Forget "Time is Money"—During a Stroke, "Time is Brain"
A stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery, or a blood
vessel breaks in the area of the brain, causing damage to brain
cells. Without blood and the oxygen it carries, part of the brain
starts to die.
A Frenchman walks into a bar with a duck on his head. The
bartender says, “Where’d you get that?” and the duck says, “In
France. They’ve got millions of ‘em.”
Hydration is valuable. Good hydration is central to your most
basic physiological functions, including regulating blood
pressure, body temperature, and digestion.
Close your eyes. (You may need a friend to read to you.) Visualize a great day. You just had an excellent night’s sleep, the sun is shining, and you have incredible energy.
When you were a child, you played tag. You swam with friends
until someone made you get out of the pool. You raced your
sibling from the outfield to the concession stand, and competed
in hopscotch and jump rope.
Prediabetes is a term that is used when you are at risk for type
2 diabetes. It means that your blood sugar is higher than it
should be. Most people who get type 2 diabetes have prediabetes
first.
Many Americans are carrying around some excess pounds. According
to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, 66% of U.S. adults are
overweight or obese (61.6% of women and 70.5% of men).
A study published in 2008 by researchers at the University of
Chicago Medical Center found that nearly 1 in 25 Americans over
age 57 are potentially at risk for a harmful interaction of
medications.