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I needed two cups of hot black coffee to get me moving this morning. It’s pretty much routine: wake up, turn on the pot, and sit and relax. The second cup takes me through a few of the most productive hours of my day. Now I know that if I really needed it, I might ...click here to read more

It’s hard to get out there and give it your all each day. If you’re feeling tired and unmotivated for about a week, don’t worry about it: that’s normal. Especially with age. But feeling down and out for longer than two weeks may be cause for concern, especially if other symptoms arise. Energy isn’t all ...click here to read more

Sometimes when I’m in the middle of my daily walk, the urge to pee hits me like no tomorrow. Thankfully, I’m never too far from a restaurant or coffee shop I can use. But you might not be so lucky. When the urge to go hits, it can lead to discomfort and embarrassment. It can ...click here to read more

New research now shows that silent heart attacks are a risk factor for stroke in many adults. Heart attacks may not only cause classic symptoms of pressure and chest pain, but can show very few, if any, recognized symptoms, and this may lead to blood clot formation. A study conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine and ...click here to read more

According to an organization called Alzheimer’s Disease International, someone develops dementia every three seconds. The number of people with the condition is expected to grow remarkably over the coming decades. Currently, estimates project around 50 million cases exist worldwide, and an additional 10 million cases are expected per year. For a long time, Alzheimer’s and ...click here to read more

In the fight against dementia, it might be time to put the brain games away for a moment. Instead, tie up your sneakers and take a walk around the block. When it comes to brain health and reducing the risk of dementia, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the things that are good for your ...click here to read more

Breakfast is a hotly-contested meal. Is it as important as many people think? Although the idea that eating upon waking revs up the metabolism for the day has been widely debunked, there is much more to breakfast than that. For example, intermittent fasters tend to skip breakfast but then make up for it by eating ...click here to read more

If you need more reasons to try and control blood sugar, here is another: it might affect your memory. Research indicates that over time, rising blood sugar leads to lower performance in cognitive function and memory. When blood sugar levels get high and remain uncontrolled, it has the potential to damage nerves in the brain, ...click here to read more

New research shows that mindfulness music may help those who have suffered a stroke to recover impaired cognitive ability. The study published in the International Journal of Stroke reported the outcomes of a study that aimed to investigate the effect of combining music listening and mindfulness techniques on recovery of cognitive ability after a stroke. ...click here to read more

According to research presented this week at EuroHeartCare 2019, two-thirds of people who suffer from heart failure also show signs of memory problems. During the scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, it was shown that there was a direct link between exercise and healthy brain function in heart failure patients. The study presented ...click here to read more

If you’ve been feeling fatigued lately—and maybe not just lately, but for years—it can be easy to think it’s a normal part of aging. Yes, you might not be the same person you were earlier in life, but the lack of energy doesn’t have to control you. It’s easy to believe that you feel the ...click here to read more

If you’ve got a healthy diet, active life, good friends, and good sleep, you’ve essentially got the ingredients for a healthy life. But more often than not, one of those gets tossed to the wayside. And the truth is that it may have the biggest impact on overall health and longevity. It’s easy to stay ...click here to read more

I’ve noticed that people really like to compartmentalize things. There are specific foods they eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or as a snack, for example. The same thing goes for health: there are things you can do for your body and things you can do for your brain. But at the end of the day, ...click here to read more

A new study out of Australia is showing how a bout of exercise in the morning can improve cognitive performance like decision-making across the day compared to prolonged sitting without exercise. “Sedentary behavior is associated with impaired cognition, whereas exercise can acutely improve cognition,” say the authors of the study. The study titled, ‘Brain Breaks’ ...click here to read more