Whack! The crowd cheers as young Johnny runs the bases after getting a hit at his little league baseball game. He makes it all the way to third base, and his parents beam from the bleachers with pride … Continue Reading...
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The Lighter Side of Health Care
A Week of Good Intentions The lighter side of health is supposed to be a whimsical farce on all of the happenstances of life regarding health. We all know what to do and what not to do. Diet and … Continue Reading...
Healthy Grilling
It’s widely accepted that we tend to gain a bit of weight during the colder months of the year; earlier sunsets and cold winter evenings call for stick-to-your-bones dishes, and, of course, the … Continue Reading...
Avoid Social Isolation
Social isolation among seniors is a growing issue with potentially devastating outcomes, not just for seniors themselves but also for their families and friends. With an increasing aging population, … Continue Reading...
Strengthen Your Bones
Osteoporosis can be a crippling malady, striking many elderly women and drastically altering or eventually taking their lives. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when the body loses too … Continue Reading...
Have You Been Scammed?
Frank Abagnale knows a thing or two about fraud. The subject of the 2002 film “Catch Me If You Can,” Abagnale is a former teenage con artist turned respected cyber security expert and trusted … Continue Reading...
Preventing Diabetes: Changing Your Lifestyle Can Delay or Prevent Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a serious disease caused by an excess of sugar in the blood because the body is unable to make or efficiently use insulin, a hormone created by the pancreas that helps turn glucose … Continue Reading...
How Daylight Savings Affects Us
Since 1918, the United States has periodically established, rescinded, re-established and extended daylight saving time. Currently, we set our clocks ahead an hour at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in … Continue Reading...
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An Easy Dental Appointment
What if going to the dentist was a comfortable experience, one that you actually looked forward to? Most people, if you asked them, would place a trip to the dentist somewhere near the bottom of their … Continue Reading...
The Gift a Senior Community Gives
“Making the decision to live in a continuing care retirement community is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself and your family,” said Lynn McQueen, director of marketing with the Martha … Continue Reading...
Getting Hospice Sooner
“I wish we would have contacted hospice sooner.” That is the most common statement that Anderson’s PruittHealth Hospice Administrator Lynn Brooks hears from families. Hospice is necessary when a … Continue Reading...
A Need for Medical Staff
The World Health Organization stated that between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years old will nearly double from 12% to 22% and that by 2020, that age group will … Continue Reading...
Bingocize: Getting Seniors to Exercise
Bingocize is great because it gets seniors moving while playing a game that they already love. It is widely known that many senior citizens love to play bingo. Unfortunately, this game is … Continue Reading...
What Dry Mouth Could Mean
Imagine the sensation of cotton in your mouth or having a mouthful of peanut butter. For many seniors, dry mouth is a condition they have had to adjust to as their new normal. Dr. Dawn Reynolds, a … Continue Reading...
Medication Adherence for Seniors
You’ve just been prescribed an antibiotic for a sinus infection. The medication is supposed to be taken three times a day with water, and you should make sure to spread out the medication evenly. For … Continue Reading...
AlterG Helps Get in Shape
When you step into the oversized spandex shorts and then onto the treadmill, you are about to defy gravity. Under the watchful eye of physical therapist Tyler Geib, I did just that. Once I was … Continue Reading...
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