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Here are six bad habits that increase the risk of dementia
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-07 21:31:05
It’s not new, dementia comes with age and is often associated with genetics, but your lifestyle habits might also play an important role.
“Dementia is a group of conditions characterized by impairment of two or more brain functions, such as judgment and memory loss. Symptoms of dementia include forgetfulness, limited social skills and thought disorders that interfere with daily functioning,” explained Dr. Blair Steel, psychologist at Carrara Treatment, Wellness & Spa, at HuffPost.
According to the latter, in addition to genetics, age and brain trauma, certain seemingly harmless behaviors can increase the risk of developing dementia as we age.
“If you or a loved one are showing signs of dementia, it is important to talk to a doctor and get an evaluation,” she said.
Here are six bad habits that can increase your chances of getting dementia:
Not moving enough
Physical activity has a positive effect on overall health and cognitive health is no exception, especially among people approaching their sixties.
“Being inactive has an effect on the brain,” Steel said, adding that, like other muscles, “if you don’t use it, you lose it.”
Not socializing enough
An active social life can play an important role in the development of cognitive diseases. Social interactions help stimulate the brain and reduce the risk of dementia.
“We spend a lot of hours on social media, but it probably doesn’t stimulate the brain’s experience of connection as much as socializing in person,” said the psychologist.
Not getting enough sleep
Lack of sleep also affects the risk of dementia, noted Dr. Blair Steel. Therefore, people who have disrupted sleep cycles at a younger age have a greater chance of developing cognitive illnesses.
The specialist therefore advises avoiding screens before going to bed.
Chronic stress
Stress and anxiety cause people’s cortisol levels to rise, which can cause memory problems. Thus, chronic stress can lead to dementia due to prolonged elevations in cortisol.
Excessive alcohol consumption
Excessive alcohol consumption can cause brain damage and consequently dementia.
This type of dementia normally affects people who have been drinking excessively on a regular basis for several years.
A poor diet
Research has also shown that a healthy diet helps reduce the risk of cognitive illnesses. Thus, a balanced and healthy diet, even if not perfect, helps avoid diagnoses such as Alzheimer’s.
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Krejčíková averted match points, eventually losing to Russia. Linda Fruhvirtová also ends
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-08 06:29:50
Czech tennis player Barbora Krejčíková entered the new season with a defeat. The fourth seed saved two match points in the first round of the tournament in Adelaide, but eventually lost to Anna Kalinska of Russia 5-7, 6-3, 5-7.
Krejčíková erased a 1:3 loss in the first set, but then the loss of her serve decided at 5:5. In the second set, the world number 10 turned the score around from 0:2 and equalized, but in the decisive set, on the contrary, she did not maintain a two-game lead and, although she saved two match points, it was not enough for the third.
A BIG WIN FOR ANNA!
Anna Kalinskaya stuns World No.10 Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the first round of the Adelaide International, coming from a break down in the decider to prevail.
Remained calm even when her opponent raised her level following a slow start, superb win! pic.twitter.com/knnmyakOgE
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) January 8, 2024
The 28-year-old Krejčíková and Kalinská, who advanced to the main competition in Adelaide from the qualification, also lost the second match in her career. The year before last in Guadalajara, the 2021 Roland Garros winner lost to the currently 75th player in the world ranking in two sets.
Wimbledon champion Markéta Vondroušová will also appear in Adelaide, who will face Aljaksandra Sasnovičová from Belarus in the first round. Karolína Plíšková and Kateřina Siniaková will then face each other in the Czech duel.
Linda Fruhvirtová finished the game
Eighteen-year-old Czech tennis player Linda Fruhvirtová lost 3:6, 7:5 and 3:6 to Arantxa Rusová from the Netherlands in Hobart, and she finished in the first round at the second tournament of the new season.
After failing in the qualification final, Fruhvirtová only made it to the main competition as a so-called lucky loser. Just like last week in Auckland, however, she finished in the first round when she lost to the Russian in two and a half hours.
Although she was the first to break in the first set, she ended up losing her serve three times. In the second, Fruhvirtová quickly took a 3-0 lead and although she soon lost it, she forced a deciding set. But the world number 50 Russian succeeded in it once more.
Marie Bouzková, the fifth seed, will face Viktorija Golubicová from Switzerland in the first round in Hobart. Conversely, Linda Nosková withdrew from the tournament due to an injury to her left hip.
| Hobart Women’s Tournament (hard court, $267,082 endowment): |
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| Singles – 1st round: |
| Rusová (Netherlands) – L. FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE) 6:3, 5:7, 6:3 |
| Gračová (8-Fr.) – Stearnsová (USA) 7:6 (7:3), 3:6, 7:5 |
| Schmiedlová (SR) – Osoriová (Col.) 1:6, 7:6 (7:4), 7:5 |
| Adelaide Men’s and Women’s Tournament (Hard Court): |
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| Women ($922,573 grant): |
| Singles – 1st round: |
| Kalinská (Russia) – KREJČíKOVÁ (4-CR) 7:5, 3:6, 7:5 |
| Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) – Maia Haddadova (5-Brazil) 6:3, 6:4 |
| Kosťuková – Kalininová (both Ukr.) 7:6 (7:3), 6:1 |
| Bucsaová (Sp.) – Paoliniová (It.) 6:3, 6:3. |
| Doubles – 1st round: |
| SINIAKOVÁ, Sasnovičová (Czech Republic/Belarus) – Dabrowská, Routliffeová (Can./N.Zel.) 6:4, 2:6, 10:8. |
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China’s Provocations: Taiwan Elections and Sovereignty Disputes
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-08 05:33:09
“Beijing means that it can violate Taiwanese airspace and call into question its sovereignty,” said Raymond Kuo, Taiwan expert at the American institute Rand Corporation. China, which considers Taiwan an integral part of its territory, has vowed to one day bring the island back into its fold and has not ruled out using force to achieve this.
Two candidates in favor of a rapprochement with China
The presidential vote this Saturday will pit current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), defender of the island’s sovereignty, once morest two candidates favoring a rapprochement with China. The timing of the balloons’ appearance is “political,” Raymond Kuo said. “The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is trying to demoralize the Taiwanese public as the presidential and legislative elections approach,” said the expert, according to whom “Beijing adds a new operational challenge to the Taiwanese military forces” intended to test them .
Read also: In 2024, Taiwan opens the ball with democratic elections
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry denounced on Saturday an “attempt to use psychological warfare to affect the morale of our people”, also describing the balloons as a “serious threat” to air links. When asked regarding this, the Chinese Ministry of Defense rejected any accusation of interference and accused Taipei of trying to “manipulate the elections”.
The balloons from China became a politically sensitive issue last year, following the United States shot down one of the aircraft, which it called a “spy”, following it entered its airspace . Beijing, for its part, claimed that it was a civilian airship that had deviated from its trajectory.
“Irresponsible” behavior
Since December, more than 20 balloons have crossed the median line that separates the self-ruled island from mainland China, and at least seven of them have flown over the island. According to the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense, they travel at altitudes between 12,000 and 36,000 feet (3.6 and 11 kilometers) and are detected day and night.
Read also: Taiwan, the major dispute between Xi and Biden
According to James Char, a China specialist at the Singapore Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Beijing had already carried out missile tests near Taiwan in 1996 to intimidate voters and dissuade them from re-electing nationalist President Lee. Teng-hui. “It backfired,” he said. “This pushed the Taiwanese to vote in favor [d’un président] not pro-Beijing and not in favor of unification.”
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