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Senior citizens interested in improving their health this year may want to get some gardening gloves and vegetable seeds and head outside.
A new study from Kansas State University determined the act of gardening meets the physical activity recommendation set forth by the CDC. Past research found gardening may improve mental health and reduce depression, especially in older people.
Gardening can influence whole-body bone mineral density because researchers found it included activities such as pushing a mower, digging holes, pulling weeds and carrying soil.
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Senior citizens should be cautious when taking different kinds of prescription drugs, since the wrong combination can be lethal and, sometimes, deadly.
A health advice column on Chron.com warned senior citizens about combining their multiple prescription drugs with over-the-counter medication.
"[Senior citizens] might not realize that pain relievers like aspirin or Aleve can cause mischief with prescribed medications," according to the column.
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Keeping regular blood flow to the brain through exercise and healthy eating may protect against memory loss, as well as deter Alzheimer's disease.
While a healthy lifestyle was always important for senior citizens to achieve optimal health, doctors are now saying there is a connection between a healthy heart and a functioning brain, AdvanceWeb.com reports.
A stroke, high blood pressure or clogged arteries are all conditions that can affect a person's blood flow to the brain, which can cause vascular dementia.
"Upward of 50 percent of people who have dementia, including many people with Alzheimer's disease, have some level of these problems going on.
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Senior citizens interested in the disease-preventing elements of vitamins may want to turn their attention to employing a healthy diet, due to recent reports that supplements did nothing to prevent conditions such as cancer.
Toward the end of 2008, it was widely reported that new studies determined the vitamins C and E, as well as beta-carotene, did nothing to prevent cancer in women or men.
Both studies were said to be "the most thorough, long-term and definitive studies of their kind," TheDailyGreen.com reports.
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Researchers have found a new gene possibly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), which may lead to more clues to the cause of the debilitating disease.
While the apolopoprotein E gene has always been suspected as part of the cause, it was "neither necessary nor sufficient to cause AD and as much
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