Are you a middle-aged woman with a muffin top? Join the club! Unfortunately, that extra weight around the middle may not be helping you health-wise.
CNN is reporting on a new study published in the Archives of Neurology that found an increased presence of adiponectin, a hormone produced by fat cells that aids in regulating the... Read more
Since it’s time for New Year’s resolutions, here’s a good one to make if you’re worried (like I am) about developing Alzheimer’s sometime in your life. Time.com reporter Alice Park is reporting on a new study that is the first of its kind to link five specific nutrients that we consume to cognitive performance and the... Read more
What if Santa has Alzheimer’s disease? I admit that I’ve never thought about it, but Bill Clark, a columnist for the Columbia Daily Tribune, may have a point.
Clark suggests that if Santa misses stopping at your house on his regular rounds tonight, it may not be because you’ve been naught (or nice, for that... Read more
Growing up, I don’t remember eating much fish. Yes, there were the occasional fish sticks or the can of tuna mixed with mayo and pickle relish to make tuna salad, but very few fish made it onto our plates. Perhaps that’s because our family lived in Colorado and then West Texas, which put us far from fresh seafood catches (other than... Read more
The news of professional hockey player Derek Boogaard, who died at the age of 28 of an accidental overdose of alcohol and oxycodone, could have easily been a footnote in the sports history book. But it’s probably not going to be because In an autopsy, Boogaard was found to have had a degenerative brain condition called chronic traumatic... Read more
