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Exercises That Improve Balance Reduce Falls and Boost Confidence

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Falls are the leading cause of injuries among older adults, according to the Centers for…

Check Your Nutrition Knowledge!

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In 2023, we provided the latest evidence-based information on a wide variety of health and…

Dietary Supplements for Sports Performance

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Sports supplements come in many shapes and sizes, from tablets and capsules to liquids, powders,…

Ask Tufts Experts: Food Choices When Tired; Eating During Chemotherapy

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Are You Losing Muscle?

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We all lose muscle as we age. Roger A. Fielding, PhD, a professor of biochemical…

Ask Tufts Experts: How long to keep leftovers; Purposeful weight gain

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Thorough Preparation Is Key for Knee Replacement

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If you have a total knee replacement (TKR) this year, you’ll have plenty of company:…

Weight Fluctuations

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If you weigh yourself regularly, you’ve undoubtedly noticed how shifty your weight can be. Whether…

The Health Benefits of Strength Training

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While aerobic activities like walking, jogging, gardening, swimming, and playing tennis or pickleball are an…

Muscle Mass: Use It, Don’t Lose It

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Everyone starts to lose a little muscle mass starting at about age 30. Unfortunately, sarcopenia,…

The Dangers of Yo-Yo Dieting

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We live in a diet culture, one in which we are constantly exposed to the…

Build Strength and Power at Any Age

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Sarcopenia, also known as age-related muscle loss, is a natural part of the aging process…

Inflammaging: Connecting Aging and Chronic Diseases

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Geroscience is a growing discipline that seeks to understand the relationship between aging and age-related…

High-Quality Protein Is Essential In a Plant-Based Diet

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Nutrition experts advise adopting a plant-based dietary pattern due to the many health benefits associated…

Understanding Type 2 Diabetes

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Endocrinologist Deepashree Gupta, MD, UCLA Medical Center, simply defines diabetes as a disorder in which…

Newsbriefs: Power Cycling Increases Muscle Mass and Power; Colorful Produce May Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk; Blood Protein Signatures to Assess Wellness

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Power Cycling Increases Muscle Mass and Power Compared to slow velocity training, research has shown…

Make Every Bite Count

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In December 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health…

Simple Ways to Step Up Physical Activity

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Just one in five women and one in four men in the U.S. meets the…

Newsbites: Chocolate and heart health; diet and dementia; vitamin K benefits; intermittent fasting

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More Science that Chocolate May Be Good for Your Heart A new systematic review and…

Easy Steps to a Healthy New Year

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This is the time of year we make big promises to ourselves: “I will lose…

Newsbriefs: Type 2 Diabetes; Defense against COVID-19; Improve cardiovascular health; Cognitive health; Abdominal fat loss; Vitamin C and muscle mass

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Take Folate to Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Consuming folate early in life can…

Changes in the Aging Male

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A growth here, a wayward stream there, weird noises in the night: Age happens and…

Ask the EN Experts: Caffeine Withdrawal; What is BMI?

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We all know how frustrating it can be to start the day out on the…

Newbites: Lower Alzheimer’s risk; Red meat and building muscle; restaurant nutrition; cancer risk and sedentary behavior

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Lower Alzheimer’s Risk May Be Possible with Healthy Lifestyle A study published in June in…

Maintain Your Balance and Mobility

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Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries, according to the National…

Isometric Exercise: How It May Help Maintain Your Independence—and Can Lower Blood Pressure

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Isometric exercise is a type of strength training in which the length of the muscle…

Osteoporosis Exercises: Strength Training for Building Bone Density

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Have you been told you need to exercise for your bone health, but are confused…

Exercises To Help Osteopenia and Osteoporosis

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We all know that exercise is on any short list of “essential actions” to treat…

12. Glossary

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A1C: A test that measures a person’s average blood glucose level over the past two…

High-Estrogen in Men

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Estrogen in men  plays an important role in the regulation of testosterone, several brain functions,…

8. Prevention: Managing Risk Factors

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Heart failure is largely preventable because it is often the result of other diseases. Preventing…