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Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems
A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how stress affects the sympathetic nervous system, impacts physiology, and the effect it has on the cardiovascular system. Lead author, Daniel Brotman, claims "Acute physical stressors such as sugery, trauma, and intense physical exertion are well known triggers of cardiovascular events. Emotional stressors are increasingly recognized as precipitants of such events."
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Exercise Can Reverse Aspects of Aging
A recent study in the PLoS scientific journal showed that engaging in weight training regularly can offset skeletal muscle atrophy and functional impairment associated with aging. Seniors who participated in six months of gentle exercises had almost as much energy and strength as people less than half their age.
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OBESITY, SMOKING AND AGING
Screenings for the Elderly
We’re not getting any younger. And there are plenty of baby boomers who are suddenly looking at their senior years.
But with all the push to get screened for cancer, when is it ok to stop getting tested, in particular, for colon cancer?
This is something that is mostly missing from preventive care recommendations.
We know when to start screening for breast cancer, and colon cancer, but when does one stop?
The answer: it depends.
“I had a mammogram in august for the second time in twenty years.” So maybe Henrietta Bethune isn’t exactly a poster child for aggressively pursuing good preventative care. But at least she’s at the doctor today.
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HISPANICS AND OSTEOPOROSIS
Hispanics are the nation’s largest minority group, and they are also the fastest growing group, accounting for about half of the growth in the U.S. population since 2000. Thus Hispanic healthcare is an increasing concern that a lot of doctors are focusing their attention onto.
The growth of the Hispanic population has not been accompanied by an improvement in Hispanic healthcare. Of particular concern is the quality of healthcare Hispanic women receive. There has been a steady increase in hip fractures in Hispanic women over the past twenty years. But it’s not only because there are more Hispanic women to suffer a fracture; it’s also because of inadequate health care for Hispanic women before and after menopause.
Celia Greenberg has a Latino heritage. She says her diet rarely contained any milk or other dairy products. “The only milk I drank was the little that was in my coffee. We ate very small quantities of cheeses and no yogurt at all.”
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OBESITY, SMOKING AND AGING
Most of us wish we could be young forever, and stop the aging clock.
Of course that’s impossible, but there’s some new, important insight into why we age and what we might be able to do about it. The new research says that aging could be speeded up by heavy smoking and a lifestyle that encourages obesity.
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Why The Body Ages
How the body Ages.
The nucleus of every cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes. And they contain DNA or the genetic material of the cell. A prime cause of ageing is every cell’s chromosomes are capped with a protein button called a telomere.
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