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Did you know that women 75-84 years of age are three times as likely to have heart failure compared with women 65-74 years old? The risk increases with age. Let this information sink in for a while and think of the elderly women in your life – your mom, your aunt, or maybe a friend. […]

It’s a very common notion that we get weaker as we get older. You don’t expect your 60 or 70-year old parent to lift heavy objects or run a marathon, right? We think it’s normal for our grandparents to be taking plenty of medications for all sorts of diseases. “They’re no longer healthy because they’re […]

As always, let’s start by rolling out a few facts about diabetes (source: World Health Organization WHO): Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation. Globally, the number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. In 2015, an estimated […]

Once again, science has proven that exercise can improve our brain’s health and help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. SEE ALSO: New research shows that exercise increases brain size First of all, what happens when the brain experiences cognitive decline or impairment? According to the CDC, cognitive impairment is when a person has difficulty remembering, learning new things, focusing […]