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Fatigue, Pain Affect All With Breast Cancer, Exercise After Diagnosis Helps

From this article, Fitness Before Cancer Not As Crucial As After, Study - Fatigue, Pain Affect All With Breast Cancer, Exercise After Diagnosis Helps:

“Physical activity is not only good for symptom management, it actually might result in lower risk of recurrence, lower risk of second cancers, and these are things that breast cancer survivors worry about every day."

Happy Independence Day

On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, triggering the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation.

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Chemicals Found In Cherries May Help Fight Diabetes

From this article, Chemicals Found In Cherries May Help Fight Diabetes:

"In early laboratory studies using animal pancreatic cells, the chemicals, called anthocyanins, increased insulin production by 50 percent.

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Obesity to fuel Alzheimer's rise

From this article, Obesity to fuel Alzheimer's rise:

“Obesity is a huge risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.

"People who are obese at 60 are twice as likely to develop dementia by the time they are 75.”

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High-Intensity Exercise Best for Anxiety

From this article High-Intensity Exercise Best for Anxiety :

“For decades, health experts have been at odds about how much exercise actually makes a difference on stress and anxiety. Most of them agree that a moderate to low amount of regular exercise can ease anxiety. But the latest research from the University of Missouri in Columbia shows that high-intensity exercise is the best way to go.”

How blueberries help to keep the brain young

We attend to the health of our bodies in hopes of remaining vital in our later years. Part of that focus ought to be on the health of the brain especially for those who have a family history of declining cognitive ability in later years. Until the Alzheimer's wonder drug is developed we can help maintain our cognitive abilities with diet and exercise.

From this London Telegraph article, How blueberries help to keep the brain young: