
The ratio that’s a far better clue to heart disease risk than LDL cholesterol
If you want an insight into your heart disease risk, pull out your last blood test results. There’s useful information in there if you know where to look.
If you want an insight into your heart disease risk, pull out your last blood test results. There’s useful information in there if you know where to look.
Jane Brody — who’s been writing a health and medical column for the New York Times for 45 years — notched up her 80th birthday this month. Recently she shared her secret to a happy and vibrant old age.
The findings of a major study on heart disease in women should shift the way doctors look at prevention.
It’s actually the first Australian book on this disease and it’s a valuable resource.
From the brain’s perspective, life is like a roller coaster with one big rise, followed by a long, slow decline. But we have the capacity to change that.
We’ve all had the experience of going to a particular room for something and forgetting what that was. It’s an age thing, right? Wrong, says an eminent neuroscientist.
It’s an old debate. If we’re overweight or obese but active, does our activity counter those extra kilos? The answer seems to be in.
Remember when cancer was the disease everyone was afraid of? That’s probably been replaced by dementia. But here’s another study confirming that we can improve cognitive function.
We’re told for yonks to get mammograms and that early detection saves lives. Then at age 75 we’re often told it doesn’t matter anymore. Why? And is that wise?
This research has been going for 25 years and is teaching us a lot about our health from middle to older age.
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