Take a day off each week (HealthDay News) — Resistance exercises strengthen your bones and muscles, but it’s easy to overtrain and cause injury. The American College of Sports Medicine offers these suggestions to avoid overtraining: Include at least one recovery day each week. Alternate your exercises. Don’t increase both frequency and intensity of exercises...

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Small study suggests an association, but more research needed MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) — Changes in walking speed among older adults may indicate the early stages of a type of dementia called mild cognitive impairment, researchers say. Their study included 93 people, aged 70 and older, who lived alone. Of the participants, 54 had...

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Experts say statins, not omega-3 supplements, lower cholesterol and improve cardiovascular health By Steven Reinberg MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) — People with type 2 diabetes who take omega-3 fatty acid supplements are neither helping nor harming their heart, a new study finds. Omega-3 fatty acids — the type found in fish oil — are...

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