“Walking may be the single best — and easiest — exercise you can do to improve your health in 2012,” says the AARP. “Research also…
Walk Your Way to Health
February 23, 2012
Category: Senior Health
Tips to Help St. Louis Family Caregivers of Seniors with Diabetes
February 20, 2012
Living with senior diabetes is really a question of making good life management choices. As a caregiver, you can strongly influence many of those lifestyle…
Diabetes in Seniors
February 13, 2012
Diabetes is known to raise the risk of a number of major health problems, including heart disease and kidney failure. More recently, studies have also…
Caring for the Caregiver is Crucial
February 9, 2012
Here is another real-life example of how important it is to care for the caregiver. While caring for her dying husband, this woman did not…
Tips to Cope with Caregiving & Senior Diabetes
February 6, 2012
A diabetes diagnosis for a frail senior can mean complications that a family sometimes isn’t prepared to deal with, in particular if the senior lives…
5 Surprising Signs of an Unhealthy Heart
February 2, 2012
We’ve all read the signs of a heart attack listed on posters in the hospital waiting room. But what if there were other, earlier signs…
Recommendations for Health Screening Tests After 50
January 31, 2012
When people reach a certain age, different aspects of health need to be assessed. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has recently updated…
A Simpler, More Effective CPR Method
January 20, 2012
Many people do not realize that there is a new form of CPR that is simpler and more effective than the old method. The new…
Can Exercise Fight Parkinson’s Disease?
December 27, 2011
Exercise has many benefits, and for Parkinson’s disease patients, it may serve an even larger purpose than merely maintaining fitness. Parkinson’s researcher, Dr. Jay L….
How Your Hearing Aid Might Be Protecting Your Brain
December 16, 2011
While we may not always notice small changes to our senses as we age, our brains definitely do. A recent study from the University of…