A New Do It Yourself Screening Test for Dementia
The British Medical Journal has reported a new self-administered screening test for Alzheimer's dementia: Self administered cognitive screening test (TYM) for detection of Alzheimer’s disease: cross sectional study. Just like so many other tests like HIV status, pregnancy, and blood sugar measurements, now people can take 15 or so minutes and in the privacy of their own home, determine if there's sufficient evidence of a problem to seek further evaluation.
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Why the Mediterranean Diet Helps
June 28th, 2009|Medical News Commentary|By Elizabeth Tracey
We've all been hearing it for years: eat more like our Mediterranean cousins do (read that Greeks) and you'll live longer. Such a diet, dubbed the 'Mediterranean diet,' should include olive oil as the main oil consumed, lots of fruits and veggies, and wine, judiciously quaffed. But what exactly about this diet is most important in prolonging life? Investigators at Harvard took a stab at it and published their results this week.
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