HEALTH

PBS - Exercise is the most potent medical intervention known, according to Stanford University researchers who mapped its molecular effects across body tissues (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-exercise-may-be-the-most-potent-medical-intervention-ever-known). In a study examining sedentary and exercising rats over eight weeks, scientists found comprehensive changes in every tissue examined, from fat cells to mitochondria, with exercise often reversing disease-related molecular changes. The findings explain how exercise reduces heart disease and cancer risks by 50%. 

Senior Health Today  -  A new study by Johns Hopkins University discovered that hearing loss is the #1 cause of dementia and Alzheimer's. It found that with even mild hearing loss, your risk of dementia doubles. What’s more, with moderate hearing loss, the risk triples, and with severe hearing loss, the risk five times higher...

 As we experience age-related hearing loss—it reduces our ability to connect with others. When you can’t hear conversations with others, it makes you less likely to want to have those interactions. So many people end up isolating themselves from their friends, loved ones, and strangers.