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(NC) By age 63, one in 10 people have had a silent stroke, doubling their risk for dementia. Most won’t know they’ve had one, because they will experience none of the symptoms typical of a conventional stroke, such as numbness ...

(NC) An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’, is an old truism with special relevance for Alzheimer’s disease, according to the director of strategy at the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance. “This will be distressing to some people, ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist With the ongoing advance in technology, it seems like we are always connected and expected to respond immediately to the significant deluge of information which comes to us daily. For many, vacations are ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist Black women are at greater risk of dying from early-stage breast cancer when compared with women of other races and ethnicities. Breast cancer carries a triple negative category where growth of the cancer ...

Studies Of Our Non-Human Friends May Show How Genes Inspire Our Better Tendencies While humans are capable of acts of cruelty, greed and deception, they also possess plenty of positive characteristics such as kindness, compassion, friendliness and empathy. But why? ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist Recently a significant study from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, was published in the BMJ Open Journal. It is the first study in Canada to look at ethnic-specific trends of cardiovascular risk ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist Simply put, periodontitis or gum disease, is extensive inflammation of the gum that results in tissue destruction.  Periodontitis is a common chronic inflammatory disease characterized by destruction of the supporting structures of the ...

Submitted by Dr. George Traitses Many of the health risks people face today are a direct consequence of eating too much processed, vitamin- and mineral-deficient foods high in calories. In general, these foods are best described as containing “empty calories.” ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist I recall growing up in Jamaica when the only cooking oil was coconut oil. Many people actually made their own coconut oil. Back then there was prolific growth of the tall variety of ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist How many of you reading this article have high blood pressure, high blood sugar levels, a big belly and abnormal cholesterol levels? Do you know individuals with these conditions? This combination or cluster ...