Last time, I wrote about Ginkgo biloba being ineffective for the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, which may have led you to wonder what actually can prevent it? In your Internet search, you might have been drawn in by the headline at CNN: “Five ways to keep Alzheimer’s away.” Unfortunately, that article, as with many similar ones that abound on the Internet, is long on hype and short on hard evidence. The article is so misleading, in fact, that before I tell you what’s really known about preventing Alzheimer’s I’d like to briefly puncture that particular hot air balloon.The CNN list of five ways to prevent Alzheimer’s begins with antioxidants, and in particular, vitamins A, C and E. They quote a psychiatrist who claims that “There are studies that suggest antioxidants might prevent dementia.” Yes, but those studies are seriously flawed and by no means definitive. […]
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Diabetes is common and increasing in prevalence. About 24 million Americans already have diabetes, and millions more are at risk. Moreover, if current trends continue, one in three Americans (one in two for minorities) born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetimes. In fact, recent research has found that the rate of new cases of type 2 diabetes, which is the most common type, has nearly doubled in the last 10 years while spending on diabetes medications has also nearly doubled, but in just the last six years. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, blindness and amputation. And since 1987 the death rate due to diabetes has increased by 45%, while the death rates due to heart disease, stroke, and cancer have declined.
Is it any wonder then that during November, American Diabetes Month®, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) is asking, “Why should […]
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Yesterday was the first Monday of May, and although it happens this year to coincide with the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo, it is also known in the skin cancer community as Melanoma Monday. Melanoma Monday, the first Monday in May, officially kicks off the American Academy of Dermatology’s month-long awareness program called National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. This year, the Academy’s campaign is called “See Spot…Check Spot…Save a Life.” It emphasizes the importance of self-examination of the skin, as well as having a partner check the parts of your body that are difficult to see like the back and the scalp.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, with over one million new cases detected each year. About one in five Americans will develop some form of skin cancer in their lifetime. Fortunately, most types of skin […]
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My father will turn 89 in early April and he was recently described by a visiting physical therapist as “a fall waiting to happen.” So the March 7, 2008 article in the CDC’s “MMWR” publication about seniors falling is one of personal interest to me. And since the CDC reports that falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injury in persons 65 years and older, it’s likely that this subject will resonate with HealthTalk readers concerned with their personal risk of falls as well as with the risks to their parents, friends and other loved ones. The CDC has estimated that in a three month period in 2006, about 5.8 million persons over 65 fell and of those about 1.8 million sustained some type of fall-related injury. The overall estimate is that each year in the United States, nearly one third of older adults […]
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