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Is dark chocolate actually healthy?  The Economist Is dark chocolate a healthy alternative for diabetics?  The Indian Express A piece of dark chocolate a day? Studies reveal effects on blood pressure  Telegrafi Dark chocolate helps control blood sugar; the perfect dessert swap  Times of India Source link

Sullivan, N.Y. – At 79 years old, George Caswell Baker Jr. was in great shape for his age, his family said. He was completing half-marathons into his 70s and could still run a few miles. He even started training to try to run in the Utica Boilermaker next summer. An avid outdoorsman, he was also gearing up for the hunting …

Artificial sweeteners may be harmful to your brain, according to one study. What’s happening? HealthDay reported that a study published in the journal Neurology determined that people who use large amounts of low- and no-calorie artificial sweeteners appear to suffer more rapidly from declines in memory skills and thinking. Researchers found that those consuming higher amounts of these sweeteners suffered …

A healthy woman in Georgia is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest from smoking marijuana. The 26-year-old arrived at her local emergency department immediately after her fiancé found her unconscious on their bathroom floor, forcing emergency medical workers to resuscitate her.  Upon arriving at the hospital, doctors found she had undergone cardiac arrest, meaning her heart suddenly stopped beating.  …

Dr. Steven Austad, the scientific director of a nonprofit researching healthy aging, never fretted too deeply about his own longevity. “I used to train lions for a living,” Austad told Business Insider. “It was not something that you would do if you were thinking about living a long time.” Prior to his career at the American Federation for Aging Research, …

The cumulative effect of social advantages across a lifetime – from parental warmth in childhood to friendship, community engagement and religious support in adulthood – may slow the biological processes of aging itself. These social advantages appear to set back “epigenetic clocks” such that a person’s biological age, as measured by analyzing DNA methylation patterns, is younger than their chronological age.  The research, …

How to prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Doctor reveals 8 healthy habits  Times of India Easy ways to manage your blood sugar  News4JAX Mediterranean diet and physical activity reduces risk of diabetes by one-third  Clinical Trials Arena Slash Your Risk of Dementia, Diabetes and More With This Popular Diet  Woman’s World Endocrinologist guide to manage your diabetes at-home with 8 simple lifestyle tweaks  Moneycontrol Source link

A healthy 26-year-old woman’s sudden loss of heart function appears to have had an unusual cause: cannabis. In a recent report, her doctors described what they believe to be a rare case of cannabis-induced cardiac arrest. Doctors at the WellStar Spalding Health System in Georgia detailed the strange incident earlier this week in the American Journal of Case Reports. The …

Summary: A new study shows that brain health is closely tied to lifestyle choices, with positive habits making brains appear years younger than their chronological age. Researchers followed adults, many with chronic pain, and found that optimism, restorative sleep, social connections, and stress management strongly protected against accelerated brain aging. MRI scans revealed that participants with the most protective factors …

The nonagenarian actor Dame Joan Collins may have been on to something when she declared “age is just a number”. The deepest dive yet into the biology of a supercentenarian has revealed that even extreme old age can be reached without the brain necessarily faltering or the usual illnesses mounting up. Doctors in Spain conducted a comprehensive suite of tests …