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Date: 2025/05/08 - 17:00
Unhealthy lifestyles, certain chronic conditions may make the heart age faster
Certain health conditions, such as obesity and AFib, and leading an unhealthy lifestyle can increase the functional age of the heart, causing premature aging by 5–45 years, a new study finds.
Date: 2025/05/07 - 23:32
Healthy Lifestyle Habits Could Help Prevent Premature Heart Aging
Researchers have developed a method for measuring the heart's “functional age” to help predict complications like heart disease. According to the authors of a new study, premature aging of the heart is linked to unhealthy lifestyle habits.
Date: 2025/05/07 - 22:00
Medicaid Cuts Most Likely to Impact These 5 Groups
Republican leaders are considering drastic cuts to Medicaid funding. The cuts could have a significant impact on low-income households, older adults, children, and people with mental health disorders. Reduced federal funding could also affect access to reproductive health services.
Date: 2025/05/07 - 00:31
Diets low in vitamin K might impact memory, accelerate cognitive decline
Mice fed a low vitamin K diet had lower vitamin K levels in the brain and had poorer cognitive function compared to mice eating a regular diet, in a new study that hints at a link between vitamin K and dementia.
Date: 2025/05/07 - 00:31
32% of dementia cases could be linked to hearing loss
A study in older adults has found that hearing loss may increase dementia risk by almost one-third. The researchers suggest that treating hearing loss could delay, or even prevent, dementia for a large number of older adults.
