Estimates vary, but experts suggest that more than 5.5 million Americans, most of them age 65 or older, may have dementia caused by Alzheimer’s (NIH fact sheet 6/17/2020), (www.nih.gov). Combining more healthy lifestyle behaviors was associated with a substantially lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease in a study that included data from nearly 3,000 research participants. Those who adhered to four or all of the five specified healthy behaviors were found to have a 60% lower risk of Alzheimer’s. The behaviors…..
Accurately estimating biological age has tremendous value according to Adam Alonzi’s recent article entitled “Gauge Your Age: Epigenetics and the Future of Medicine.” Smoking, drinking, stress, chronic infection, and major depression can all measurably accelerate the aging process as gauged by the epigenetic clock (Gao,2016; Gassen, 2017; Horvath, 2015; Rosen, 2018; Han; 2018). Fear of transmitting, or acquiring, the virus that causes COVID-19 even if you or the other person is asymptomatic has been a strong driver of widespread compliance…..
Flowers can be a selfless gift of love and appreciation, a thought of kindness and outreach or of sorrow and reparation. Roses carry their own special quality of thought and class. Receiving roses whether they be red, white, pink, coral or deep, flaming intense purple all have a story to tell. Throughout life occasions occur where roses seem to fit. Roses are the thorny, crowning, blooming, delicate flower in the garden. Roses may be my favorite – take a moment…..
Spending the day enjoying Jackson Square in historic New Orleans, Louisiana offers gaudy and decadent entertainment along with intelligent enrichment. New Orleans is a city of intense contrasts. Luxury automobiles speed down cobblestone streets while gaunt-looking carriage horses pull tourist-filled wooden street carts down asphalt boulevards. Scantily-clad beauties prance casually across the portico of historic churches while greasy, dirty, poorly-clad, unshaven men loiter on street corners that are briefly visited by smartly-tailored bride grooms walking to their wedding ceremony. The…..
I seem to have my thoughts in two worlds: healthcare and writing. In reviewing my paperwork I uncovered an outline compiled for a presentation. It’s relevant to both composition and our current battle with COVID-19. I’m naive, But I Can Learn Writing About it is The Easy Part Block Out The ‘White Noise’ Organize Advertise Every Day – Write Something Learn From People Who Are Successful Accept Objective Feedback With an Open Mind We may be NAIVE about not only…..