Experts have looked into how nature vs. nurture could influence our health as we age The largest study of its kind has looked into how our lifestyle choices could predict our health(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Does your lifestyle play the biggest role in determining your risk of disease, or do your genes trump all efforts to…
Master Gardener seminars on veggies Planting a vegetable garden provides benefits beyond fresh, healthy produce. We are fortunate in Citrus County to be able to have a vegetable garden year-round provided you know what and when to plant. February’s free Master Gardener Plant Seminar will focus on vegetable gardening. It will answer questions not only…
This is the 56th instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers and stories of hope. If you unwound all the blood vessels inside the body and measured their length, you might be surprised at the distance they covered: 96,560km (60,000 miles), with 644km of them…
Soon, Irene Mekel will need to pick the day she dies. She’s not in any hurry: She quite likes her life, in a trim, airy house in Castricum, a Dutch village by the sea. She has flowers growing in her back garden, and there is a street market nearby where vendors greet villagers by name….
Could an online program help protect your brain? New research shows that a personalized digital intervention targeting diet, exercise, and mental well-being can slow cognitive decline and reduce dementia risk in at-risk older adults. Study: An online multidomain lifestyle intervention to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Image Credit: pathdoc / Shutterstock…
When Dr Ian K. Smith is not writing books about healthy living, or penning novels, you might find him walking around his favourite city, Paris. He loves the French capital because, among its many charms, he says it is one of the easiest places in the world to meet one’s daily step count. “Walking is…
An online lifestyle intervention program aimed at improving diet, exercise and other modifiable risk factors for dementia has resulted in better cognition in older adults, Australian research has found. The Maintain Your Brain study, which tracked more than 6,000 people aged 55 to 77 across New South Wales for three years, is the largest…
Age, gender and lifestyle choices are all factors that can influence how long a person lives and their level of cognitive function as they age. According to one GP, following a healthy, nutrient-rich diet is an important key to longevity. Dr Merrifield, medical director at Selph, spoke exclusively to GB News about her top food…
New research reveals how simple lifestyle changes can mitigate the dual threat of cardiometabolic diseases and air pollution on cognitive health. Study: Association between air pollution and lifestyle with the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and dementia in individuals with cardiometabolic diseases. Image Credit: NDAB Creativity / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal…
Baseline characteristics of the participants Table 1 depicts the participant characteristics. Out of 438,681 participants, 75,056 (17.11%) had CMDs. Among them, 15.12% had one CMDs, 1.90% had two CMDs, and 0.09% had three CMDs. Individuals with one, two, or three CMDs were compared to those without CMDs. The former group was older, had more males and…