Physical activity, a factor in healthy brain aging, is part of multidomain dementia prevention trials. ISTOCK.COM/KALI9
Can diet and exercise lower your risk of dementia? Rigorous clinical trials aim to find out
May. 27, 2021 , 1:00 PM
For the past 3 years, about 6000 middle-aged and elderly Australians have pumped iron, loaded up on greens and whole grains, strived to quell stress, and challenged their wits with computer exercises, all in an effort to preserve their cognition. They’re part of a clinical trial called Maintain Your Brain, one of about 30 current or planned studies that eschew pharmaceutical interventions and test whether altering multiple aspects of participants’ lives improves brain health. Such multidomain studies may finally reveal whether modifying diet, exercise, and other factors can slow cognitive decline as people age or even prevent dementia.
Tailored cardiac rehab program benefits older heart failure patients: Study ANI | Updated: May 24, 2021 11:53 IST
The findings of the study were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
According to the study, older patients hospitalised with acute heart failure who participated in a novel 12-week physical rehabilitation (rehab) program tailored to address their specific physical impairments had significant gains not only in physical functioning but also the quality of life and depression compared with those receiving usual care, regardless of their heart s ejection fraction.
The new study was presented at the American College of Cardiology s 70th Annual Scientific Session. Participation in the program, however, did not significantly reduce rehospitalisations during the six-month follow-up.
Winston-Salem woman who lost daughter to overdose seeks to help others with grief
Susan Stevens will graduate from the Wake Forest School of Medicine this month, after studying the complicated grief from addiction and overdose. Author: Alma McCarty Updated: 2:49 PM EDT May 24, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. For months, we ve all paid special attention to a single crisis - the coronavirus pandemic. But before the first positive tests and deaths, our country was battling something else: The opioid crisis.
It didn t go away. The CDC reports that overdoses are up since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number keeps climbing