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WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Steering clear of red meat, dairy and processed foods in favor of vegetables, fruits, nuts, extra virgin olive oil and whole grains will do a woman’s heart good, a new review shows.How much good? Australian investigators concluded that women who most closely followed the Mediterranean diet — which also features legumes, fish and shellfish, and moderate amounts of wine — appeared to lower their long-term risk for heart disease and premature death by nearly 25%, compared with women who didn’t.Though not involved in the analysis, Connie Diekman, a food and nutrition consultant and former president of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, said the finding “is not surprising.”For one, Diekman noted that “studies continue to...

WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes is a known risk factor for mental decline and dementia. Paired with total tooth loss, the potential harm to the brain is even more significant, new research indicates.The findings highlight the importance of good dental care and diabetes control in aging adults, said Bei Wu, lead author of a new study of nearly 10,000 adults. “Access to dental care for older adults, especially those with diabetes, is really important,” said Wu, vice dean for research at the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing and co-director of the NYU Aging Incubator in New York City. The American Diabetes Association recommends regular dental checkups for anyone with diabetes -- "but how many people are following that and how many clinicians...

WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Richard Horton woke up one morning needing to use the bathroom. He got out of bed, took a couple steps and stumbled into the wall.The 55-year-old insurance broker told his then-wife, Bridgette Horton, he thought he might be having a stroke. It was the only thing that made sense. Still, he brushed it off and went back to bed.A bit later, Bridgette was headed to a family funeral. He assured her he'd be fine. But before she left, she heard him talking to a client on the phone, and the things he said didn't make sense."Why are you talking like that?" she said."I don't know," Richard said.She again asked if he was OK, and he said he felt fine.After the funeral, the couple went to the emergency room for good measure. They...

WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Tatiana Gonzalez had just quit her job as a postal carrier, and with it the 12 miles a day she walked as she delivered people’s mail.So Gonzalez, then 39, figured that was why she suddenly became so constipated that she required laxatives to go to the bathroom.“I thought to myself, maybe it has to do with because I’m not doing exercise anymore,” she said. “But in a couple of months, I start seeing blood in the stool.”It turned out that Gonzalez, now 42 and living in Clifton, N.J., actually had stage 3 colon cancer -- which she found out through a colonoscopy.“It was devastating,” she recalled of her diagnosis. “Waking up in a doctor's office and he just approaches you and all of a sudden he tells you that you have colon...