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It’s been called “the deadliest but most neglected and widespread pandemic of our time,” by none other than Tom Frieden, the former director of the CDC. In fact, the data show that more than 10 million people worldwide die from it each year. And if you’re an older adult, you…

So what do your numbers add up to? Your blood pressure numbers, that is. High blood pressure often has no symptoms yet is the cause of substantial ill health and premature death (estimates are over 650,000 US deaths per year are related to high blood pressure). So it’s critical that…

For the more than 6 million Americans currently thought to have Alzheimer’s, and their loved ones, the possible benefits of new medications can’t come soon enough. As the most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease predominantly afflicts older women (⅔ of Alzheimer’s patients are female) and almost ¾ of those…

That dreaded “D” Word: dementia. No one looks forward to receiving a dementia diagnosis or being told they are at risk for dementia. But we have reached a point in our understanding of the disease, and our diagnostic capabilities, that we can now predict with some certainty, and at a…

It may no longer be National Heart Health Month (which takes place every February) but it’s still critical to learn about heart health and your own heart attack risks. Every year, over 800,000 Americans have a heart attack, and for the majority of them, it’s a first heart attack, meaning…

Instinctively, you likely know that it’s important to keep your blood pressure in check. We’ve certainly addressed the topic previously and it’s one of those essential health markers that almost all of us have experienced during a medical exam (ever feel like the cuff on the blood pressure monitor is…