Summer Health & Fitness Tips for Seniors As an active, aging adult, maintaining your health and fitness routine is essential
The Effects of Stress on Your Health
For many years, stress helped to keep humans alive. Stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, which triggers the “fight or flight” response. This came in handy years ago when animals and predators were threatening our very existence. While that’s not typically...
Preventing Hip Fractures
Written by Brandon Leonard, MA, and Adam Bitterman, DO Falls are the most common cause of a hip fracture among the elderly. Hip fractures can present a myriad of complications for a person both young and old. After suffering a hip fracture, lifestyle changes may...
The Senior’s Checklist
Brandon Leonard, MA, EMT-CC, Ambulance Medical Technician with the Nassau County Police Department, in Long Island, New York, has tended to a multitude of elderly patients throughout his career. He’s picked up some helpful tips along the way and has offered to share...
Cardiac Arrest vs. Heart Attack by Dr. Jeffrey Wuhl
As a cardiologist, I’ve run into a similar problem over the years: there is much confusion about what defines a heart attack or “myocardial infarction” (MI) and what defines cardiac arrest or “sudden cardiac death” (SCD). I have often had patients tell me that their...
