_ "Health Literacy" and the Internet By Jane Farrell article Internet ΓÇ£health literacyΓÇ¥, including electronic health records, may not be as helpful for senior citizens as was first thought. Instead, … Read More→
Mental & Emotional Health Why ΓÇ£IΓÇÖm So Happy I Could CryΓÇ¥ Makes Sense By Jane Farrell article The phrase ΓÇ£tears of joyΓÇ¥ never made much sense to Yale psychologist Oriana Aragon. But after conducting a series of … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health The Brain's Dilemma: Fear or Reward? By Jane Farrell article When it comes to learning tricky tasks, it seems weΓÇÖre motivated more by avoiding punishment than by getting a reward. … Read More→
Obesity Are Weight Loss Drugs Fueling the Obesity Epidemic? By Jane Farrell article Consumers place great faith in weight loss pills and remedies, buying and using them more than ever before. American obesity … Read More→
_ Heart Health Stroke Life after Heart Attack and Stroke By Jane Farrell article Increasing numbers of people are surviving heart attacks and stroke, but they may suffer a sharper, decline in physical abilities … Read More→
_ Diabetes Pain Management Cheaper Remedies Should Rule for Diabetes Nerve Pain By Jane Farrell article Millions of people with diabetes take medicine to ease the shooting, burning nerve pain that their disease can cause. Research … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Meditation Improves Cells in Breast-Cancer Survivors By Jane Farrell article Practicing meditation can have a positive physical impact on breast-cancer survivors at the cellular level, research has found for the … Read More→
_ Heart Health A Genetic Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article Researchers have discovered possible genetic links between type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The two conditions have long been known … Read More→
_ Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Daughter Feels as Though the Room is Shrinking, Fourth Week By Jane Farrell article EditorΓÇÖs note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the … Read More→
Caregiving Medical Care Caregiver Involvement in Hospital Discharge Is Beneficial By Jane Farrell article Results of a study published in November 2014 in The American Journal of Managed Care show that the presence of … Read More→
_ Obesity Weight Loss Body Temperature May Be A Factor in Obesity By Jane Farrell article Researchers appear to have found a new link to obesity: a bodyΓÇÖs ΓÇ£core temperature.ΓÇ¥ The discovery, by scientists from the … Read More→
5 Diabetic Skin Conditions and How to Treat Them By Jane Farrell article November is American Diabetes Month, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just over 29 million people … Read More→
_ How a Local Disease Becomes a Global Epidemic By Jane Farrell article Researchers tracking the global path of illnesses such as Ebola say that the frequency of long distance travel, not a … Read More→
Weight Loss The Need to Expand Weight Loss Counseling Options By Jane Farrell article An important addition to the “eat less, move more” strategy for weight loss lies in behavioral counseling to achieve these … Read More→
_ Osteoporosis A New Remedy for Osteoporosis? By Jane Farrell article A newly developed dietary supplement is better than calcium and vitamin D in supporting bone health, according to researchers from … Read More→
A Guide To A Purposeful Life In Menopause By blog As we enter the years of perimenopause and menopause, we’re not only older; we’re wiser, too. We must value ourselves […]
Sleep Health How Lack of Sleep Affects Us at Different Ages By Jane Farrell article Most Americans who spend part of the year on daylight saving time look forward to the extra hour of sleep … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Patients and Hot Flashes By Jane Farrell article Physicians arenΓÇÖt adequately treating hot flashes in breast-cancer patients, and that could have a serious effect on the patientsΓÇÖ health-care … Read More→