More Benefits of Mid-Life Fitness for Men

A study that followed 13,000 men from 1971 to 2009 shows that men who keep a high level of fitness from their forties onward have a one third lower risk overall of dying from certain cancers after age 65 (JAMA Oncology, March 27, 2015). Fitness was measured by their...
Delay Dementia with Lifestyle

Delay Dementia with Lifestyle

The risk of developing dementia doubles every five years after age 65, until by age 85 almost 50 percent of North Americans suffer some degree of dementia. Finnish researchers showed that they were able to slow the onset of dementia in people at high risk with a...
Added Sugars Linked to High Blood Pressure

Added Sugars Linked to High Blood Pressure

A review of studies on sugar-added foods shows that people who take in 10-25 percent of their calories from sugared beverages and foods suffer a 30 percent higher risk for heart attacks, compared with people who take less than ten percent of calories from added sugars...
Testosterone Warnings

Testosterone Warnings

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires makers of prescription testosterone products to have a label stating that: • taking testosterone may cause heart attacks, strokes and death, and • it is approved only for men who have low testosterone levels due to...