wrinkles is an age-old conflict, with people using any number of lotions, creams and treatments to try and smooth their skin. Now, researchers say they know exactly why skin wrinkles. "This is no longer just a theory," senior researcher Guy German, an...
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New Pill Could Cure Sleep Apnea
A new pill may be a game changer for the tens of millions of people in the U.S. who struggle with sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) causes repeated interruptions of breathing during sleep when throat muscles relax and block the airway. Sufferers experience daytime...
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7,000 Steps a Day Effective at Reducing Health Risks
Walkers don't need to march 10,000 steps a day to gain substantial health benefits, a comprehensive new evidence review has concluded. Instead, getting just 7,000 steps a day appears to be most effective in reducing a person's risk of death and chronic illness, researchers...
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'Weekend Warriors' With Diabetes Slash Death Risk
A "weekend warrior" exercise schedule can lower diabetics' risk of early death, a new study says.People with diabetes who get all their recommended weekly exercise in one or two sessions - the "weekend warrior" approach - were 21% less likely to die early from any cause...