by drebanks | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog, Cancer, Dementia, Exercise, healthy aging, Heart Disease, Longevity, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Type-2 Diabetes, Youthful Aging
Medical Test Results You Should Know Most of us are inundated with numbers every day. From the mundane phone numbers, passwords, sports scores and spreadsheets to the more esoteric Wall Street derivatives and mortgage-backed securities, our society couldn’t function...
by drebanks | Jan 22, 2012 | Blog, Dementia, Exercise, healthy aging, Men's Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Women's Health
It isn’t breaking news that the majority of the US population is overweight or obese. The situation has been spiraling out of control for decades. Prospects for impacting this trend have been so bleak that new data indicating that US obesity rates have stabilized...
by drebanks | Oct 23, 2011 | Blog, Dementia, healthy aging, Longevity, Nutrition, Obesity, Preventive Wellness, Youthful Aging
As an unprecedented number of Americans approach middle and old age, there is growing public concern about the loss of mental acuity that often is attributed to aging. Medical advances have dramatically increased the likelihood of surviving into the period of life...
by drebanks | Nov 29, 2010 | Blog, Dementia
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is often called the most common form of dementia. All dementias are characterized by a progressive loss of mental functions. Since 1906, AD has been considered to be a distinct form of dementia distinguishable from all other dementia by...
by drebanks | Apr 19, 2010 | Blog, Cancer, Dementia, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Preventive Wellness, Uncategorized, Vitamin D
Both medical journals and the popular press over the last several years have been replete with information about the adverse health risks associated with insufficient vitamin D. Low levels of vitamin D have been linked with an increased risk for cardiovascular...
by drebanks | Sep 13, 2009 | Dementia, Exercise, Nutrition, Youthful Aging
In a prospective cohort study of 1880 community dwelling elders without dementia published in the August 12, 2009 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, both higher adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet and higher physical activity were...