How Coffee and Tea Can Help Lower the Risk of Stroke, Dementia

How Coffee and Tea Can Help Lower the Risk of Stroke, Dementia

A study released by researchers at Tianjin Medical University says healthy individuals between the ages of 50 and 74 who drank two to three cups of coffee or three to five cups of tea per day — or a combination of four to six cups of both per day — had the lowest...
Stroke Rates Continue Decline in the U.S.

Stroke Rates Continue Decline in the U.S.

(Reuters Health) – Rates of stroke among U.S. adults over age 65 have steadily decreased over the past 30 years, according to a study that tracked participants from the 1980s through December 2017. Rates of decline were consistent across decades, sex and race,...
Sciatica Common, Tied to Other Conditions in Older U.S. Adults

Sciatica Common, Tied to Other Conditions in Older U.S. Adults

(Reuters Health) – One in four older Americans has experienced the sharp, sometimes disabling, pain of sciatica, and these older adults are more prone to have other illnesses and lowered quality of life, a new U.S. study suggests. Based on surveys of more than 1...