According to its website, ” the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine (that makes) evidence-based recommendations about preventive services such as screenings, counseling services, and preventive medications.” So presumably, this is where a person who would like to get educated about prevention should go to […]
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Stay fit, stay healthy
Posted onEven more proof – as if we needed any -that fitness is directly linked to better health in a straight line. That is, the more fit you are – at any age – the lower your risk of major chronic illnesses and the greater chance you have of being alive when your grandkids get into […]
Lack of sleep linked to heart disease – maybe
Posted onAccording to results from the PESA CNIC- Santander Study recently published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, both not getting enough sleep (less than 6 hours a night on average in this Spanish study) and suffering through frequently-disrupted sleep (in which a person wakes up several times a night) are linked to a […]