Undoubtedly, you know by now that sleep is one of the essential pillars of maintaining your physical and cognitive health as you get older. The irony is that for many of us, the older we get, the less well we sleep. A few statistics should jolt you awake: Adults who…
We all know junk food is not good for us. Now, thanks to several recent large-scale studies, we can quantify exactly how bad these foods are for brain health. Some processed foods are easy to spot—things like soda, energy drinks, potato chips, and candy. Others are more tricky. They may…
Here’s a sobering statistic: The number of deaths caused by alcohol-associated diseases more than doubled during the years 1999-2020. According to a study published in The American Journal of Medicine, in 2020, nearly 50,000 people, aged 25-85, died in the United States as a result of such alcohol-caused illnesses as…
So here we are in the middle of winter and it’s likely you know at least one person who’s currently sick. There are a significant number of viruses in circulation around the country right now, so it’s not just your subjective experience. According to the CDC Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel,…
We live in a time when there are so many demands on our attention at every hour of the day, that it’s hard to concentrate or summon the focus to really sit down and read for more than a few moments. In fact, many of us now have trouble making…
The data has been concerning even before the release of the most recent report. With more than 6 million Americans currently diagnosed with dementia (that’s nearly 10% of people 65 and older), more than 100,000 deaths a year attributable to dementia, and more than $600 billion in annual dementia caregiving…
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