Health care deductions for millions of Americans with high medical costs will end on January 1st if Congress fails to act. Congress must extend the current law that allows patients to deduct out-of-pocket health spending, once they’ve spent 7.5 percent of their income on such expenses. If Congress does not…...
Migraine Headaches Increase Your Risk For Alzheimer’s
Migraine headaches can increase you risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study by Canadian researchers. Canadian researchers from the University of Waterloo and the University of Manitoba found that migraine sufferers were four times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The study evaluated 679 senior…...
Excessive 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…...
New 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…...
Functionally 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…...
Good Nutrition Is One Of The Keys To Great Health
Good nutrition is one of the keys to great health, according to many health care providers. Indeed this advice is unanimous and accepted by all age groups, including senior citizens who have their own specific health challenges. The question is, however, what are the best foods for me to include…...
Happy 4th Of July, 2019, America!
The 4th of July (Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject to the monarch of Britain and were now united, free,…...
Cancer Tumors Respond To Low Dosage Combo Drugs
Cancer tumors responded well to low dosages of three drugs given simultaneously, a recent study reports. Researchers at University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland, developed a way of recreating tumors in 3D outside the body and then using them to test drugs. This technique can provide oncologists with a…...
