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HOT TIP: Simple Steps to Prevent Dementia

  Today's HOT TIP: Simple steps to prevent dementia.     To help preserve mental function and protect against age-related cognitive decline including dementia and Alzheimer's disease, consider implementing these healthy lifestyle strategies:   Get 30 minutes of physical activity per…
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HOT TIP: Diabetes

  Wowza. This is rather shocking. Please read on and pay attention!    A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 29.1 million people or 9.3% of the U.S. population have diabetes, up from 26…
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HOT TIP: Exercise = Brainpower

  A Harvard study of people ages 18 to 45 found that the more time adults spent exercising, the more brain tissue they had in zones involved in memory. Memory-related brain areas start shrinking at a rate of 1% to…
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HOT TIP – Lower Risk of Breast Cancer

What's the easiest way to lower your risk of breast cancer? Start walking.  Yep, that simple.  In a recent study published by PLoS One, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers found that those women who had engaged in moderate activity every…
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Stress and Kids

  We ran across an interesting study from the University of Helsinki in Finland regarding the effects of everyday exercise on stress levels in kids (via Parents Magazine).   Tracking children’s activity, scientists measured the amount of stress hormone cortisol in their…
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