Safety tips to prevent falls at home
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Falling for anyone, but especially the elderly, can be serious and costly. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell the story:
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Why hip flexor health is vital
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The key is to work at keeping your hip flexors healthy everyday by making important lifestyle changes. This can make a world of difference in keeping and maintaining your range of motion in your hips before it’s too late.
Read More5 tips on achieving picture-perfect posture
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Poor posture makes us look frail adding years to our body. Too much time spent standing or sitting slouched or hunched over takes a toll on our back taking the brunt of being out of alignment.
Read MoreScientists claim discovery of a new organ in the human body
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Over two-thirds of the human body is water, most of it contained inside cells. About 20 percent of the fluid in the body is “interstitial,” a Latin word combining “inter,” or “between,” and “sister,” or “to place” – literally, “between the other places.”
Read More5 ways strengthening your immune system naturally
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Each and every day our immune system quietly does its job of protecting and defending our bodies from harm.
Read MorePrevent your age from preserving your muscle mass
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Each time you lift weights focus on muscle strengthening activities that work the major muscle groups (legs, hips, back, chest, abdomen, shoulders, and arms) at least two times each week.
Read More15 ways to preserve joint health
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Our joints, located wherever the ends of two bones come together, are kept very busy each day. From waving our fingers goodbye, turning our head side to side, swirling our hips, or bending our knees to climb stairs, their job is priceless.
Read MoreHow to tell differences between normal aging and Alzheimer’s
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Having a “senior moment” may initially be funny but have you ever become concerned if they are happening more frequently? Could it be early signs of Alzheimer’s or is it simply normal aging?
Read MoreVision smarts on protecting your aging eyes
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Whatever the cause, eye health is not to be taken for granted. This is why the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends at a minimum, a baseline eye exam in middle age and more frequent exams as you get older.
Read MoreU.S. children’s obesity rates rise alarmingly, finds new report
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Just when we thought we were making some progress on reducing childhood obesity, the latest analysis of federal data published in the journal Pediatrics finds it isn’t so. T
Read MoreLaughter – the best medicine for mind and body
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A good sense of humor and the ability to laugh in all situations is the tie that binds us together increasing happiness and flooding us with a tremendous amount of feel-good endorphins.
Read More8 tips to aging well with diabetes
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The best bet for anyone with diabetes is to follow 8 steps on aging as well as one can with this condition. Follow these suggestions for a longer, more fulfilled, and higher quality of life:
Read MoreTechniques dramatically preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia
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This news is according to a 2017 study in the American Journal of Infection Control which focused on the rate of common pneumonia infections or what is referred to as hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) or non-ventilator HAP compared to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
Read MoreBest nutrients for healthy, younger-looking skin
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Taking care of your skin is an investment in yourself. The best way to nourish your skin is by healthy food choices loaded with antioxidants and phytochemicals feeding the skin at the cellular level triggering it to react in a more positive way by improving its appearance.
Read MoreNSAIDs or Acetaminophen: Which pain reliever works best?
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When mild to moderate pain strikes, most of us can treat it on our own by taking an over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever. Even though there is a wide variety of different brand names and packages offered, there are basically two major types of OTC painkillers – an NSAID or acetaminophen.
Read MoreHow to anti-age your hands
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There is probably no other body part that gives away our age more than our hands. From opening jars, using them to drive, tying shoes, to holding a baby, our hands do so much throughout the day it’s no wonder they show the signs of time well before we are old.
Read More12 best ways to get your vitamin D
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Vitamin D can be a rather elusive vitamin for obtaining what we need for good health. It’s not abundantly found in many food sources and our main way of getting it is from the sun.
Read More7 practical ideas managing morning stiffness from RA
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Waking up with frustrating morning stiffness due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a one of the most common complaints of this condition. Rheumatologists consider morning stiffness lasting at least an hour a day a key sign of RA.
Read MoreNorovirus outbreak plagues 2018 Winter Olympics
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What started on February 3 among a group of security guards staying at the youth training center in Pyeongchang, has spread with at least 177 confirmed cases in South Korea. As a precaution, organizers of the winter games have quarantined at least 1,200 Olympic staffers. So far, no athletes have been infected.
Read MoreHow to be fabulously healthy after 40
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Milestone birthdays are either looked forward to or more likely, dreaded. Each year that goes by means one more year closer to being your best or one more year wondering where the time went.
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