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 25, 2017 | Fitness
September provides us with National Women’s Health and Fitness Day as well as National Yoga Awareness month, which seems like the perfect reason to talk about why yoga should be an integral part of your exercise routine, especially if you are a woman over the age of...
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...