Mental & Emotional Health 6 Tips for Improving Your ΓÇ£Lines of GratificationΓÇ¥ By Jane Farrell article Now that we are in the yearΓÇÖs final quarter, Dr. Robert J. Cerfolio, a world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, says itΓÇÖs never … Read More→
_ Food Allergies & Intolerance food poisoninig Healthy Diet & Nutrition FDA Ensures Your Foods From Animals Are Safe By Jane Farrell article If you eat meat or drink milk, you want to know: Are there trace amounts of the veterinary drugs used … Read More→
_ Relationships & Love The Silent Relationship Killer By Jane Farrell article If you have engaged in relationships of any kind, you have experienced and likely battled against ΓÇ£silent agreements.ΓÇ¥ While most … Read More→
Rich Vocabulary Protects Against Dementia By Jane Farrell article Some people suffer incipient dementia as they get older. To make up for this loss, the brain’s cognitive reserve is … Read More→
Aging Parents and Adult Children: When A Health Crisis Changes Everything By blog Fall housekeeping in the upper Midwest doesnΓÇÖt just mean cleaning out the gutters, raking leaves and getting ready for winter. […]
_ Dating Make Your Dating Life Healthy Again! By Jane Farrell article YouΓÇÖve made the big decision to start dating again. YouΓÇÖve heard about all the health benefits of good relationships: reducing … Read More→
Banish Menopausal Pain: Bringing Back the Joy of Sex By blog “Not tonight dear. I have a painful vagina.” Say what? If you’re making excuses to avoid sexual intimacy with your […]
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Study: Personalized Therapy May Combat AlzheimerΓÇÖs By Jane Farrell article A personalized, multi-pronged approach involving diet and lifestyle changes may be effective in combating AlzheimerΓÇÖs and other cognitive disorders, according … Read More→
_ Hearing Loss and Depression By Jane Farrell article By Dr. Carol Meyers Living with hearing loss means a lot more than just not being able to hear as … Read More→
A Learned Response to Loss: Changing the Script By Jane Farrell blog IΓÇÖve found that very few people look at the emotion of grief. Typically ΓÇ£griefΓÇ¥ is associated with the emotional process […]
_ Constipation Solve the Medical Riddle: The Patient Is No Longer ΓÇ£RegularΓÇ¥, Fourth Week By article By Marie Savard MD EditorΓÇÖs note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth … Read More→
Mental & Emotional Health Substance Abuse and Mental Health Recovery at Midlife: If Not Now, When? By article September is not just the month school starts again. It is the 25th Annual National Recovery Month. The mission is … Read More→
_ Social Support Can Help Diabetics' Health By article Diabetes patients who have support from people around them could improve their health outlook as a result of that connection, … Read More→
_ Money Matters Plants in the Office Boost Productivity By Sondra Forsyth article ΓÇ£GreenΓÇ¥ offices with plants make staff happier and more productive than ΓÇ£leanΓÇ¥ designs stripped of greenery, according to research done … Read More→
6 Steps to Soar in The Empty Nest By blog Summer is winding down and for many families, the kids are headed back to school. For some of you, this is not your normal ΓÇ£back to school,ΓÇ¥ but also the beginning of your Empty Nest as you take your youngest to college. YouΓÇÖve thought about it for years, maybe even dreaded it, and now reality hits. Your main focus in life has changed, and you have a hollow feelingΓÇöNow what? I know just how you feel. I experienced that same feeling of loss, but quickly emerged in eager anticipation of what I could create to fill my time, and life has never been any better for me than it is now.
How Competent Are You? By blog Competent is a word that describes people who know what they are doing. When everyone raves about your apple pie compared to other apple pies theyΓÇÖve eaten, you become known as an authority on the subject of apple pies. But what about the baker who thinks her apple pie is just as good as yours, maybe even better, in spite of evidence to the contrary? This is a sign of incompetence, according to a study done by researchers at Cornell University.
_ Heart Health New Statin Guidelines an Improvement By Sondra Forsyth article New national guidelines can improve the way statin drugs are prescribed to patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, a Yale University study has found. The research, published August 25th 2014 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also showed the new guidelines produce only a modest increase in the number of patients being given the drugs.
_ Pain Management Chronic Pain & Painkillers: Why You ΓÇ¿Should Consider AlternativesΓÇ¿ By Sondra Forsyth article By Dr. Frank King Roughly 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain lasting more than six months, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine. Throughout the past decade, the use of painkillers such as Vicodin, Percocet and OxyContin has soared by 300 percent. For many ΓÇô 17,000 people per year, or 46 each day ΓÇô the treatment is worse than the pain. ThatΓÇÖs the number of users who die from the medicine, according to the Centers for Disease Control.