How to Manage Anxiety in a High-Anxiety Era This year has been a rough one so far. Right now, the COVID-19 pandemic has many people feeling intense anxiety, in addition to turning our daily routine and lifestyle upside down. Many things that keep us relaxed like religious gatherings,...
Top 6 Reasons to Get a Second Medical Opinion When confronted with a medical diagnosis, especially one you don’t want to hear, one of your first instincts may be to get a second medical opinion: when another doctor reviews your condition and gives his or her view about the...
Face Masks: A Sense of Purpose During COVID-19 Let me start by saying that I am not a seamstress. I’ve made curtains, pillows, and pads for my dogs’ crates, but my finished products have always looked homemade, with bunchy, sometimes crooked seams and lots of hanging threads. Also,...
COVID-19: What to Do If You Think You Have It Right now, any cough might raise the question, “Do I have COVID-19?” However, we’re still in cold and flu season and seasonal allergies might be starting up. How do you know which tickle in your throat is caused by pollen,...
10 Tips for Staying Healthy During the COVID-19 Outbreak Social distancing, self-isolation, quarantine. Most of us didn’t expect to hear these terms used so much this spring. But, suddenly, the world is in the middle of an outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Many...
What Does Home Health Care Do? If you or your loved one is homebound and not able to travel to a doctor’s office for medical tests or therapy, they may take advantage of home health care. Sometimes also called skilled home health services, this refers to...
Anxiety Goes Viral: 9 Ways to Deal with COVID-19 Grocery store shelves nearly bare in select aisles. Cancellations and shut-downs left and right. Disruptions of normal life in general … all cause for anxiety. And those of us who live and work in the world of seniors know they...
10 Early Signs of Parkinson’s Disease The WHO (World Health Organization) estimates that there are about 4 million people suffering from Parkinson’s disease around the world. The condition was named after British doctor James Parkinson, who first described it as “the shaking palsy” in 1817. Parkinson’s...
Sponsored: Coates Hearing Clinic At Coates Hearing Clinic, we are committed to helping our patients learn about hearing loss treatments and causes. As a part of that commitment, we’ve enlisted the help of Dr. Gail M. Seigel from the Center for Hearing & Deafness...
12 Simple Ways to Cut Down on Carbs There are a lot of diets out there, and it’s easy to be overwhelmed by conflicting nutrition advice. Many popular diets today – including the Ketogenic, South Beach, and Atkins diets – are focused on reducing the amount of carbohydrates...