The brain needs sleep for many different functions. While you are sleeping, your brain encodes information from short- to long-term memory. Inadequate sleep can cause memory impairment and other cognitive symptoms for anyone, not just older individuals. Consistently irregular or limited sleep may cau...
You may be able to improve your numbers a bit faster with medications called statins. With these meds you could see changes in six to eight weeks, but in many cases,diet and lifestyleare tried before resorting to drugs. If you take astatin drug, you are not off the hook for diet and...
And eating plant-based foods that are rich in fiber and healthy fats through what’s long been known as the portfolio diet is one excellent approach. In fact, sticking close to the diet has recently been shown, in a large-scale, long-term (30-year) cohort study published last year in ...
And then there are those who seem like they never sleep; when you aren't able to sleep for more than six hours a night on at least three nights a week for at least 30 days, you have chronic -- that's long-term -- insomnia. About a quarter of all chronic insomniacs are diagnos...
Each of these phases contributes to what's characterized as aregular cycle. It's an indicator that a woman’s body is working correctly and is ready forpregnancy. Even if having a child isn't in your short or long-term goals, this factor is critical for overall health, as irregularities...
“If you drop your bad cholesterol, things will improve long term.” Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Here’s what you should know about increasing your HDL cholesterol, including how to do it. What Are the Benefits of Increasing HDL Cholesterol? HDL CARRIES THE excess cholesterol in...
6. How long can I take medicine? What are the side effects? Is long-term use harmful? 7. How can exercise help to lower my cholesterol? 8. Where can I learn more about how to live with high cholesterol? 9. What changes should I make to the way I eat?
How long does it take to get the results of a D-dimer test? Many times, your doctor will order a D-dimer test when you're in the emergency room. Results will come back within hours. If your doctor is using the results of your test to track how well your treatment for DIC is work...
Cause I think, I mean, you can plug in things all day long and there’s a laundry list of potentials, but sometimes it’s just, like, well, this drug can potentially lower blood sugar and so can this supplement. Well, that’s why we’re using both of them, right? So some of th...
Mental fatigue, activities of daily living, sick leave and functional status among patients with long COVID: a cross-sectional study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(22):14739. doi:10.3390/ijerph192214739PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 12. Taniguchi LU, Avelino-Silva TJ, ...