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Caroline Paul’s ‘Tough Broad’ Advises Adventurous Aging
26 Mar 2024 22:29 GMT
… during a blizzard in the Bolivian Andes, open-sea kayaking … shared by experts in medicine, psychology and gerontology find … would certainly add to quality aging,” says Paul. “Birdwatching … financial resources, or naturally aging bodies and minds placed outdoor …
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Poor dental health is linked to the heart disease and dementia. So why do we neglect it?
26 Mar 2024 09:41 GMT
… an Indigenous people of lowland Bolivia, lead much simpler lives than … ;s Center for Evolution and Medicine, told Salon by email. … both impact our health and aging."
So why do … the most affected area in Alzheimer';s disease.
Similarly, a January paper …
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Durango residents are rowing from California to Hawaii to raise awareness for Parkinson’s
06 Mar 2024 15:28 GMT
… mountain guide in the Himalayas, Bolivia and Alaska. Cusick has also … a very close connection to Parkinson';s disease. So they asked us … also had a connection with Parkinson’s disease. His friend, co-worker … find a cure for Parkinson';s in my lifetime …
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Alzheimer's Was 'Exceptionally' Rare in Ancient Greeks And Romans, Study Suggests
28 Feb 2024 10:05 GMT
… mention of memory loss in medical writings from Hippocrates, his later … populace at greater risk of Alzheimer';s disease, triggering unusual symptoms of old … more so than aging.
The modern Tsimané and the Moseten people of the Bolivian Amazon have …
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Caroline Paul’s Adventurous Aging
24 Feb 2024 01:33 GMT
… during a blizzard in the Bolivian Andes, open-sea kayaking … shared by experts in medicine, psychology and gerontology find … would certainly add to quality aging,” says Paul. “Birdwatching … financial resources, or naturally aging bodies and minds placed outdoor …
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Is dementia a 'modern disease'? New thought-provoking study claims that the memory-robbing illness was surprisingly rare in ancient Greek and Roman times
04 Feb 2024 22:06 GMT
… ancient medical writing by … the Bolivian Amazon, to support … for Alzheimer';s disease.
However, some treatments are available that … people with Alzheimer';s disease inhibiting mental function.
As the disease progresses Alzheimer';s patients can …
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Alzheimer’s may stem from modern lifestyles, new study suggests
04 Feb 2024 08:03 GMT
… of classical Greek and Roman medical texts suggests that severe memory … the idea that Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are diseases of modern environments … ancient aging – today’s Tsimane Amerindians, an indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon …
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Was Alzheimer’s almost nonexistent in Greek and Roman times? Why this devastating disease may be a modern plague
02 Feb 2024 21:16 GMT
… neurodegenerative disease. While scientists’ understanding of Alzheimer’s … (USC) scoured classical medical texts from ancient Greece … Tsimane people of the Bolivian Amazon, whose preindustrial … susceptible to heart disease and brain aging. In contrast, …
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Bolivia to reinforce preventive measures ahead of fresh Covid-19 wave
23 Dec 2023 18:27 GMT
“We have a significant amount of vaccine doses arriving last weeks and have been distributed. We have started with vaccination in all departments and we have to promote this tool to fight SARS-CoV-2”, the Health Minister María Renée Castro said.
Quoted in …
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Risk Factors, Outcomes, and Predictions of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Nosocomial Infections in Patients with Nervous System Diseases
22 Nov 2023 09:28 GMT
… treatments.11 If a patient develops nosocomial bacterial infections … Hospital of Southwest Medical University (Luzhou, … hypertension, liver diseases, kidney diseases, tumors, hematologic diseases, and pancreatitis … Hospital in Bolivia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. …