Health Myth: Heart Disease Is Similar In Men And Women

Men and women share many of the same risk factors for heart disease; however there are some significant differences. First of all women tend to develop heart disease an average of 10 years later than men. Women also have a greater chance of dying from the disease.

In fact heart disease is the number one killer of women. For that reason women especially should talk to their doctors about life style changes in order to lower their risk of developing coronary artery disease.

Should You Limit Your Cholesterol From Food?

Conventional wisdom for years has been that it is important to limit eating high cholesterol foods such as eggs. Newer research has found that this is no longer necessary and in fact might be detrimental because you might miss out on important nutrients.

Saturated fat in your diet has has a much greater effect than ingested cholesterol on your blood cholesterol level  . This is why the new dietary guidelines no longer recommend a maximal cholesterol intake. They do advise keeping the amount of saturated fat you eat to no more than 10% of your total daily calories.

The bottom line take away message is. Give up your guilt when you order eggs for breakfast. You need the nutrition.

Do You Take Tylenol For Low Back Pain?

Many Americans take tylenol for low back pain. If you are one of those who do you are in good company or bad company depending on how you look at it. We believe that you are in bad company. This is why.

A recent review in The British Medical Journal concluded that tylenol doen't really help for that kind of pain. because it is an analgesic. In other words it mutes the pain but does nothing to reduce the inflammation that is causing it. In fact it may hurt more than it may help. For example patients on acetaminophen were almost four times more likely to have abnormal liver function. Furthermore tylenol can cause liver damage if the recommended dose is exceeded.

If you have new onset low back pain try heat, walking and stretching. If you need pain relief use ibuprofen or naproxen because they also decrease inflammation. If the pain does not respond within a week consult a physician.

Can You Exercise Your Brain To Improve Memory?

We alerted you about claims that Prevagen can improve the function of your brain. There is no reliable evidence that proves it does.

Now we are going a step farther by suggesting that you should be skeptical of all claims that brain training can preserve or improve brain function.

For example the creators and marketers of the program Luminosity were fined 2 million dollars to settle charges made by the FDC that they deceived consumers with unsubstantiated claims. They advertised that their program would improve performance of everyday tasks and delay the onset of dementia.

There was no reliable clinical proof that these claims are true.

 Remember even if the advertisements state the facts were proven by clinical studies, the studies may be flawed.  It is always best to beware and to not jump on the band wagon.

Why Lower Your Cholesterol?

We have been told that it is important to keep our cholesterol level low. Have you ever wondered what evidence exists to support that statement?

It turns out that there is a proven scientific basis for lowering your cholesterol.

For example researchers  analyzing the data for 1,478 subjects in the Framingham Heart Study found that the longer the subjects had an elevated cholesterol the greater their likelihood of developing heart disease. In fact for each decade after age 35 that they had elevated cholesterol their coronary risk increased by almost 40%

This is just one of many published reports that relate elevated cholesterol levels to vascular disease

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Prescription Drug Costs Have Doubled In Just 7 Years

A new study released by the AARP Public Policy Institute reported that the cost for a year's supply of many prescription drugs has surpassed $11,000!

If you are not astonished by this fact let's put it into perspective. It is about 75% of the average annual Social Security retirement benefit of someone on medicare.

This figure was for some of the most commonly used drugs. The average cost for specialty drugs, such as for cancer and hepatitis, have increased the most. For example, he average cost for specialty drugs was $53,384 in 2013. This was 18 times more than for a brand name drug and 189 times higher than for a generic drug.

AARP representatives stated that if this trend continues more Americans will simply be unable to afford the medications that they need to live and to stay healthy.

Is 30 Minutes Of Exercise A Day Enough?

For a long time we have heard that 30' of moderate intensity exercise a day is sufficient to promote general cardiovascular health. Even the government agreed and said as much in a 2008 publication. Well the times are changing and now it seems that this is no longer true.

New research suggests that we need to exercise at least twice as long in order to ward off heart disease. Reviewing the records of over 370,000 people for an average of 13 years the investigators found that people who exercised 30' a day experienced only modest reductions in the risk of heart failure. Doubling the time to an hour a day resulted in a 20% lower risk, and those who exercised four times as much registered a 35% drop.

This research poses an issue for those of us who are looking for a way of life that balances time spent exercising with other lifestyle choices. The balance leans heavily toward the need to exercise more in order to maximize cardiovascular benefits.  Each of us needs to decide how much time we can devote to exercise.

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