Mental health services must urgently increase investment in lifestyle interventions to improve care and help close the 15-year life expectancy gap faced by people with mental illness, a new Lancet Psychiatry Commission report warns. Lifestyle interventions targeting physical activity, nutrition, sleep and smoking are key to mental health care, not optional extras, according to the…
Recently, I started thinking that I could “program” the rest of my year as if I was using Google Maps or some similar such application. I had a pretty good idea of where I was starting out, and once it was decided where I was going —or at least where I and my businesses needed…
{KXLG – Watertown, SD} Timberly Lunde, Administrative Assistant at McKinley Early Childhood Center in Watertown, has been honored as the South Dakota Education Office Professional of the Year. The respected award was presented during the annual South Dakota Education Office Professional (SDEOP) conference, where Lunde also received her 5-Year conference pin. The 2025 SDEOP annual…
A new study offers insight into the health and lifestyle indicators – including diet, physical activity and weight – that align most closely with healthy brain function across the lifespan. The study used machine learning to determine which variables best predicted a person’s ability to quickly complete a task without becoming distracted. Reported in The…
Summary: A major new analysis of over 8 million adults reveals that each additional 100 grams per day of ultra-processed food intake significantly raises the risk of hypertension, cardiovascular events, digestive disease, cancer, and death. Ultra-processed foods—like sugary drinks, chips, and packaged snacks—are high in sugar, salt, and additives, and low in essential nutrients. The…
Urgent Care doctor David Bermejo will discuss ways to implement healthy lifestyle changes during a community lecture at the DeWees Center on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The lecture, titled “It’s Never Too Late for Lifestyle Medicine,” will cover how simple lifestyle changes — at any age — can help prevent and treat chronic disease and help people…
Summary: A new study will investigate how lifestyle, diet, and social connections influence aging. The Arlington Study of Healthy Aging (ASHA) will enroll 600 volunteers aged 50 to 80 to undergo full-body imaging, cognitive testing, and vascular health assessments. Researchers aim to provide insights that help individuals and healthcare providers better prevent age-related health decline….
A new diagnostic tool recently introduced on Guam could help address mental health challenges in the island’s veteran community by offering detailed brain mapping capabilities to diagnose conditions ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to dementia. However, the technology is currently available only to Medicare recipients, highlighting ongoing health care access issues for veterans on the…
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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…