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How Many Steps Per Day?

How Many Steps Per Day?
Is 10,000 the magic number? Maybe not magic, but 10,000 daily steps can improve your health Accelerometers are small, simple, inexpensive devices that capture data to calculate the number of daily steps. While accelerometers are relatively new in America, they’ve been used in Japan since the 1960s. Japanese widely embrace a goal of 10,000 steps…
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Reduce Your Risk of Dementia

Reduce Your Risk of Dementia
Dementia exacts huge social and economic tolls on Americans Adopting healthy lifestyle choices can help you avoid dementia In 2017, the Lancet Commission in the UK published a report, “Dementia prevention, intervention, and care.” The report identified nine potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia. The risk factors included less education, hypertension, hearing impairment, smoking, obesity,…
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Physical Activity May Keep Prostate Cancer Inactive

Physical Activity May Keep Prostate Cancer Inactive
Ramping up physical activity may slow prostate cancer progression More exercise may reduce risk of cardiovascular disease Many older men have prostate cancer. In 2018, 31,488 American men died of prostate cancer. But sometimes the cure is worse than the illness. Recent research suggests that prostate cancer is over-treated via highly invasive procedures, such as…
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Coffee – Good or Bad or Both?

Coffee – Good or Bad or Both?
A cup or two a day predicts lower risk of chronic disease Drinking lots of coffee predicts higher risk Coffee is the world’s leading beverage except for water. A recent review concluded that moderate caffeinated coffee consumption (3-5 8 ounce cups per day) does not increase risk of cardiovascular disease. To the contrary, evidence suggests…
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