Category Archives: Anti-Aging

Gout may sound strange, and many people don’t know what it is. Despite its relative unfamiliarity, gout is on the rise, according to Dr. Clare Ballingall. This is mainly attributed to increased rates of obesity, but there are cases of individuals being genetically predisposed to the ailment. Gout is a complex form of arthritis and ...click here to read more

Researchers at John Hopkins University School of Medicine have just discovered that a type of bacteria that causes inflammatory gum infections also triggers the inflammatory response characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The researchers believe that this new finding could have important implications for the prevention and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA is a chronic ...click here to read more

We are all different—from health advantages and predispositions we inherit from our parents to lifestyle choices we make every single day, there are so many factors that shape us and our health. Take menopause, for example. Until a woman actually enters this time of transition (which, by the way, is a completely normal and natural ...click here to read more

Having arthritis pain can be quite a nuisance. It hampers our day, making the most mundane takes difficult and subjecting us to unnecessary agony. But the pain associated with arthritis isn’t the only symptom people have to endure. “In a lot of cases, people notice other things showing up before they ever have pain,” says ...click here to read more

A new study presented by researchers at the department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University in collaboration with colleagues at Karolinska Institute Medical University have produced a new tool for the prognosis and choice of therapy for rheumatoid arthritis by testing for antibodies against the cartilage protein collagen II. “Analyzing these antibodies, in ...click here to read more

Arthritis is joint pain caused by inflammation and it affects nearly 54 million U.S. adults. About 1 in 4 citizens are living with arthritis today, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) monthly report, Vital Signs. This means that about 24 million Americans are currently experiencing debilitating joint pain, limiting their ability to ...click here to read more

If you’re a woman in her 50s and are going through menopause, you may have experienced the dreaded hot flash, one of menopauses most common symptoms. A hot flash is a sudden feeling of intense heat, usually felt in the face, neck, and chest. These areas could turn red and you might sweat profusely, resulting in ...click here to read more

It’s been beaten over our heads—if you want to live a long healthy life, you must eat right and exercise. While this is news to absolutely no one, people still seek alternative methods to feeling healthy and losing weight, often with unsatisfactory outcomes. Even though the science has long since proven that regular exercise can ...click here to read more

There are times when we can’t remember where we placed our keys or the TV remote, or when we realize we have forgotten a person’s name. It can be embarrassing, and not something anyone would like to happen to them, especially in front of others. Being forgetful is usually synonymous with being old, as whenever ...click here to read more

Whether you’re just entering menopause or those years are well behind you, recent research has found that you can receive the same benefits from exercise as women who haven’t gone through menopause yet. Menopause is a time in a woman’s life when her menstrual periods stop, meaning she is no longer fertile. Unfortunately, menopause comes ...click here to read more

High-intensity aerobic exercise has been found to reverse some aspects of aging at the cellular level in those 65 and older. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic compared the effects of high-intensity interval training, resistance training, and combined training in adults 65 and older and found that while all forms of exercise improved lean body mass ...click here to read more

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States and the risk of developing heart disease increases as women enter menopause. This is due to the drop in estrogen levels that occurs during menopause. Women’s risk of heart disease may also increase if they smoke, have diabetes, have high blood pressure, ...click here to read more

A literature review published in the online journal Maturitas has found that more and more women are embracing alternative medicine to treat their menopause symptoms but are not informing their doctors of this. The review gathered information from previous studies regarding menopause and complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, and addressed how doctors can relate ...click here to read more

One in four American adults experience disability due to arthritis, according to a recent report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 54 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with some form of arthritis and the number of those disabled by it has risen by 20 percent in ...click here to read more