A healthy lawn is your best defense against lawn diseases and other problems. But when the weather favors the disease more than your lawn, problems can occur. Reduce the risk of disease by keeping your lawn healthy. Mow high to encourage deeply rooted grass that is more drought tolerant and resistant to disease problems. Water… Continue reading Keep Your Lawn Green and Healthy All Season Long
Author: Sondra Forsyth
Sondra Forsyth is Co-Editor-in-Chief of ThirdAge.com. She is a National Magazine Award winner with scores of major magazine bylines and twelve books to her credit. Her most recent book is “Candida Cleanse: The 21-Day Diet to Beat Yeast and Feel Your Best”. Sondra was Executive Editor at “Ladies’ Home Journal,” Features Editor at “Cosmopolitan,” and Articles Editor at “Bride’s”. A former ballerina, she founded Ballet Ambassadors, an arts-in-education company in New York City, and served as Artistic Director for 16 years.
Should You Cosign a Student Loan for Your Grandchild?
As a grandparent, you want to do everything you can to help your grandchild succeed. That’s the reason your grandchildren might turn to you for financial help when it comes to paying for college. If you don’t have the funds outright to contribute to their education, you could be asked to cosign a private student… Continue reading Should You Cosign a Student Loan for Your Grandchild?
Researchers Say Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Raises Ethical Questions
Artificial intelligence is hard at work crunching health data to improve diagnostics and help doctors make better decisions for their patients. But researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine say the furious pace of growth in the development of machine-learning tools calls for physicians and scientists to carefully examine the ethical risks of incorporating… Continue reading Researchers Say Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Raises Ethical Questions
Dual Mobility Hip Replacement Reduces Risk of Dislocation
More than 330,000 total hip replacements are performed in the United States each year. Overall, it is a highly successful procedure. However, as with all surgeries, a risk for complications exists. Dislocation is one of the most common complications after hip replacement and the number one reason for revision surgery. A 2018 study by Geoffrey… Continue reading Dual Mobility Hip Replacement Reduces Risk of Dislocation
3 Things to Understand About America’s Opioid Crisis and Pain Pill Addiction
Each time the American people think the nation’s opioid crisis can’t get any worse – it gets worse. In 2016, 42,249 people died from opioid overdoses, which comes to 116 deaths every day, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In addition, 11.5 million people misused opioids. But, in a nation… Continue reading 3 Things to Understand About America’s Opioid Crisis and Pain Pill Addiction
New Prostate Cancer Risk Model Could Be a Better Guide for Treatment
One of the biggest challenges in treating prostate cancer is distinguishing men who have aggressive and potentially lethal disease from men whose cancer is slow-growing and unlikely to metastasize. For years, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, cancer grade and tumor stage have been used to sort prostate cancer patients into risk groups established by the National… Continue reading New Prostate Cancer Risk Model Could Be a Better Guide for Treatment
Recommit to Your Resolutions
We are well into 2018, but unfortunately most of us have already fallen off the wagon with our New Year’s Resolution goals. Remember those? It happens to the best of us, even when we have the best intentions. The good news is that it’s easier to get back on track than you think! Here is my… Continue reading Recommit to Your Resolutions
Bear Market Plus Withdrawals in Retirement Can Cause Portfolio Death Spiral
If you’re a retiree with an equity-heavy portfolio and have to make a withdrawal in a bear market during the early years of your retirement, you can dig such a hole that your savings will never recover. Consider a retired couple with a $1 million portfolio. During their first year of retirement, the market drops… Continue reading Bear Market Plus Withdrawals in Retirement Can Cause Portfolio Death Spiral
More Isn’t Always Better When It Comes to Health Care, Older Americans Say
Doctors and older patients may disagree more often than either of them suspects about whether a particular medical test or medicine is truly necessary, according to findings from a 2018 poll of Americans over age 50, the National Poll on Healthy Aging done by the University of Michigan. A release from U of M notes… Continue reading More Isn’t Always Better When It Comes to Health Care, Older Americans Say
New Blood Pressure App and Hardware Rivals Arm Cuff Accuracy
Cuff devices for blood pressure measurement are inconvenient, and mobile device apps for blood pressure measurement that are now being introduced may lack accuracy. To solve this problem, a team of Michigan State University scientists has created a new app and hardware for smartphones to measure blood pressure with accuracy that may rival arm-cuff devices.… Continue reading New Blood Pressure App and Hardware Rivals Arm Cuff Accuracy
Prepectoral Breast Implants: New Options to Save the Muscle
In the United States, only 30% of women who undergo mastectomy also undergo breast reconstruction. Of those women who undergo breast reconstruction, about 80% decide to undergo breast reconstruction with implants. Most women undergo implant-based breast reconstruction because it is simpler, scars are limited to the breasts, and the recovery is often faster immediately after… Continue reading Prepectoral Breast Implants: New Options to Save the Muscle
Study Validates Tool to Assess Mortality Risk in Older Patients with Orthopedic Fractures
Analytic software developed by orthopedic trauma surgeons at NYU Langone Health accurately identifies which middle-aged and elderly patients face a greater mortality risk following surgery for an orthopedic fracture, according to a March 2018 study. A release from NYU Langone states that PersonaCARE is a unique, predictive deep-learning software that uses an algorithm called the… Continue reading Study Validates Tool to Assess Mortality Risk in Older Patients with Orthopedic Fractures
What Obesity Does to the Spine
With so much focus on the many health risks of obesity – including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer – many people overlook what obesity can also do to the spine, About one-third of American adults – approximately 79 million people – have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, classifying them as obese.… Continue reading What Obesity Does to the Spine
Using Multiple Methods to Manage Pain After Joint Replacement Reduces Opioid Prescriptions and Resulting Complications
A multimodal approach to pain management (using two or more different methods or medications to manage pain) rather than using opioids alone was associated with a decrease in opioid use, opioid prescriptions and common opioid-related complications in patients undergoing total hip or knee replacements, according to a study published March 1st 2018 in the Online… Continue reading Using Multiple Methods to Manage Pain After Joint Replacement Reduces Opioid Prescriptions and Resulting Complications
Grow a Bountiful Garden and Share with the Hungry
Do you always squeeze in an extra tomato plant, another row of beans or hill of zucchini? It seems like a good idea at the time, until they start to produce all at once. Your family, friends and co-workers start to hide as you try to pawn off yet another bag of zucchini or tomatoes. Here is… Continue reading Grow a Bountiful Garden and Share with the Hungry
When Life Gives You Lemons, Smile!
Here is one instance where life gives you lemons, and it’s actually a good thing. You don’t even have to make lemonade. Lemons, a popular citrus fruit, are about as sour as you can get. But although they are not sweet, they are great for adding flavor to foods and beverages. And any foods that… Continue reading When Life Gives You Lemons, Smile!
Heart Attack Protocol Can Improve Outcomes & Reduce Disparities Between Men and Women
Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that implementing a four-step protocol for the most severe type of heart attack not only improved outcomes and reduced mortality in both men and women, but eliminated or reduced the gender disparities in care and outcomes typically seen in this type of event. A release from the clinic notes that… Continue reading Heart Attack Protocol Can Improve Outcomes & Reduce Disparities Between Men and Women
Cats and Dogs Are Consuming Toxic Parabens In Their Pet Food
According to a release from the American Chemical Society, scientists examined how pets could be exposed to toxic parabens in their food. The report was published in February 12018 in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology. The release explains that parabens are preservatives commonly found in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, and their use in human… Continue reading Cats and Dogs Are Consuming Toxic Parabens In Their Pet Food