Alzheimer’s Disease: Can it be prevented?

Alzheimer’s disease is an age-related brain disease that over time diminishes a person’s memory and cognitive thinking skills. Alzheimer’s disease can eventually lead to Dementia, which entails a loss of memory and cognitive thinking skills so great that daily life and activities become almost impossible. Age, genetics, environment and lifestyle are the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and though Alzheimer’s disease seems untreatable and unpreventable, there are lifestyle changes that can help as well as modern medicine and therapy that slow the deterioration of the brain.

Is Running a Marathon Healthy?

Many people turn to physical exercise, such as running, to increase their cardiovascular and overall health. It seems to be common sense that running must be healthy—in fact, it is beneficial to nearly every biological structure and function in the human body. Running burns calories and builds muscle, helping exercisers maintain healthy body weights. Running releases chemicals in the brain that improve mood. Running even prevents diseases, such as diabetes and heart attacks, and extends life expectancy.