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Reasons Not to Have an Estate Plan

We often hear from clients many reasons why they waited so long to draft their estate plans.

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We often hear the same reasons over and over as to why people don’t have an estate plan or haven’t gotten around to drafting an estate plan.

Some of the most frequent reasons and why they shouldn’t stop you from having an estate plan are:

  1. I don’t have enough money, property, etc. Estate planning is not just about assets. Estate planning is a way to protect your wishes, in the event of incapacity. If you have young children, estate planning allows you to choose their guardian, something should happen to you. Estate planning also allows you to direct medical and financial care, should
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A calorie-restricted diet may slow aging in healthy adults, science shows

Eating fewer calories appears to slow the pace of aging and increase longevity in healthy adults, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature Aging.

The study, which was funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, is the first-ever randomized controlled trial that looked at the long-term impact of calorie restriction.

It adds to an already large body of evidence that a A calorie-restricted diet can provide substantial health benefits, including delayed aging, said the study’s senior author, Dan Belsky, who is assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.

“The main take-home of our study is that it is possible to slow down the pace of biological aging and that it may be possible to achieve that slowing through modification of lifestyle and behavior,” Belsky said.

In a phase 2 clinical trial,

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Why Every Generation Needs to Care About Medicare | Healthiest Communities Health News

Why should younger Americans care about Medicare?

Over 175 million Americans – more than 50% of the population – are part of the millennial generation or younger. As these younger Americans brace for depleted Social Security benefits by the time they reach retirement age, the COVID-19 pandemic has made evident that concerns about health care access and costs do not begin once someone’s nearly 70. Access to high-quality health care is an essential aspect of a lifelong pursuit of wellness for all Americans.

Millennials, as well as Gen Xers and Gen Zers, need to care about Medicare because health care decisions made by CMS – including those that affect prescription drug coverage, physician pricing and surgery choices – can impact everyone.

Medicare initiatives often have spillover effects on private health care, as pointed to in a 2020 study examining the effect of warnings from CMS to primary care providers about

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A Greek nutritionist who has followed the Mediterranean diet all her life shares her 5 go-to breakfasts

A composite of a bowl of baked spinach, feta and egg next to a headshot of smiling Elena Paravantes.

Paravantes recommended savory breakfasts like this spinach, feta, and egg bake.Elena Paravantes

  • Elena Paravantes has been following the Mediterranean diet since she was a child in Greece.

  • She recommended starting the day with a light but savory breakfast to keep you going until lunch.

  • Paravantes shared her five favorite Mediterranean breakfasts.

Elena Paravantes grew up eating the Mediterranean diet in Greece and is now a registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in it. She previously told Insider about nine mistakes people make when following the diet and also shared her favorite breakfasts.

The Mediterranean diet has been named the healthiest way to eat by the US News & World Report six years in a row. Research suggests it has several benefits, including improving heart health and the body’s ability to manage blood sugar levels, promoting brain health and longevity, and potentially delaying the onset of Parkinson’s disease.

The diet focuses on

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Mystery cluster of brain disease striking healthy adults robbing them of ability to talk, walk

A cluster of mysterious brain diseases has struck down at least 200 people in a small province and baffled doctors.

More than 200 residents in New Brunswick, Canada, have been affected by the dementia-like disorder that causes vivid hallucinations, an inability to talk and write, memory lapses and even physical paralysis.

Experts say the cases date back to 2015 and are among people aged 18 to 84, dozens of whom were healthy before being struck down by the mystery illness.

One of those patients is Gabrielle Cormier who, at age 20, had to pause her love of figure skating and leave university when she fell ill in 2019, becoming so debilitated that she now needs a wheelchair.

Health officials investigating the cases are probing whether the culprit is food and water contaminated with blue-green algae blooms in water sources.

Another was heavy exposure to the herbicide glyphosate.

What began as

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Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen needs third surgery on elbow

st. PETERSBURG, Fla., — Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen needs a third elbow surgery and will miss the rest of the season, manager Kevin Cash said Saturday.

Rasmussen’s surgery is scheduled for July 24, and the procedure will be done by Dr. Keith Meister.

“Unfortunately, he’s going to miss the rest of the year,” Cash said. “He will get what they’re calling the brace put in. … Dr. Meister just felt like this is probably the best course of action to get him back on the field as quick as possible and as healthy as possible.”

Cash didn’t rule out Rasmussen from a midseason return in 2024.

“Ras is frustrated,” Cash said. “We were all kind of hopeful that maybe he’d be pitching for us at some point this season, but it’s not going to happen.”

Rasmussen, who has been on the 60-day injured list with what was

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the influence of vitamin K on the diet-microbiome-health axis

In a recent narrative review published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers explored how Vitamin K dietary supplementation could promote healthy aging.

Study: Vitamin K and Hallmarks of Aging: Focus on Diet and Gut Microbiome. Image Credit: ratmaner/Shutterstock.comStudy: Vitamin K and Hallmarks of Aging: Focus on Diet and Gut Microbiome. Image Credit: ratmaner/Shutterstock.com

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Dietary vitamin K is a diet-microbiome-health axis modulator; thus, researchers are pursuing evidence of how it impacts the gut microbial composition and metabolic activities implicated with host health outcomes, especially in the older adults of the general population.

People aged 60 years outnumbered children below five years in 2020, and this aged population will nearly double to 2.1 million, outnumbering young people by 2050.

Thus, there is an urgent need to implement lifestyle interventions that could effectively reduce, prevent, or reverse aging-related chronic diseases and physiological perturbations.

The role of a diet containing Vitamin K in healthy aging

Diet or food pattern is a strong determinant of optimal human health. The Global

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Depression, inequality may accelerate aging: study

A new Canadian-led study has found that feeling depressed, along with living in a disadvantaged neighborhood, may lead to premature aging.

The peer-reviewed study, published on Monday in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, points to how depression and living in an urban environment – ​​with greater material and social inequities – can influence how a person ages.

Led by researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., the study’s authors say this may occur “even after accounting for individual-level health and behavioral risk factors, such as chronic conditions and poor health behaviors.”

“This adds to the growing body of evidence that living in urban areas with higher levels of neighborhood deprivation and having depression symptoms are both associated with premature biological aging,” team lead Parminder Raina, a professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University, said in a news

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How Toronto’s Don River, once declared dead, is roaring back to life | Canada

After decades of illness, including a cholera scare and bouts of malaria, Toronto’s Don River succumbed to mounting neglect and was pronounced dead in 1969.

A funeral procession of environmental activists wound through the city, with mourners gathering at the polluted banks of the river to pay their final respects.

After more than half a century, however, the river has roared back to life. Wildlife is gingerly returning to areas that were once the site of heavy industry. Its waters will soon become cleaner. And perhaps most unlikely of all: after decades of advocacy work from a small group of frustrated citizens, the city is spending billions to save a body of water which was long despised and feared.

Unlike other rivers bisecting a major city, the waterway, named after the River Don in Yorkshire, is neither revered nor loved. It lacks the grandeur of the Seine, the sacredness of

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How Do I Get Out of My Non-Compete?

In healthcare, there has been a large expansion in non-compete clauses. Many of our clients would like to find a way out of their non-compete clause when looking to leave their current employment.

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The first way to avoid breaching a non-compete clause is to have your attorney negotiate a contract without a non-compete clause before beginning your employment.

Sometimes, non-compete clauses are unavoidable. So what can you do in that situation?

  1. Make sure you understand the language of your non-compete. Are there any exceptions? Were any hospitals carved out or possibly an exception was made for entering into private practice? If you are looking to waive a non-compete, first have a healthcare attorney carefully review the provision for possible
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