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“People with high blood pressure have five times the risk of late-life cognitive decline and double the risk of dementia,” says Dr. Elkind. ... Other problems that can impact your heart can ...
A healthy lifestyle may be able to counteract the acceleration in brain aging linked to diabetes and prediabetes, a new study shows. ... diabetes — and lifestyle — optimal (i.e., no smoking ...
A new study published on August 28 in the journal Diabetes Care reports that while people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes may be at risk for accelerated brain aging, making healthy lifestyle ...
A number of lifestyle factors are known to be important to the development of type 2 diabetes including: obesity, physical activity, diet, stress, and urbanization. [1] Excess body fat underlies 64% of cases of diabetes in men and 77% of cases in women. [2]
Physical exercise results in numerous health benefits and is an important tool to combat obesity and its co-morbidities, including cardiovascular diseases. Exercise prevents both the onset and development of cardiovascular disease and is an important therapeutic tool to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Some studies have shown delayed progression to diabetes in predisposed patients through prophylactic use of metformin, [17] [5] rosiglitazone, [18] or valsartan. [19] Lifestyle interventions are, however, more effective than metformin alone at preventing diabetes regardless of weight loss, [20] though evidence suggests that lifestyle interventions and metformin together can be effective ...
A new study published in 'Nutrition & Diabetes' suggests that eating large meals after 5 p.m. could raise your risk for type 2 diabetes. ... including a higher risk of heart attack and stroke ...
Neuroplasticity is the process by which neurons adapt to a disturbance over time, and most often occurs in response to repeated exposure to stimuli. [27] Aerobic exercise increases the production of neurotrophic factors [note 1] (e.g., BDNF, IGF-1, VEGF) which mediate improvements in cognitive functions and various forms of memory by promoting blood vessel formation in the brain, adult ...