Capsule Comments
It’s always nice to see a quick formula for a long and healthy life. Four things seem to always appear in this formula: no smoking, moderate alcohol consumption, moderate regular physical activity and five servings of fruit and vegetables per day. One other factor contributes: a sense of how meaningful and manageable you feel life is for you helping you want to get out of bed each day.
Myopia is an eye condition that limits the ability of the eye to focus on distant objects. It appears to be more common today than ever before. Part of the reason for this is that today’s youth spend more time looking at computers and cell phones and less time focusing on things outside. So the eye muscles become weak.
We hear a lot about clinical studies today. It’s important to know how many people were in the study, how long the study lasted and whether the results of the study been reproduced in other studies. One of the best studies ever is the Framingham Heart Study. It started in 1948 to study the characteristics common to heart disease. It is still going on with the second and third generation beyond the original 5209 participants. Much has been learned from this great project.
An article from the U.S. stated that 125,000 Americans die from not taking their heart medications as the doctor prescribed. The reason can be simply not remembering. If this is a problem for you, talk to our staff about special methods to help you remember your medications.
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