You reach the peak of your lung power at about age 30. After that, your breathing becomes less efficient.
As your lungs age, they become more vulnerable to disease. In fact, age is the number one risk factor for COVID death. In the U.S., about 80% of coronavirus deaths have been in people 65 and older.i
But researchers have found that one group of food compounds staves off lung aging.… Read More
For decades, mainstream doctors warned that eggs were just about the worst food for your heart.
The American Heart Association issued guidelines saying that eating eggs causes cholesterol levels to rise. This would lead to clogged arteries and heart attacks, they said.
A few years ago, researchers started questioning this conventional “wisdom.”
Two major studies were launched to take a close look at how eggs affect your heart.… Read More
Being low in omega-3 fatty acids is just as powerful a predictor of early death as smoking.
That’s the surprising finding of a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It looked at the omega-3 indexes of more than 2,000 people.i
The index is a measure of what percentage of someone’s total fatty acids are omega-3 fatty acids.… Read More
No one wants to take pills they don’t need to.
But millions of patients are taking unnecessary hypertension medications because their doctors use incorrect procedures when taking blood pressure readings. This can result in falsely high numbers and unneeded prescriptions.
At a major blood pressure symposium, healthcare professionals and clinicians from around the country were tested on how accurately they measured patients’ blood pressure.… Read More
Nothing destroys a summer barbecue, poolside party, or a hike through the woods quite like a hungry swarm of mosquitoes.
Americans used to think of them as mere pests. The itchy bites were annoying, but nothing that could cause any real damage to our health.
Those days are over.
Mosquitoes in the U.S., like in many other parts of the world, have become major carriers of serious diseases.… Read More
When your knees hurt, your first impulse may be to stay off of them. But a new study of golfers shows that’s exactly the wrong strategy.
Researchers found that golfers with knee osteoarthritis are actually better off walking the course than taking a cart.
A study at Northwestern University looked at older golfers. Some had had knee osteoarthritis and some did not.… Read More