The Time of Your Life
Sleep

The Time of Your Life

Satchin Panda, PhD | December 6, 2023

...Research in animals and people shows that time-restricted eating stabilizes blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood fats, and helps prevent metabolic diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. To...

The Sunshine Vitamin
Nutrition

The Sunshine Vitamin

Ouliana Ziouzenkova, PhD | November 18, 2023

...heart attack, stroke, amputation and/or loss of kidney function. To investigate the health effects of vitamin D on people with diabetes, researchers from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and...

Healthy Ingredients from the Japanese Diet
Food

Healthy Ingredients from the Japanese Diet

Asako Miyashita, RDN, CDN | November 11, 2023

...studies have shown that omega-3s can reduce risk for heart disease, stroke and inflammation. An analysis of 20 studies by Harvard researchers concluded that eating one to two three-ounce servings...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Eye Health

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Mark H. Nelson, MD, MBA | November 9, 2023

...damaged blood vessels in patients with a heart attack or stroke, it promotes abnormal neovascularization in exudative ARMD. Injecting drugs that block the production of VEGF by the diseased choroid...

My Bottom Line Hat
Family

My Bottom Line Hat

Kelli McCourt | November 2, 2023

...Kevin was now at high risk for an aneurysm and stroke. No one had ever mentioned that before or after the surgery! So I put on my Bottom Line hat...

The New Obesity Drugs

The New Obesity Drugs

Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, FOMA | November 1, 2023

...reduces risk for heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death by 20% in heart disease patients who are overweight or have obesity. Over the next decade, the drug’s widespread use could...

Heart Health = Brain Health
Heart

Heart Health = Brain Health

Chengxuan Qiu, PhD | October 17, 2023

...us know about the link between amyloid and tau brain lesions and dementia…and about how plaque buildup in large arteries increases stroke risk. But perhaps you are not aware that...

Keep Your Blood Pressure Under Control
Heart

Keep Your Blood Pressure Under Control

Gary Schwartz, MD | October 3, 2023

...a leading contributor to stroke and a range of cardiovascular problems and kidney disease…and it’s a major risk factor for developing cognitive impairment. Scary stats, right? But there is good...

CPAP Mask Comparison
Diseases & Conditions

CPAP Mask Comparison

Ann Augustine, MD | October 2, 2023

...the risk of heart attack and stroke in the process—one detail can make a significant difference in how well it works: what type of mask is used. Researchers reported in...

Stop Retirement From Stealing Your Health
Aging

Stop Retirement From Stealing Your Health

Barbara Pagano, MS, EdS | October 1, 2023

...disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and depression. Shorter life. Delaying retirement by just one year lowers the risk of death by 11 percent, according to researchers from Oregon State...

Essential Activities for Post-Stroke Recovery
Stroke

Essential Activities for Post-Stroke Recovery

Joel Stein, MD | September 5, 2023

...that were previously handled by damaged sections. Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Numerous studies have shown that stroke rehabilitation programs lead to the best outcomes. Very simply, people who participate in them do...

Yes… You Can Fix Your Genes

Yes… You Can Fix Your Genes

Michael F. Roizen, MD | August 17, 2023

...attack and stroke as well as a decline in all-cause mortality. Additional research is needed to confirm the benefits, but there’s already solid evidence that CoQ10 supplements have no dangerous...

The True Cost of Unhealthy Teeth and Gums

The True Cost of Unhealthy Teeth and Gums

Kami Hoss, DDS | August 5, 2023

...disease, kidney disease, liver disease, osteoporosis, respiratory diseases including COVID, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke and more. How is it that tooth and gum problems have these major health consequences elsewhere in...

The Best Times to Exercise, Nap, Take Medication and More
Aging

The Best Times to Exercise, Nap, Take Medication and More

Sara C. Mednick, PhD | August 1, 2023

...and 8 pm. This helps explain why more strength-based world records are broken during evening competitions…why tennis serves tend to be faster later in the day…and why swim strokes are...

Why You Need More Procyanidins
Diseases & Conditions

Why You Need More Procyanidins

William W. Li, MD | July 16, 2023

...bottom number) of 80 mmHg or higher. It’s the leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Procyanidins can help you bring high blood pressure under control. In a recent...