Dos and Don’ts for Senior Fitness
Staying active helps you live a longer, healthier life. Did you know it may also boost your brain health? A recent study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests cardiovascular exercise like walking, jogging, and biking increases your gray matter and brain volume, which studies show can slow cognitive changes associated with aging. This comes […]
U.S. Hits 20 Million Cases as COVID Variant Spreads
Jan. 1, 2021 — The United States started 2021 they way it ended 2020: Setting new records amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The country passed the 20 million mark for coronavirus cases on Friday, setting the mark sometime around noon, according to Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 tracker. The total is nearly twice as many as […]
Nature Is the Fix for COVID-19 Stress
Yellowstone National Park: “Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2020.” Environmental Research: “Blue space, health and well-being: A narrative overview and synthesis of potential benefits.” Scientific Reports: “Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing.” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: “Effects of Walking in Bamboo […]
Precautions Important With New Coronavirus Variant
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 31, 2020 — A new and more infectious variant of the COVID-19 virus has shown up in separate cases in Colorado and California, weeks after it first emerged in the United Kingdom. Doctors on the pandemic‘s front line say people shouldn’t panic, but should definitely adhere even […]
Will COVID Stifle Usual January Rush to Gyms?
Up to 40% of gym members are training at home, according to an industry trade group and between 20% and 30% of gyms will close permanently because of the pandemic. Source link
Pandemic Tougher on Mental Health For Women Than Men
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic may be taking a bigger toll on women’s mental health than on men’s, new research suggests. For the study, researchers examined the results of an online survey of 112 men and 459 women in Canada. The survey took place between March 23 and June […]
Your Boss May Require You to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine
Karla Grossenbacher, JD, head of workplace privacy group, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP; chair of the law firm’s employment practice, Washington, D.C. Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, PhD, law professor, University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco; member, Vaccine Working Group on Ethics and Policy nonprofit. Michael Mina, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology and faculty member, Center […]
New U.S. Diet Guide Emphasizes Balance Through Life
Dec. 29, 2020 — The new federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released Tuesday, offering advice on what to eat by life stage, including information on babies from birth to age 2 for the first time since 1985. Released by the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, the guidelines are designed […]
COVID Survival Declines When Brain Affected: Study
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with brain complications such as stroke and confusion have an increased risk of death, a new study shows. The findings could improve care and save lives during the pandemic, the researchers said. “This study is the first to […]
Blood Pressure Often Differs Widely Between Arms
The findings, published online Dec. 21 in the journal Hypertension, are based on 24 studies from around the world, involving almost 54,000 adults in all. Over 10 years, 11% had a fatal or non-fatal heart attack or stroke. It’s normal, Clark said, to have a few points of variation in blood pressure between the […]