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Constantly losing things? Having difficulty staying on task? Are projects never finished? Is it ADD or just the symptoms that are the result of other issues such as depression, a mood disorder, or sleep deprivation? Watch Vivien Williams for . . . → Read More: Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Explained  A video from AARP about three dogs (Destiny, Lorent and Nike) who lift patients’ spirits at York Hospital in York Maine. Watch » Instead of taking medicine to lower triglycerides, most people, according to the Mayo Clinic, can lower their triglycerides number by simply moving more. Watch Stephen Kopecky, M.D. from the Mayo Clinic . . . → Read More: Lower Triglycerides by Simply Moving More Watch Dr. Raul Seballos from the Cleveland Clinic» The number one cause of fractures in elderly people is falling. Low impact exercise like walking can improve balance and keep nerve receptors healthy. Watch Gary Calabrese Gary Calabrese, PT, director of Cleveland Clinic Sports Heath and Orthopaedic . . . → Read More: Joint Health and Preventing Fractures Fauja Singh ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours and 25 minutes. In 2003 he ran the Toronto marathon in five hours and 40 minutes. Watch Fauja Singh reflect on his views of healthy living (English subtitles)from Sangat . . . → Read More: 100-Year-Old Man Finishes a 26-Mile Marathon Walking can help you reduce stress, according to Dr. Michael McKee from the Cleveland Clinic. Among other benefits, he further states walking can help you sleep better and put things in better perspective. . . . → Read More: One Way to Reduce Stress Dr. Rosemary Leonard, a familiar face on BBC’s Breakfast program and one of Britain’s best-known GPs answers a question on recurring . . . → Read More: Some Helpful Advice About Recurring Colds According to a Canadian study one in eight strokes is preceded by a warning stroke. Watch Dr. Rishi Gupta, Stroke Expert from the Cleveland Clinic describe the warning signs and suggest some risk factor . . . → Read More: Warning Signs of a Stroke Watch Cleveland Clinic’s involvement on how the arts can be used in the healing process . . . → Read More: The Healing Power of Music  One comment - (Comments are closed)  AnswersForCare™ - Other Resources, Medical News - General, News & Events - Latest Caregiver News Recent news articles have reported a rather alarming number of illnesses and deaths in some states caused by listeriosis associated with cantaloupes and lettuce. See for example recent reports by Wall Street Journal on FDA discovery of listeria in . . . → Read More: Some Steps You Can Take to Help Prevent Illness From Listeria Bacteria One comment - (Comments are closed) AnswersForCare™ - Tips for Caregivers, AnswersForCare™ - Wellness: Diet, Excercise, Fitness for Seniors & Caregivers, Latest Caregiving News, New & Featured On HelpingYouCare® - Dynamic Content Gallery, News & Events - Latest Caregiver News, Physical Wellness: Hygiene to Stay Healthy, Wellness: Overall Tips & Advice Poor body use may interfere with the way the body functions in circulation, mobility and respiration. Some have found the Alexander Technique helpful in overcoming aches and pains. To those looking for a medical alternative, finding a good, reputable . . . → Read More: Aging Well: Unlearning and Avoiding Ergonomic Injuries Tango therapy uses the Argentinean-style tango dance to help people with Parkinson’s Disease improve their balance, walking, posture and happiness. Watch a short video from Tango Therapy UK, a member of the International Tango Therapy . . . → Read More: Tango Therapy Helpful to People With Parkinson’s Disease Comments are closed Parkinson's Disease - Caregiving, Parkinson's Disease - News, Parkinson's Disease - Treatment 90-Year-Old tap dancer, Bonnie Buchner performs on the CBS show “Live to Dance.” . . . → Read More: 90-Year-Old Tap Dancer A Johns Hopkins expert explains how eating the right foods can keep you healthy. Watch nutritionist Lynda . . . → Read More: Food as Preventive Medicine Four lifestyle choices (tobacco, unmanaged stress, physical inactivity, and poor food choices) account for why Americans spent last year over 16% of GDP (all goods and services we produce) on healthcare. Americans have twice the rate of all chronic . . . → Read More: No Drug as Good as Walking Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - Wellness: Diet, Excercise, Fitness for Seniors & Caregivers, CaringTube™ - Videos on Wellness: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Physical Wellness: Diet & Nutrition, Physical Wellness: Exercise, Physical Wellness: Quit Smoking & Other Practices for Healthy Living, Wellness: Overall Tips & Advice A new study published by The Lancet medical journal shows adults under a Weight Watchers program lost around twice as much weight as people receiving standard care. The study, led by Dr Susan Jebb, UK Medical Research Council (MRC) . . . → Read More: New Study Finds a Commercial Weight Loss Program More Effective Than Standard Care Programs They say the average person forgets about one third of what he’s heard after 20 minutes and half of what he’s heard within a half hour. Here