What’s the Difference between a Retirement Home and a Nursing Home?

August 6, 2011
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The answer to this question may seem rather obvious.  A retirement home is for individuals who have retired and no longer want all the obligations that come with regular home-ownership, while a nursing home is dedicated to elderly patients that require ongoing medical care.  What you may not realize is that there is some crossover Read more...

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Can HGH Help Treat Diabetes?

August 2, 2011

Diabetes is a serious condition that affects 8.3% of the US population. What’s even more shocking is that although 18.8 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes, the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse estimates that 7 million more Americans have yet to be diagnosed with this condition. This widespread diabetes epidemic has much to do with Read more...

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When Should Seniors Stop Driving?

June 24, 2011
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We’ve all seen those crazy stories on the news about people who are too old to be driving themselves around anymore.  You know the ones, where they accidentally hit the gas instead of the break and ended up plowing through a street fair, taking out vendors and their wares alike.  Or you’ve seen them on Read more...

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Health Club Exercise Safety Tips for Seniors

June 17, 2011

Workout Safety Tips for Senior Citizens People of all ages can benefit from joining a health club and working to improve their state of fitness, but some people will face additional challenges when it comes to safety.  In particular, the elderly may have to contend with bone loss, muscle weakness, joint stiffness and swelling, and Read more...

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How to Eat After Bariatric Surgery

June 15, 2011

Nutrition After Major Weight Loss Surgery Getting back on track with eating can be difficult after any surgery (since pain killers reduce appetite and slow motility).  But when you opt to go through a bariatric surgery that is meant to help you lose weight (such as gastric bypass, banding of the stomach, or the removal Read more...

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Signs of Dementia – Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia

June 14, 2011
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  If there’s one thing you don’t want to lose, it’s your ability to think rationally. That’s exactly what happens to those unfortunate people who develop dementia. Although they may have been intellectually gifted early on in life, when afflicted with dementia in their later years their thought processes begin to break down and their Read more...

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Benefits of Vitamin D – Low Vitamin D Symptoms

June 13, 2011
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In recent years, the negative symptoms of vitamin D deficiency have been studied and surprising information has emerged. Study after study show how important vitamin D is in preventing chronic diseases and have thrust this vitamin into more prominence and a lot of people are asking : How much Vitamin D should I take and Read more...

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Senior Safety: What to do When the Elderly Fall

June 9, 2011

Safety for Seniors: How to Handle a Fall As people get older, they begin to lose muscle tone, balance, and bone density, along with eyesight and possibly even some feeling in the limbs, all of which can lead to tripping and falling that ends with broken bones.  And much of the time these spills could Read more...

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Less Allergies With Vitamin D

June 9, 2011
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In the past, vitamin D is almost exclusively associated to skeletal health; diseases like rickets and osteoporosis being its most common and feared implications. But in a recent study made by researchers from New York, it was found that low vitamin D symptoms may have a big contribution to the development of allergies among children. The study, Read more...

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The Connection between Your Teeth and Your Heart

June 7, 2011
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The human body is a functioning machine, much like an automobile, with many parts working together to keep you running.  And while this complex performance of interconnected elements may seem somehow miraculous, it can certainly be difficult to understand at times. What may be particularly hard to grasp is how seemingly disparate body parts can Read more...

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