Life After 50 Expo

Dietary supplement may prevent and reverse severe damage to aging brain

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A  dietary supplement containing a blend of thirty vitamins and minerals – all natural ingredients widely available in health food stores – has shown remarkable anti-aging properties that can prevent and even reverse massive brain cell loss, according to new research from McMaster University.

It’s a mixture scientists believe could someday slow the progress of catastrophic neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s, ALS and Parkinson’s.

“The findings are dramatic,” says Jennifer Lemon, research associate in the Department of Biology and a lead author of the study. “Our hope is that this supplement could offset some very serious illnesses and ultimately improve quality of life.”

The formula, which contains common ingredients such as vitamins B, C and D, folic acid, green tea extract, cod liver oil and other nutraceuticals, was first designed by scientists in McMaster’s Department of Biology in 2000.

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Knee Replacement vs Knee Injections ? Options ?

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According to the Arthritis Foundation, over 50 million Americans have arthritis. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis, which is a degenerative joint disease. Though it can occur in younger people, it often affects people 50 years of age and older.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic condition that causes the cartilage between the joints to break down. Cartilage behaves as a cushion for joints and protects the surface of the bones. Without this cushion, bones can rub or grind together, causing pain, stiffness, and swelling.

Doctors may recommend physical therapy, a knee brace or other self-care measures to help with the pain and discomfort of OA. For some individuals, oral medications may also relieve knee pain.

If a patient continues to experience discomfort, swelling, or have extensive joint damage, their doctor may suggest other options. They may require knee injections or even a full knee replacement.

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Is Cancer Risk Influenced by Healthy Lifestyle?

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A healthy lifestyle could prevent cancer among many white people in the United States, says a study published in JAMA Oncology. Avoiding smoking and heavy drinking, maintaining a moderate weight, and participating in regular exercise can all reduce the risk.
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Cancer is a leading killer, but healthy living can help to prevent it.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., with 1.6 million new cancer cases and 0.6 million cancer deaths expected to occur in 2016.

Recent research has suggested that random mutations during stem cell divisions could be a major factor leading to cancer development.

Some have interpreted these findings to mean that only a third of the variation in cancer risk in tissues is due to environmental or genetic factors, and most is due to “bad luck.”

However, many studies have produced strong evidence that lifestyle factors play a role.

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REM sleep essential for normal memory formation !

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A team of scientists may at last have settled a long-standing debate about the role of rapid eye movement sleep in memory formation. Using mice, they reveal the activity of certain brain cells during this dreaming phase of sleep – but not at other times – is essential for normal memory consolidation.
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The study shows that brain activity specifically during REM sleep – the stage when dreams occur – is required for normal memory consolidation

For decades, scientists have known rapid eye movement (REM) sleep – the phase of the sleep cycle when dreams occur – is linked to spatial and emotional memory consolidation but have run into problems trying to prove it.

Now, a mouse study from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and the University of Bern in Switzerland – published in the journal Science – provides evidence that REM sleep does play this role.

Sylvain Williams, a professor of psychiatry at McGill and joint senior author of the study, explains that while they already knew the brain stores new information in different types of memory – spatial or emotional – before consolidating it, it was not clear, until this study, how it went about it.

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Popular heartburn drugs may cause kidney damage !

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Extended use of drugs to treat heartburn, ulcers and acid reflux may lead to serious kidney damage, including kidney failure, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System.

More than 15 million Americans have prescriptions for so-called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which decrease gastric acid production and generally have been considered safe.

Furthermore, researchers found the risk of kidney problems rises the longer patients take the medications, sold under the brand names Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium and Protonix, among others.

The epidemiological study is available online in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

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