are some helpful tips on improving one’s memory: Watch Gary Small,Professor of . . . → Read More: How Not To Forget Some helpful resources in times of earthquakes, hurricanes and other disasters: See information on emergency preparedness for older Americans from Ready.gov/America The National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center also offers helpful tips for Hurricane Preparedness, along with current weather . . . → Read More: Emergency Preparedness For Seniors and Caregivers Watch Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr. from the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute on CNN discuss making yourself heart-attack proof by a going on a special diet that deals with the cause of the illness » Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - Wellness: Diet, Excercise, Fitness for Seniors & Caregivers, CaringTube™ - Videos on Wellness: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Heart Disease/ Stroke - Prevention: Classic Sources, Heart Disease/ Stroke - Treatment, Heart Disease/ Stroke - What are they; Causes, Physical Wellness: Diet & Nutrition Watch Caring Canines Therapy Dogs, Inc., a Non-Profit Therapy Dog organization whose purpose is to share love, joy, and make people feel better» Reluctant to ask for a second opinion from another Doctor? Watch Dr. Bruce Lytle, Chairman, Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discuss the importance of a second or even third . . . → Read More: The Importance of a Second or Even Third Opinion A Cleveland Clinic study shows music may help you relax in the operating room, which could lead to a better surgical outcome. Watch Cleveland Clinic’s Damir Janigro, . . . → Read More: Music And Medicine Vitamin C can help reduce stress and return blood pressure to normal levels, according to a German Study. See what other foods have the same benefits. Watch Carolyn Snyder, registered dietitian at the Cleveland . . . → Read More: Some Foods That Reduce Stress Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - Wellness: Diet, Excercise, Fitness for Seniors & Caregivers, CaringTube™ - Videos on Wellness: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, High Blood Pressure - Prevention: Classic Sources, OurTimeForCare™ - Caregiver Self-Care & Stress Management, Physical Wellness: Diet & Nutrition It will take Diana Nyad an estimated 60 hours to complete the swim between Cuba and Florida. More medical experts believe even people in their eighties can build significant muscle strength in weeks. “We used to think there was . . . → Read More: Today 61-Year-Old Diana Nyad Begins Her 103-Mile Swim See some healthy aging tips from Registered Dietitian Marianne Smith Edge MS, RD,LD, FADA, Senior Vice President, Nutrition & Food Safety, International Food Information Council (IFIC) and IFIC Foundation » Also visit the associated website FoodInsight.org a nutrition and . . . → Read More: Healthy Aging Tips Comments are closed CaringTube™ - Videos on Wellness: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Emotional Wellness, Intellectual Wellness: Activities for Mental Acuity, Maintaining Equanimity & A Positive Attitude, Other Caregiver Survival Tips, Overview: How to Survive as a Caregiver, Physical Wellness: Diet & Nutrition, Physical Wellness: Exercise, Wellness: Overall Tips & Advice The Sport and Art Educational Foundation founded the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Table Tennis Program in 2007. Considered to be one of the world’s best brain sports, table tennis is now recommended as a method of warding off Alzheimer’s and . . . → Read More: Table Tennis Therapy One comment - (Comments are closed) Alzheimer's - Prevention: Classic Sources, Alzheimer's - Treatment; Managing the Disease: Classic Sources, AnswersForCare™ - Wellness: Diet, Excercise, Fitness for Seniors & Caregivers, CaringTube™ - Videos on Wellness: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Physical Wellness: Exercise Can risk factors of heart disease be modified? The common myths regarding heart disease are dispelled by Dr. Curtis Rimmerman, cardiologist and author of “The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Speaking With Your Cardiologist.” . . . → Read More: Is Heart Disease Genetic? According to the United States Department of Labor, Arthur Winston was the most reliable worker ever chronicled. He was awarded the “Employee Of The Century” citation by the President of the U.S. in 1996. He was absent only one . . . → Read More: Arthur Winston, Employee Of The Century, Lived To Be 100 Modern Health Talk is a new online community promoting home health care technologies as a way of replacing institutional care (nursing homes & assisted living) with aging in place at home. The community includes: Website (mHealthTalk.com) with general information . . . → Read More: New Site Featuring Low- and High-Tech Solutions For Home Health Care While many discounts to seniors begin at 55 years of age, some start as early as 50. Listed below are some sites that may help you save for yourself, your elderly loved one, or both of you. Some things . . . → Read More: Tips on Finding Senior Discounts See some tips for dining out from the Cleveland Clinic in week #6 