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...
“Prehabilitation” Helps Seniors Get Back on Their Feet After Surgery You wouldn’t run a marathon or climb a mountain without training for it. Why then do most of us go into surgery, which is as hard – if not harder – on our bodies, without a single second of preparation?...
10 Fitness Tips for Easing Back Into Exercise After age 55, our bodies lose flexibility, stamina, and strength. This was once thought of as an inevitable result of aging, but studies have shown that these effects of aging can be reversed through fitness and exercise. Exercise helps fight...
Seasonal Affective Disorder: What It Is, and How to Deal Do colder weather, cloudy days, and longer nights get you down? Do you find yourself feeling sad, anxious, or irritable as the days get shorter? Historically, the winter months have brought on mood changes – you’ve probably heard of the...