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October 17th, 2012 - Posted in Exercise - Tags: Memory Loss
Dementia with aging is associated with every risk factor for heart attacks: smoking, overweight, lack of exercise, high blood pressure and cholesterol, abdominal obesity, diabetes, kidney damage, eating too much saturated fat, refined carbohydrates and calories, not eating enough vegetables, and so forth. A study from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland showed that if […]
Continue ReadingOctober 17th, 2012 - Posted in Arthritis, Exercise - Tags: Arthritis, exercise
Osteoarthritis: Treat with Exercise September 27, 2009 A review article from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver shows that exercise does not increase the rate of knee damage in people with osteoarthritis, and usually reduces knee pain and disability (Canadian Family Physician, September 2009). If you develop pain in your knee that was not […]
Continue ReadingOctober 17th, 2012 - Posted in Nutriton - Tags: heart attacks, omega 3's
For more than 50 years, medical journals have published studies showing that omega-3 fatty acids in fish help prevent heart attacks. However, last year, three major studies showed that omega-3 fatty acids do not prevent fatal heart attacks, and a recent review of hundreds of studies on fish oils also shows that they may not […]
Continue ReadingOctober 17th, 2012 - Posted in Uncategorized
Nancy Cameron has brought a style of physiotherapy to many pain sufferers that is simple and has freed these sufferers from the negative aspects of dependence on questionable pharmaceutical regimens that they previously had been embarking on. Certainly her holistic approach that appears to be individually crafted for each patient has many merits and may […]
Continue ReadingOctober 17th, 2012 - Posted in Nutriton - Tags: cholesterol
Doctors no longer predict your chances of suffering a heart attack by how high your total cholesterol is. The current guidelines recommend that everyone should have a blood level of the bad LDL cholesterol below 100. If you live in Canada, divide the American number by 40. That means that Canadians must have their bad […]
Continue ReadingOctober 17th, 2012 - Posted in Health - Tags: msucle loss
Competitive masters athletes, 40 to 81 years old, who trained four to five times per week did not lose any muscle size or significant strength with aging (The Physician and Sportsmedicine, October 2011;39(3):172-8). This shows that loss of muscle size and strength in older people is caused by lack of exercise, not just with aging. […]
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