by mg_user | Oct 11, 2017 | Health & Wellness
There are unfortunately many misconceptions about what exactly aging means. People typically expect older adults to be dependent, stuck in their ways, uncomfortable with technology — just to name a few. Not only are these misconceptions damaging to the very concept of...
by mg_user | Oct 5, 2017 | Health & Wellness
Smoking cigarettes was a cultural norm until it wasn’t; smoking was allowed pretty much everywhere–on airplanes, in restaurants and even in hospitals. But in January of 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General released the first report about the damage that smoking could...
by mg_user | Oct 2, 2017 | Health & Wellness
When American actress, comedian, and producer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, she also shared a scary statistic that comes along with the disease: 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their...
by mg_user | Sep 28, 2017 | Health & Wellness
There are many different living options available to people as they age these days. Some have saved well and can move into a senior living community. Others feel the financial strain of potentially outliving their savings and move in with family. And many others...
by mg_user | Sep 21, 2017 | Health & Wellness
Senior falls can be dangerous, expensive and scary, especially if they result in potentially detrimental injuries. But falls are a reality for many older adults, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting that one in four seniors experience a fall each year and...
by mg_user | Sep 12, 2017 | Health & Wellness
Ben Stiller. Colin Powell. Robert De Niro. Ken Griffey. Warren Buffett. Aside from being men, what do all of these people have in common? They had prostate cancer. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is now the most common form of cancer in men, with 1 in 7 males...
