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Healthy aging: 5 easy ways for seniors to maintain healthy dietary habits | Health

Violin10/04/2023 41 Views

Aging is a natural process that brings about changes in various aspects of our lives, including our dietary needs. As we age, it becomes increasingly important to maintain a healthy diet in order to promote overall well-being and prevent age-related health problems. In this context, it is essential for seniors to understand the importance of dietary habits and make necessary changes to their food intake. Older adults are at greater risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, and health conditions related to changes in muscle and bone mass. The good news is that you can alleviate some

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World Health Day: 5 easy steps to get healthier

Violin09/04/2023 107 Views

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Wouldn’t it be nice if there were some undiscovered ingredients, and one bite of it would cure all our health concerns?

There isn’t one, sadly.

But scientists do know the recipe for better health, and it is a long-term practice of good habits when it comes to sleep, eating, exercise, socialization and stress.

In honor of the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization, here are the factors that

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Should You Be Concerned About Arsenic in Rice?

Violin07/04/2023 114 Views

Arsenic-based pesticides have been used in agricultural practices for many years, and, accordingly, soils and groundwater in the US are contaminated with varying levels of arsenic. Because arsenic exists in soil and water, it finds its way into our food supply. And nearly all foods contain some level of arsenic.

What Foods Have the Most Arsenic?

Studies show that most of the arsenic in the American diet comes from meat, milk, poultry, pork, eggs and seafood. Poultry is the worst offender. Some chickens exceed the EPA safety limit for arsenic by 2,000%. Meat and poultry are high in arsenic because

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More women develop Alzheimer’s than men. This app wants to close that gap – National

Violin21/03/2023 51 Views

A majority of people living with Alzheimer’s disease are women, and in the wake of the starting stat, some Canadians are hoping to help mitigate their chances with an app that helps promote healthy brain habits.

Kathy Kelaidis, a busy working mom to two young boys living in Mississauga, Ont., recently downloaded a Canadian app called BrainFit, a tool designed to help women and ward off brain-aging diseases.

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Are some immune to Covid? Science is trying to unravel immunity to the virus

Violin16/03/2023 44 Views

Three years into the pandemic, a select group of people have achieved something they once thought impossible: They have never tested positive for Covid. Scientists around the world are searching for the genetic reasons these people have dodged Covid — despite repeated exposure to the virus.

Were they born with a form of super immunity? What’s behind their Houdini-like success at escaping infection?

“Mostly luck,” said Adam Zimmerman, 40, of Rockville, Maryland, laughing. Neither Zimmerman nor his wife and children have tested positive for Covid.

Is Adam Zimmerman a "Covid dodgers"? In the three years of the pandemic, he has never tested positive. — Is Adam Zimmerman a “Covid dodger”? In the three years of the pandemic, he has

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Seven healthy habits may help cut dementia risk, study says | Dementia

Violin02/03/2023 134 Views

Seven healthy habits and lifestyle factors may play a role in reducing the risk of dementia, according to a two decade-long study.

Being active, eating a better diet, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, keeping blood pressure normal, controlling cholesterol and having low blood sugar in middle age may all lower the chances of developing conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease later in life, research suggests.

The preliminary findings, from a study that followed thousands of US women for about 20 years, are being presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting in Boston.

“Since we now know that dementia

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Ontario home-care organizations ask province for help before health-care reforms

Violin26/02/2023 124 Views

TORONTO — Hundreds of million of dollars are urgently needed to stabilize the home-care workforce in Ontario, the association representing organizations providing that care said as it urged the province to speed up the delivery of promised funds.

The province pledged in last year’s budget to spend $1-billion for better home care over three years.

While some of that funding has flowed to organizations, Home Care Ontario has asked the province to move faster to send an outstanding $880 million to the sector.

“We aren’t doing enough to shore up the health-care system outside the hospitals,” said Sue VanderBent, CEO

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Frederick Health plans to open a new facility in Brunswick | Brunswick & Rosemont

Violin18/02/2023 47 Views

Frederick Health expects to open a new facility in Brunswick in June.

The roughly 5,000-square-foot facility at 1194 Dutchmans Creek Drive in Brunswick Crossing will host primary and urgent care services, as well as lab space for blood work and imaging, and a physical therapy program, according to a Frederick Health news release on Thursday .

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