Healthy Tips for Seniors Around Cold, Flu, and COVID

Healthy Tips for Seniors Around Cold, Flu, and COVID

In elderly adults, the flu or common cold can often lead to complications. Lifestyle changes, maintaining regular vaccinations, and improving personal hygiene habits can reduce the risk of illness. Colds, flu, and other infections can lead to secondary conditions like pneumonia, bronchitis, or other infections. If you have a chronic condition such as asthma or diabetes, a respiratory illness can …

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LDL drug may be alternative to statins

LDL drug may be alternative to statins

Statin drugs are the gold standard when it comes to reducing LDL, or ‘bad’ cholesterol, but many patients at risk for heart disease refuse to take them because of severe side effects, such as muscle pain or weakness. An alternative medication, bempedoic acid, significantly lowers cholesterol and the risk of heart attacks, as well as reducing the need for a …

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17 Incredibly Heart-Healthy Foods

17 Incredibly Heart-Healthy Foods

Certain foods, including leafy greens, whole grains, and fatty fish, can benefit your heart health and lower your risk of heart disease. Diet plays a major role in heart health and can impact your risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death for adults in the US (1). The food you eat can influence heart disease risk factors, including: …

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Counting Macros, Walking 10,000 Steps a Day

Counting Macros, Walking 10,000 Steps a Day

Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our free Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox — and join us on Instagram! Joe Marro, 38, knew he had to make some changes in 2017. That’s when his doctor told him he was on track to become diabetic. “It wasn’t a good feeling to know my life could be cut …

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Oral Health After Festive Indulgence

Oral Health After Festive Indulgence

The season of holidays is a time to celebrate, embrace and overindulge. It’s a time when we gather with loved ones and friends to enjoy wonderful meals, desserts, and, more often than not, an excess of wine or drinks. These festivities may make us happy, but they may also be detrimental to our dental health. Overindulging in acidic and sugary …

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8 healthy habits may slow biological aging by 6 years, study finds

8 healthy habits may slow biological aging by 6 years, study finds

Share on PinterestGood heart health can slow biological aging by up to six years, a study suggests. Westend61/Getty Images A new study shows having good cardiovascular health may decrease the pace of biological aging. Using Life’s Essential 8 (diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep health, BMI, cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure) to measure biological age, researchers discovered those who …

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Canadians are travelling to Mexico for Lyme disease treatments. That worries health experts

Canadians are travelling to Mexico for Lyme disease treatments. That worries health experts

Medical tourism has drawn foreigners to Mexico for decades, but the attraction is no longer limited to breast augmentations, porcelain veneers and rhinoplasties.  Clinics are now specializing in alternative treatments for chronic and life-altering diseases such as cancer, diabetes and, increasingly, Lyme disease.  In the case of Lyme, the interventions include things such as hyperthermia (which induces a fever meant …

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The hidden health risks of poor oral hygiene

The hidden health risks of poor oral hygiene

For the majority of us, brushing our teeth twice daily is something that has been drilled into us since we were children. We are aware it’s an important habit – we do it to prevent tooth decay and gum disease – but the extent to which it impacts our overall health is perhaps less known. Related Article Far from being …

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