_ Medical Care Medical Procedures Will Doctors Stop Ordering Too Many Tests? By article Ask enough people and most will say that their physician has a fairly decent reason for ordering tests and prescribing … Read More→
_ Medical Care Pets Are Your Pet's Medicines Safe? By article The federal Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) receives reports of accidental medication overdoses in pets as part of the agencyΓÇÖs … Read More→
Dental Health Oral Health Should You Keep Your Dentist Appointment or Stay Away? By article Spring is headed our way, along with hay fever, allergies, and occasionally even that last winter cold. If you are … Read More→
_ Diabetes Healthy Diet & Nutrition 4 Ways to Manage Diabetes for Life By article EditorΓÇÖs note: It can be frightening to get a diabetes diagnosis. You may feel overwhelmed or hopeless. But diabetes, while … Read More→
Injury Prevention & Treatment Watch Out for Hypothermia: The "Indoor Cold" By article Almost everyone knows about winter dangers for older people such as broken bones from falls on ice or breathing problems … Read More→
Food Poisoning Tracing Tainted Food to the Source within an Hour By article Foodborne illnesses kill roughly 3,000 Americans each year and about 1 in 6 are sickened, according to the Centers for … Read More→
Aging Well Beauty & Style 8 Meditation Styles to Boost Your Anti-Aging Fitness Plan By article You may have tried a variety of anti-aging exercises, but the best exercise may be the one that involves the … Read More→
_ Dental Health Oral Health Senior Health Taking Care of Aging Teeth By Jane Farrell article As we age, most of us become more susceptible to health risks ΓÇô and that includes oral-health problems. Seniors are … Read More→
Coming Next Week! September 8th to September 12th 2014 By Sondra Forsyth article HereΓÇÖs a sneak preview of the articles, slideshows, and blogs weΓÇÖll be posting during the coming week on ThirdAge, the … Read More→
Coming Next Week! September 8th to September 12th 2014 By Sondra Forsyth article HereΓÇÖs a sneak preview of the articles, slideshows, and blogs weΓÇÖll be posting during the coming week on ThirdAge, the biggest and best site for ΓÇ£boomer and beyondΓÇ¥ women since 1997. As always, weΓÇÖll bring you the latest information from top experts about maintaining a healthy body, mind, and spirit as you navigate both the challenges and the joys of being a ThirdAger.
_ Medical Care An Effective Treatment for Ebola By Sondra Forsyth article A leading Ebola researcher from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has gone on record stating that a blend of three monoclonal antibodies can completely protect monkeys against a lethal dose of Ebola virus up to five days after infection, at a time when the disease is severe.
_ Mental & Emotional Health Older Adults Weathered the Recession Well By Sondra Forsyth article The "Great Recession" may have put a dent in many older adults' pocketbooks, but a study presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2014 in San Francisco found that more than 40 percent reported a decrease in "financial strain" between 2006 and 2010.
_ Many Elderly ER Visitors Are Malnourished By Jane Farrell article In a new study, researchers found that more than half of elderly patients in a hospital emergency room were either malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. Additionally, more than half of the patients who were malnourished hadnΓÇÖt been diagnosed with the condition. Researchers focused on patients 138 65 and older who were seen at the University of North Carolina hospitals over an eight-week period. The patients were not cognitively impaired or critically ill. None of them lived in a nursing home or skilled nursing facility.
_ Marriage ΓÇ£SoulmatesΓÇ¥ Have the Worst Relationships By Sondra Forsyth article If youΓÇÖre looking for love as a Thirdager, youΓÇÖre probably best off ditching the notion that finding your ΓÇ£soulmateΓÇ¥ will guarantee a good relationship this time around. ThatΓÇÖs the finding of research done at the University of Toronto and the University of Southern California. The study was published in 2014 in published the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
_ Money Matters The Documents Every Woman Should Have By Jane Farrell article ThereΓÇÖs more to managing your money than the shoebox filled with crumpled receipts under your bed. According to Patrice C. Washington, Money Maven of the Steve Harvey Morning Show, organizing paperwork and keeping track of financial and legal documents is imperative to your financial well-being. ΓÇ£It is hard to stay on top of your finances if documents are scattered about,ΓÇ¥ Washington says. ΓÇ£On top of that, many women donΓÇÖt know which types of documents they need or even where to start.ΓÇ¥
_ Losing Your Sense of Smell By Jane Farrell article Many older people are not even aware that they have a problem with their sense of smell because the changes occur gradually over several years. They may not even notice that they are experiencing a loss of smell until there is an incident in which they don't detect food that has spoiled or the presence of dangerous smoke.
_ Coming Next Week! June 30th ΓÇô July 4th 2014 By Sondra Forsyth article HereΓÇÖs a sneak preview of the articles, slideshows, and blogs weΓÇÖll be posting during the coming week on ThirdAge, the biggest and best site for ΓÇ£boomer and beyondΓÇ¥ women since 1997. As always, weΓÇÖll bring you the latest information from top experts about maintaining a healthy body, mind, and spirit as you navigate both the challenges and the joys of being a ThirdAger.
_ What causes Hepatitis C? By Jane Farrell article HCV is most often spread by contact with the blood of infected people, especially if you have an open cut or puncture wound that would allow the virus to get past your skin and into your bloodstream. Here are some causes Hepatitis C: ΓÇó Getting a blood transfusion before 1992 or receiving blood clotting products before 1987. Those are the dates when screening for HCV infected donor blood and blood products went into effect.