What is critically important to remember is the very significant 
connection between heart disease and Alzheimer's disease. And, beyond 
that, it's very important to realize the importance of keeping your 
weight down to a good level.
 
Why? As you can probably imagine, obesity is a risk factor for both 
heart disease and memory loss. It just goes round and round, doesn't 
it. 
 
Let's skip the usual but important discussion of eating less and 
exercising more for a moment and focus on a point that is often 
forgotten or perhaps under appreciated: increasing your metabolic rate 
so you burn more calories at rest.
 
As human beings, we have a unique ability to store ingested calories 
as fat. That was vitally important a long, long time ago and saved 
countless lives during things like famines and plagues and wars when 
food wasn't readily available. 
 
Today however, it sometimes seems as if excess food has become a 
curse in areas where there is an overabundance of food (of course, 
some areas of the world are suffering from famine as we speak). 
 
Many people with excess weight and body fat have tried various diet 
and exercise programs. The failure rate of relying on these approaches 
alone can be seen by walking through an airport or going to the mall 
or going grocery shopping. It's quite a challenge, isn't it?
 
A major reason people accumulate excess body fat, especially with 
age, is that the aging process itself is associated with a profound 
drop in metabolism and calorie burning. I remember very vividly myself 
that when I was in my 30's and 40's - all I had to do to lose weight 
was to think about it. 
 
Now it is much more of a challenge.   
 
One recent study revealed that that as we age, we suffer a greater 
decrease in resting metabolism; what scientists call resting energy 
expenditure. This helps explain why dieting alone so often fails to 
provide long-term weight control, and why it is so important to boost 
your resting metabolic rate if you want to lose weight and body fat.
 
Until recently, besides diet and exercise, the only supplements that 
were available to boost metabolism were frankly very dangerous. In 
fact many of them have been removed from the market. 
 
With the development of the Longevity Green Drink and the Longevity 
Energy Caps you now have very safe and effective ways available to you 
to boost your metabolism and get a welcomed side effect: you can boost 
your brain power with both of them as well. 

“Are you taking the right medication for a neurological or psychiatric disorder?”

Neurological disorders include epilepsy, migraine headaches, and Parkinson’s disease. Depression and schizophrenia are psychiatric disorders. As it turns out, many of the medications used to treat neurological conditions are also used to treat psychiatric conditions. There are a number of treatment options for each, but it’s important to make sure you’re getting the right medication for your specific illness.
Watch for drug interactions
Everybody being treated for a neurological or psychiatric disorder should be especially watchful for harmful drug interactions. Some of these medications can be dangerous if taken in the wrong combination or by people with certain conditions, such as heart disease. These medications can cause side effects that may not be as easy to detect, due to the symptoms of the neurological or psychiatric disorder itself.
Know your treatment options
Is your treatment working? Is it affordable? Are there unexpected or unwanted side effects? There are many alternatives for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders. So it’s always worth considering a change in medication if you’re not happy with the outcome, side effects, or price.
Keep your doctor informed
Always tell your doctors about all the medications you’re taking. If one of your doctors makes a change in your medication, be sure to tell your other doctors. This will help you avoid the risk of a drug interaction and allow you to get the full benefit of the treatment. And if Medco manages your prescription program and we notice a safety issue with your medications, a Neurology/Psychiatry Pharmacist will work with you and your doctor to help make sure that you’re getting the most effective treatment.

“Don’t let your arthritis give you an ulcer.”

What kind of arthritis do you have?
There's a lot of confusion about arthritis, which is a painful and potentially disabling condition affecting the joints. The confusion comes from the fact that there are different types of arthritis and many different types of treatment. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis.* This condition comes from wear and tear on your joints. So it's not surprising that if you live long enough, there's a good chance you'll get osteoarthritis. Other common types of arthritis include gout and autoimmune arthritis—such as rheumatoid arthritis—which occurs when your body's immune system attacks your joints.
Treatments and side effects.
Most people with osteoarthritis can manage their pain by taking over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol®, Advil®, or aspirin. For other people, arthritis treatment requires prescription medication for pain management. It is important to remember that some prescription and over-the-counter medications can cause ulcers, especially if you take them day in and day out for weeks at a time. If you are over 65, have heart disease, or take the blood thinner warfarin, you are especially at risk.
What you can do
If you have to take arthritis medicine every day, you may want to ask your doctor or pharmacist if there's a medication you need to take with it to help protect your stomach from an ulcer. The good news is that there are many such medications available. If your prescription program is managed by Medco and a medication safety issue arises, an Arthritis/Pain Management Pharmacist will work with you and your doctor to help make sure that you're getting the most effective treatment.
So don't let arthritis slow you down more than it has to. The right treatment can go a long way toward helping you live as active a lifestyle as you can.