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, it’s […]
General Health
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Since 1918, the United States has periodically established, rescinded, re-established and extended daylight saving time.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 […]
When it is Too Cold for Pets
People who live in places such as Buffalo, New York, with an average snowfall of 8 feet or International Falls, Minnesota, where low temperatures average -4 F know all about […]
Important Preventive Measures to Take for Maintaining Good Health
As we age, preventive health care becomes an increasingly important part of our overall wellness plan. From needing vaccinations before entering college to adults undergoing cancer-detecting mammograms or colonoscopies, the […]
NAFLD Has No Symptoms in its Early Stages
Several symptoms of liver disease should warn you that a visit to your doctor is probably a good idea. They include abdominal pain and swelling; itchy skin; dark urine color; […]
Keeping Your Balance
Losing balance as we age is something that most of us accept as inevitable. Dizzy spells, reaching out to steady your balance on a countertop or second thoughts about going […]
Students Shine in Heller Service Corps
In 2016, as a freshman at Furman University, Terryl Cronic said she was shy and directionless – but that was why she chose Furman, a small university of only about […]
Premature Baby Defies Odds
Resting across his father’s lap, Matthew Barbier slept soundly during his Sunday afternoon nap. The faint whirring of an oxygen machine filled the living room with a lulling white noise. […]
Oral Health in Pets
If our pets could talk, imagine the things they might say: how they enjoyed the walk this morning; a tale about the squirrel they saw outside the window; a request […]