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Acupuncture Helps People Who Experience Dental Care Anxiety

Acupuncture Helps People Who Experience Dental Care Anxiety

Research published in the European Journal of Integrative Medicine from the University of York in the UK, shows that acupuncture helps people who experience dental anxiety. Professor of Acupuncture, Hugh MacPherson says, “There is increasing scientific interest in the effectiveness of acupuncture either as a standalone treatment or as an accompanying treatment to more traditional medications.We […]

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Obesity Promotes Cognitive Decline-Mechanism Studied

Obesity Promotes Cognitive Decline-Mechanism Studied

Although admittedly this is  a mouse study, the research investigators have shown that diet induced obesity creates changes in the brain that could elucidate that similar mechanisms occur in people. Supporting evidence for this is found in published human studies that have linked obesity and cognitive decline previously.The exact cellular mechanisms that contribute to cognitive decline […]

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Listening To Calming Music at Bedtime May Be Good for the Heart

Listening To Calming Music at Bedtime May Be Good for the Heart

According to research presented at the 2018 European Society of Cardiology Congress, listening to yoga music before bedtime may lower heart disease risk. Prior research documented that music reduces anxiety in patients with heart disease, but the studies were inconsistent and did not specify what style of music was used. The body’s heart rate changes as a normal […]

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Cognitive Decline Associated with Having Surgery and General Anesthesia

Cognitive Decline Associated with Having Surgery and General Anesthesia

A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease seems to confirm the long held suspicion that having surgery requiring general aneathesia (not local anesthesia) may promote cognitive decline. For this study memory was assessed in 964 study subjects with a mean age of 54 years, and again four years later, when 312 participants had had surgery and […]

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Excessive Alcohol Intake Is High Risk for Early Onset Dementia

Excessive Alcohol Intake Is High Risk  for Early Onset Dementia

According to newly published research in The Lancet Public Health journal, alcohol abuse is the most important preventable risk factor for the onset of dementia, and particularly for Early Onset Dementia. They studied over one million adults in France who had been diagnosed with dementia. The WHO (World Health Organization) defines heavy drinking as ingestion of more than 60 grams pure […]

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Eating Fish Linked to Higher IQ and Better Sleep

Eating Fish Linked to Higher IQ and Better Sleep

Another study confirms that fish consumption in children is linked to important health benefits. Past studies  have indicated a beneficial association between fish consumption and cognition. Other studies have shown that fish consumption helps sleep.  This  newly published study from the University of Pennsylvania as reported in the journal Scientific Reports, seems to link these benefits. It shows that […]

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Study Shows How Green Tea Helps Combat Obesity and Dementia

Study Shows How Green Tea Helps Combat Obesity and Dementia

The latest thinking about dementia in the scientific community is that cognitive impairment can be seen as “Diabetes Type 3”, because an abnormal handling of glucose in the brain seems to be one of the underlying mechanisms which promotes dementia, just as impaired glucose regualton in the body is an essential component of the common disorder […]

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Dr Sobo’s Blog Wins Recognition Award from the Alzheimer Society

Dr Sobo’s Blog Wins Recognition Award from the Alzheimer Society

I am proud to be named as one of the top Dementia blogs, congratulated by the Alzheimer’s Society. Please see all of the great information available by a variety of writers.Feedspot Blog Reader Top 60 Dementia Blogs And Websites For People Living With Dementia http://blog.feedspot.com/dementia_blogs/ Congratulations Winners!! Doctor Henry Sobo, MD   For the best […]

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