Why We Don’t Take Care of Ourselves
Negative stereotypes about aging lead to the adoption of less healthy lifestyle choices that turn the negative stereotypes into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Take Home Message:
Watch for signs of negative belief systems about aging in medical records.
Especially in the older population.
Over 60% of the people surveyed believed sea salt was healthier than stable salt.
Over 75% of the people surveyed knew wine was good for the heart but only 30% knew the recommended limits on intake.
Just remember – less is more.
Diabetes Increases Risk of Cancer Death – NYTimes.com
“Researchers from the National Cancer Institute collected diet, lifestyle and health data from 500,000 people ages 50 to 71 and followed the patients for 11 years. They found that having diabetes was associated with an 11 percent increased risk of dying from cancer among women and a 17 percent increased risk of cancer death among men.”
Interviews – Clifford Nass | Digital Nation | FRONTLINE | PBS
“It turns out multitaskers are terrible at every aspect of multitasking. They’re terrible at ignoring irrelevant information; they’re terrible at keeping information in their head nicely and neatly organized; and they’re terrible at switching from one task to another.”
This interview is worth reading in its entirety.
Artery v. Vein in a very interesting study.
“Note that in this study, the use of radial arteries was associated with a lower rate of functional and complete occlusion at five years compared with the use of saphenous veins.”
“The occurrence of a transient ischemic attack (TIA) doubles a person’s risk for a subsequent myocardial infarction, a population-based study found.”
In Men, Duration of Diabetes Linked to Raised Heart Risk
“Risk rose along with duration of disease — compared to men without diabetes, men who had early-onset diabetes (in this case, for an average of 17 years or more) had 2.5 times the risk of a heart attack. That level of risk was equal to that of men with a prior history of heart attack, the team noted.”
“In this study of children ages 8 to 13, epilepsy was a risk factor for developing psychiatric symptoms and was a much stronger risk factor in girls than in boys. A number of other independent risk factors were also identified.”
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