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Reducing Risk Factors in young onset Dementia Is effective

Reducing Risk Factors in young onset Dementia Is effective

A new study showed that reducing risk factors in young onset dementia is effective modifying the course of their disease.   The study was about people with young onset dementia where several risk factors were identified.  People can concentrate on modifying these risk factors, which s
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Sexual Assault Leads to Health Consequences

Sexual Assault Leads to Health Consequences

Notably, a new study showed that sexual assault leads to health consequences. It concentrated on a group of women who were sexually assaulted in their teenage years. Specifically, several decades later brain studies showed that they were now developing white matter hyperintensities in
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Importance Of Fiber Was Confirmed

Importance Of Fiber Was Confirmed

A new study about the importance of fiber was confirmed for the prevention of major diseases. It was the World Health Organization that commissioned this study. The results appeared in a publication in the journal “Lancet”  . Notably, it was based on analyzing 185 observational studie
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Optimism Is Associated With Longer Life

Optimism Is Associated With Longer Life

A new study significantly found that optimism is associated with a longer life. Indeed, optimism is an independent protective factor against chronic diseases and translates into an 11 to 15% longer lifespan in both women and men. The data is based on two cohorts, 69,744 women from the
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Skip Those Three-Egg Omelettes

Skip Those Three-Egg Omelettes

A new JAMA publication shows that egg consumption can cause heart attacks, so skip those three-egg omelettes. This study looked at 6 prospective cohort studies in the US. There were 29,615 adults who were part of the study, and the follow-up period was 17.5 years on average. Each addi
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Risk Versus Benefit of Aspirin (ASA)

Risk Versus Benefit of Aspirin (ASA)

A meta-analysis involving 164,225 participants from 13 trials appeared in JAMA re-examining the risk versus benefit of Aspirin (ASA). The study was published January 22, 2019. The average age of the participants was 62 years. There were 19% diabetics among them. The average risk to de
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Testosterone Replacement Prevents Heart Attacks

Testosterone Replacement Prevents Heart Attacks

A new study from Intermountain Medical Centre in Salt Lake City, UT has shown that testosterone replacement prevents heart attacks in men. Since last year the FDA required that manufacturers of all approved testosterone products add labels outlining the coronary risks of the testoster
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Weak Handgrip Predicts Mortality

Weak Hand Grip Predicts Mortality

Introduction It is  important to realize that a weak hand grip predicts mortality. This is what a research team led by Dr. Darryl Leong from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., Canada found. They studied 139,691 people 35 to 70 years old for four years. They were from 17 various co
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New Arthritis Drugs Can Kill

New Arthritis Drugs Can Kill

Introduction For years doctors have been prescribing anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritis; now they find that the new arthritis drugs can kill. The “improved version” of them that have less stomach irritation are the COX-2 inhibitors. This includes celecoxib (brand names: Celebrex an
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Potassium Can Lower Risk Of Stroke

Potassium Can Lower the Risk of a Stroke

Introduction A study published in the medical journal Stroke in Sept. 2014 showed that potassium can lower the risk of a stroke. 90,137 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Specifically, they had no history of stroke in the beginning of t
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