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Topic- Physical wellness
Mental health matters across the life course: ILC report
Decision-makers around the world are failing to meet society's mental healthcare needs -- a failure with negative economic and social consequences that will be magnified across our longer lives, according to a recent report from the International Longevity Center (ILC). It's something active-aging communities should be aware of, because mental health conditions go beyond dementia, and affect countries and communities globally.
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Telemedicine may curb use of unnecessary health tests
Low-value care -- medical tests and procedures that provide little to no benefit to patients -- contributes to excess medical spending and both direct and cascading harms to patients. A recent study found that telemedicine may help to reduce the use of these tests, and the findings are worth sharing with residents and members.
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Exercise, healthy eating before surgery boosts recovery
Actively preparing for major surgery by exercising and improving diet (known as "prehabilitation") is associated with fewer complications, less time in the hospital, and improved recovery and quality of life in adults, according to a recent study.
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Consuming prebiotics, probiotics tied to less frailty
Eating foods containing live microbes, such as prebiotics and probiotics, reduced the prevalence of frailty by 17.5% among older adults who ate a moderate amount of those foods, and 22.1% among those with high intake, compared to those who ate fewer foods with live microbes, a recent study found. Foods with live microbes include yogurt, kefir, kimchi, miso, and tempeh.
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Acupuncture can help relieve sciatica pain from herniated disk
Acupuncture reduced pain and disability for people with chronic sciatica due to a herniated disk in a randomized controlled trial in China. Two hundred and sixteen patients with a mean age of 51 (68% women) received 10 sessions of acupuncture or sham acupuncture (placebo) over four weeks.
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Moderate coffee, caffeine intake curbs cardiometabolic diseases risks
Consuming moderate amounts of coffee and caffeine regularly was associated with a lower risk of new-onset cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM), which refers to the coexistence of at least two cardiometabolic diseases, such as diabetes and heart attack.
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