This message was sent to ##Email## April 18, 2018       Home  |   About  |   Conferences  |   Education Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise   NAMCP eNews on Prevention, Wellness & Lifestyle Survey 2018 NAMCP Please take a quick minutes and let us know what you think of our eNews. The following survey will only take 2-3 minutes to complete. Click here to take the survey.    FITNESS & WELLNESS Sitting harms brain health, regardless of exercise Medical News Today Too much sitting may not be good for the brain, according to a preliminary study of adults who have reached middle age and beyond. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) discovered that among 35 adults aged 45–75 without dementia, those who spent more time sitting in the day had greater thinning of the medial temporal lobe.  READ MORE To prevent falls in older age, try regular exercise NPR Falls are a leading cause of injury and death among older adults. In 2014, about 1 in 3 adults aged 65 and older reported falling, and falls were linked to 33,000 deaths. If you want to reduce the risk of falling, regular exercise may be your best bet, according to the latest recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.  READ MORE     .  SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT     Could your fitness boost your kids' brain power? Medical News Today Fathers may be able to pass on the enhanced learning ability that comes from being physically and mentally active through molecular changes in their sperm, according to new research from Germany. In a paper published in the journal Cell Reports, researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University Medical Center Göttingen, also in Germany, explain how they came to this conclusion after studying mice.  READ MORE Yes, weight machines can absolutely have a place in your fitness routine SELF Rep per rep, nothing beats free-weight, compound movements. Think: squats, deadlifts, bench presses and rows. These weight room staples tap multiple muscle groups at once, hike up your heart rate, and even train those little stabilizer muscles that help keep everything in alignment and working properly. So then why would you ever want to sit your booty on a weight machine and perform teeny tiny biceps curls or knee extensions?  READ MORE    DIET & NUTRITION Can you outrun a bad diet? Experts share their nutrition advice for runners Runner's World You hit the fast food drive-through a couple times a week, and your grocery cart is regularly filled with cookies, packaged doughnuts, ice cream, chips (and dip). But you’re thin. You run — a lot — and you’re not gaining any weight, so all’s good, right? Well, not exactly. Put down the chocolate cupcake and hear us out.  READ MORE The nutrition plan to lose the last few pounds Men's Journal People who are trying to lose weight often confront the same problem: They lose enough weight to get close to their goals, and then their progress totally stalls. They wind up stonewalled, five pounds short of their ideal body weight. The solution: A strong weight-loss program.  READ MORE    RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Study: Even one night of bad sleep causes dangerous changes in your brain Business Insider One of the most important things that happens when we drift off at night is a cleansing process: sleep helps remove toxins from the human brain. Scientists recently found that even one night of sleep deprivation causes the buildup of a kind of protein that's known to make up the plaque that surrounds nerve cells associated with Alzheimer's in the brain.  READ MORE Parental diet before conception affects child's health Medical Xpress A child's health can be compromised not only by a mother who smokes or drinks during pregnancy, but by the obesity and poor diet of both parents well before the act of procreation, researchers said. What a mother and father eat, and whether they are seriously overweight, in other words, can have "profound implications for the growth, development and long-term health of their children before conception," they warned in a trio of studies.  READ MORE    VITAMINS & PHARMACEUTICALS Experts: Enthusiasm over vitamins often outpaces evidence CNN When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary studies in the early 1990s had linked both supplements to a lower risk of heart disease. She urged her father to pop the pills as well: "Dad, you should be on these vitamins, because every cardiologist is taking them or putting their patients on [them]," recalled Gulati, now chief of cardiology for the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.  READ MORE You may be wasting your money on vitamins, according to a doctor POPSUGAR Social media has the power of making anything trendy, and vitamins are no exception. Thanks to Instagram-driven companies that have somehow made multivitamins sexy and personalized, more people are interested in getting their daily health fix now than ever. But are they actually good for you — or are we all wasting our money?  READ MORE Exercise in, vitamin D out for preventing falls HealthDay News With aging often comes worry about falls and the bone fractures they cause. Now, a panel of U.S. experts has new advice on what helps and what doesn't when it comes to staying upright. For starters, get off the sofa. And don't rely on vitamin D to keep you from falling.  READ MORE    MISSED AN ISSUE OF ENEWS ON PREVENTION, WELLNESS & LIFESTYLE? VISIT AND SEARCH THE  ARCHIVE TODAY.    NAMCP UPDATES Please take a quick minutes and let us know what you think of our eNews. The following survey will only take 2-3 minutes to complete. Click here to take the survey. Seattle Genetics announced an FDA approved label expansion for our lead product/program Adcetris (Brentuximab Vedotin) in combination with chemotherapy for adults with previously untreated stage III or IV classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. Click here for more information. Advanced Accelerator Applications, a Novartis Company, Receives US FDA Approval for LUTATHERA®, a First-in Class Treatment for Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (GEP-NETs). Please click here to read the entire press release. 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