Most visits to the emergency room are unexpected and frightening. In circumstances like these, it’s important to keep your focus on what will help you or your loved one most. Health care workers, often overwhelmed by the number of patients they need to treat, may not ask every question they should. Here, from the experts… Continue reading Managing the ER Visit
Author: Jane Farrell
10 Tips for Better Food Choices
Make yourself a priority and take time to care for yourself. Here, ChooseMyPlate.gov, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, helps you choose the types and amounts of food and beverages you need. Find out what you need Get personalized nutrition information based on your age, gender, height, weight, and physical activity level. SuperTracker… Continue reading 10 Tips for Better Food Choices
Moderate Exercise and Chronic Disease
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found how just one session of moderate exercise can also act as an anti-inflammatory. The findings have encouraging implications for chronic diseases like arthritis, fibromyalgia and for more pervasive conditions, such as obesity. The study, recently published online in Brain, Behavior and Immunity, found… Continue reading Moderate Exercise and Chronic Disease
A Non-Addictive Pain Treatment?
Researchers are drawing closer to developing chronic-pain treatments that keep the medicinal properties of marijuana without the possibility of addiction. The study, by experts at Oregon Health and Science University, was conducted in a rodent model. It provides additional rationale for the development of therapeutics using cannabinoid receptors to treat chronic pain, which afflicts about… Continue reading A Non-Addictive Pain Treatment?
Surgery May Be Preferred for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Surgery or the implantation of a device known as a pessary are the two methods of dealing with pelvic organ prolapse. Now, researchers have found patients who undergo surgery have a better quality of life than those who don’t. The research was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Pelvic organ prolapse occurs… Continue reading Surgery May Be Preferred for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
How to Win The Battle of The Buffet
“All-you-can-eat” buffets may look great, but they can lead to overeating. Here, some tips from the experts at www.choosemyplate.gov, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on how to have happy, healthy eating at the buffet: Survey the territory Take a lap around the buffet before you start to fill up your plate. Plan… Continue reading How to Win The Battle of The Buffet
Social Goals Help Older Adults Walk More
Social goals such as charity walks to raise awareness for a cause may be effective in motivating older adults to exercise, according to a study this month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Although numerous studies have demonstrated significant health benefits… Continue reading Social Goals Help Older Adults Walk More
Five Steps to a Good Night’s Sleep
Anyone who has ever had a bad night’s sleep knows that sleep deprivation is no joke. Sleep directly affects your mood, productivity and decision making all day long. The health experts at Envolve, an integrated healthcare solutions company, share a few tips to help you and your family improve your sleep habits: Relaxation Ritual. Set… Continue reading Five Steps to a Good Night’s Sleep
The Lifesaving Fire-Safety Checklist
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agncy, older adults (age 65 and up) are more than twice as likely to die in fires than the population as a whole. Individuals aged 85 or older are more than four times likely to die in a fire than the general population. Older adults also have a higher… Continue reading The Lifesaving Fire-Safety Checklist
Fat Cells Used to Heal Wounds
Doctors have found a way to help wounds heal as regenerated skin rather than scar tissue. The method involves transforming the most common type of cells found in wounds into fat cells – something that was previously thought to be impossible in humans. Researchers began this work at the Perelman School of Medicine at the… Continue reading Fat Cells Used to Heal Wounds
FDA Facilitates Research on Earlier Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a nightmare haunting many Americans. More than 5 million Americans have been diagnosed with the disease, which is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and the most common cause of dementia among people 60 or older. Alzheimer’s is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and… Continue reading FDA Facilitates Research on Earlier Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
Some Lung-Cancer Patients Benefit from Delayed Chemotherapy
Patients with a common form of lung cancer may still benefit from delayed chemotherapy started up to four months after surgery, according to new research from Yale. The study was published online by JAMA Oncology. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. For patients with non-small-cell… Continue reading Some Lung-Cancer Patients Benefit from Delayed Chemotherapy
Why Advanced Prostate Cancer Resists Treatment
Metastatic prostate cancer, or prostate cancer that has spread to other organs, is incurable. Now, researchers have identified “gatekeeper genes” that allow the cancer to spread and resist treatment. The finding, published in the journal Science, was made by Roswell Park Cancer Institute investigators. The discovery showed how prostate cancer comes to evade therapy, and… Continue reading Why Advanced Prostate Cancer Resists Treatment
Sugar Alert
Editor’s note: Sugar plays a role in serious conditions such as diabetes and obesity. And even for the healthiest among us, it provides only empty calories. You might think it’s easy to recognize sugars when checking a food label. But sugar comes under a number of different names, and it can benefit your health to… Continue reading Sugar Alert
Mental-Health Advice: Straight from Your Smartphone
Researchers are working on apps that can enable you to seek mental health advice on your smartphone, and it seems to be effective. A novel suite of 13 speedy mini-apps called IntelliCare resulted in participants reporting significantly less depression and anxiety by using the apps on their smartphones up to four times a day, reports… Continue reading Mental-Health Advice: Straight from Your Smartphone
Emergency-Room Visits Linked to Increased Disability Risks
Older adults who go to the emergency department (ED) for an illness or injury have higher risks for disability and decline in physical ability up to six months later, accordinig to a study from researchers at Yale. The study was published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Most adults aged 65 and older who visit… Continue reading Emergency-Room Visits Linked to Increased Disability Risks
Money Isn’t The Only Thing You Need in Retirement
It’s the dream retirement many people anticipate for decades. Hang out around the pool all day. Play one round of golf after the other. Finally read that teetering stack of books on the nightstand. In retirement, every day is Saturday – only without the dread about what Monday morning back at the office might bring.… Continue reading Money Isn’t The Only Thing You Need in Retirement
Women and Problem Drinking
If you think you or a loved one might have a problem with alcohol, the experts from the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcoholism Abuse, one of the National Institutes of Health, share some information that could save lives: Fewer women than men drink. However, among the heaviest drinkers, women equal or surpass men in… Continue reading Women and Problem Drinking