at AARP Jul 26, 2022 As you age, you may notice that aches and pain — a sore knee, a bum hip — become all too frequent. More than 50 million adults in the United States live with chronic pain, according to the National Institutes of Health .
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If you've ever been mystified by pomegranates in the produce section, you're not alone. The large red fruits can seem odd at first, considering their seeds are the part that you can eat. However, preparing the fall fruit is surprisingly easy, and 100 percent
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A person’s blood type may be linked to how likely they are to have an early stroke, according to a new meta-analysis of more than 600,000 patients in 48 studies. The findings, published August 31 in the journal Neurology, included all available data from
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Health and Well-Being Matter is the monthly blog of the Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. “A few conclusions become clear when we understand this: that our most cruel failure in how we treat the sick and the aged is the
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Join Now Experts believe the recent rise in gout cases is linked to the increasing prevalence of obesity and high blood pressure . Being overweight and taking diuretics for high blood pressure are both risk factors for gout. Risk also increases with age. An
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blood type can tell you a lot more about your health than you might think. A new study published in the journal Neurology suggests that certain blood types are linked with a higher or lower risk of stroke before age 60. The researchers from the University of
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AARP Whether it’s taking a bike ride, reading a book or having dinner with friends, leisure appears to be beneficial to your cognitive health, according to a review of dozens of research studies from around the globe. The metanalysis, published in the
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vitamin D deficiency may be the culprit. A new study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology shows a direct link between low levels of vitamin D and high levels of inflammation, providing an important biomarker to identify those at higher risk
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You may be familiar with the termautoimmune disease. But what exactly does it mean? In basic terms, it means that the body’s immune system attacks the body it was meant to protect. In these conditions, different parts of the body can fall prey to the immune
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