Cuff Free Blood Pressure Monitor Approved By FDA
The first ever cuff free blood pressure monitor won approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week. The FDA granted Biobeat, the green light to market the company’s wrist watch and patch that measure blood oxygenation, heart rate, and blood pressure. This a great advancement because it allows for long-term monitoring without…
Read MoreEating Healthy: Plan Your Meals As If Your Life Depended On It
Eating healthy is serious business. But, serious as it is, planning your meals is easier than you think. And, indeed, your health and life depend on it. So, knowing that you make decisions every day, including big decisions, planning meals that are healthy and nutritious, is easy. Research studies show that healthy food and…
Read MoreEating Sugar In Moderation Is Healthy, Learn Why.
Eating sugar can be healthy for you if done in moderation. That’s the key as most of us love sweet foods and drinks. The problem arises when we eat too much sugar. Excessive sugar consumption can lead to chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and heart disease. Eating Sugar:…
Read MoreExcessive Daytime Sleep Top Symptom Of Alzheimer’s Disease
Extreme daytime sleep has been identified as a top symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. The question is, what causes this? Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), led by Dr. Lea Grinberg, report that people with Alzheimer’s disease, experience major brain cell loss in three regions of the brain responsible for wakefulness. Excessive Daytime…
Read MorePrediabetes A Warning To Change Your Lifestyle Immediately
Prediabetes is a condition where your blood sugar levels are higher than they should be, but not yet high enough to be considered diabetes. Pre-diabetes can progress to type 2 diabetes, a disease in which your body does not use insulin properly. Statistics now show that 33 percent of American adults has this condition.…
Read MoreE Cigarette Smoking Is As Dangerous As Regular Cigarettes
E cigarette smoking is as dangerous as smoking regular tobacco cigarettes. Indeed, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) announced last week that fourteen people were hospitalized just this month alone with lung disease. The lung cancer came from vaping e cigarettes. In July of this year, eight cases of lung cancer from e cigarettes…
Read MoreNew Blood Test Catches Alzheimer’s Early, Helps Find A Cure
A new blood test can now detect specific biomarker proteins at an early stage of the disease. These proteins are called amyloids. They build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s sufferers — and their expansion destroys healthy brain neurons and causes eventual death to the patient. Catching Alzheimer’s disease at a very stage would…
Read MoreSeniors Have Collected Tons Of Documents, Shred Or Keep Them?
Seniors have collected tons of documents through the years — documents such as tax, financial, banking and medical. That’s a lot of paper that needs storage space! The question is: what to do with these documents? Keep them or shred them? On the one hand, there’s no question that one needs to retain certain docs…
Read MoreRegular Walking Provides Tremendous Health Benefits, Learn How
Regular walking is indeed the best exercise and will give you a great quality of life. To maximize the benefits of regular walking, dedication is not enough — you also need motivation and a plan. Dedication means you need to get out there every single day, as one study by the National Institutes of…
Read MoreFunctionally Impaired Adults At Higher Risk For Nursing Homes In Old Age
Functionally impaired middle-age adults who can’t perform activities of daily living, show higher risk for winding up in nursing homes in their old age. This data comes from a recent National Institute of Aging (NIA) study. The question is, how can these mid-aged adults be helped so as to either prevent or delay these outcomes?…
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