Calcium, magnesium, and potassium are important for good blood pressure management. Potassium helps control the body’s levels of sodium. Magnesium and calcium help the blood vessels relax, and calcium also helps the blood vessels tighten.
Raising HDL by taking niacin does not protect patients from cardiovascular events. However, niacin is still considered useful as an add-on therapy in people whose LDL is not lowered enough by statins alone.
Melanoma is less common than the other major types of skin cancer but is the most dangerous.
Generalized anxiety disorder is the most common type of anxiety among older adults. It occurs when worry is present most of the time and interferes with a person’s ability to function normally, although the particular worry may change.
Having one alcoholic drink per day may lower stroke risk, but increasing the number of drinks might have the opposite effect.
Drinking two to four beers per week may offer protection against developing rheumatoid arthritis.
Even in the absence of metabolic markers for cardiovascular risk, individuals with a BMI in the obese category had more signs of early atherosclerosis in their coronary arteries than non-obese people.
Even when a person’s memory is still within the normal range, noticing changes in mental function and being concerned about them can be an early warning sign of future decline.
Physical activity is as effective as prescription medications in some cases. It can prevent the development of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, breast and colon cancer, depression, and falls.
Starting at age 30, inactivity has the biggest impact on a woman’s risk for developing heart disease.