of their 15-week walking plan» If you or your senior loved one live in a coastal area, have you taken the advisable steps to prepare in advance for a Hurricane? If an evacuation order were given, have you planned how and where your elderly . . . → Read More: Hurricane Preparedness For Seniors and Caregivers One comment - (Comments are closed) AnswersForCare™ - Other Resources, AnswersForCare™ - Tips for Caregivers, CareHelpFinder™ - Other Resources, Checklists on Care Management, General Checklists, Latest Caregiving News, The Family Caregiver as Care Manager - A Crucial Role, Tips & Skills For Other Areas of Caregiving, Tips & Skills for Managing & Coordinating Care Toyo Shibata is now celebrating her 100th birthday. She said, “I work hard to improve every day.” She has already sold 1.5 million copies of her book “Don’t Lose Heart.” Watch her story on ABC News Video» video platformvideo . . . → Read More: Japan’s Best-Selling Poet Began Writing At 92 Watch a segment of a PBS documentary, featuring people 90 plus living extraordinary and passionate lives, by filmmaker Susan Polis . . . → Read More: Loving Life And Over 90 Concerned about seasickness or cruise ship outbreaks of norovirus? Watch these videos for some helpful tips for a safe and healthy cruise vacation from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease (NCEZID)» CDC Video Player. Flash Player . . . → Read More: How To Stay Healthy On A Cruise How long can hot or cold food be left out on the kitchen counter, or outside in hot weather? See the Food and Drug Administration guidelines and tips here» What is the minimum safe cooking temperature for beef? What . . . → Read More: Some Fouth of July Barbecue Tips For Avoiding Bacteria Swimming is one of the best exercises for people over 50…but can the chlorine hurt your skin or hair? For the answer and some tips watch Dr. Wilma Bergfeld’s video from Discovery Health in partnership with the Cleveland . . . → Read More: Can Chlorinated Water Hurt Your Skin Or Hair? Cleveland Clinic Dr. Elaine Wyllie, Director of Pediatric Neurology, and Dr. Robert Wyllie, Chairman of the Pediatric Institute and Children’s Hospital, took up ballroom dancing to help them stay in shape. Some other benefits of ballroom dancing, according to . . . → Read More: Why Some Doctors Dance A daily bike ride with Octavio Orduno at 103. Watch » See More Stories of Inspiring Seniors on . . . → Read More: Active At 103-Years-Old 112-Year-old Walter Breuning is currently the oldest man in America. He lives in an assisted living center, but needs little assistance. He is not on any medicine and attributes his good health to watching what he eats and maintaining . . . → Read More: The Oldest Man In America YONE MINAGAWA, born in 1893, lived in Japan until her death at 114 years old. When she died, she was believed to be the World’s Oldest Person. She attributed her long life to a healthy diet rich in fish . . . → Read More: World’s Oldest Woman Having a passion and not letting things bother you is a great start according to medical research! Gertrude Matthews plays the piano at a Palm Beach restaurant for two hours a night, twice a week. Watch her on ‘World . . . → Read More: Secrets From A 101-Year-Old Life Of The Party The last remaining Ziegfeld Girl passed away at age 106 in 2010. Watch Doris Eaton Travis dancing at . . . → Read More: Dance Performance At 101-Years-Old A 98-year-old Japanese man’s story of how he keeps physically and mentally fit. Watch an excerpt from the PBS documentary “The Art of . . . → Read More: A Healthy Body and Mind at 98-Years Old Watch a 94-year-old champ run the 100 yard dash» Veatrice Henson, a 99-year-old Missouri woman proves you are never too old to help those in need. See Marissa Cleaver’s NBCActionNews report » See More Stories of Inspiring Seniors . . . → Read More: A 99-Year-Old Inspiration It’s estimated by Federal health officials that nearly 48 million people are sickened by contaminated food each year. Here are seven Food and Drug Administration recommendations for avoiding food contamination: “Wash your hands for 20 seconds with warm water . . . → Read More: FDA Tips For Cleaning Fruits and Vegetables Lou Batori – at Age 100! – is still a competitive snow skier! He is a member of the “70+ Competitive Snow Skiers Club” in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The club boasts several skiers in their 80s and 90s. But, . . . → Read More: A Centenarian Competitive Snow Skier To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed, by Alix Kates Shulman, is a beautiful, poignant love story spanning several decades. This memoir will touch your heart, and will touch home for you if you are or have been . . . → Read More: To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed Several scientific studies have found that laughter and a sense of humor produce many health benefits, some similar to those derived from exercise. Studies by Loma Linda University Schools of Allied Health and Medicine According to studies conducted by . . . → Read More: Laughter Found to Create Health Benefits Similar to Those of Exercise Comments are closed CaringTube™ - Videos on Inspiration & Emotional Care For Caregivers, Handling Stress, Humor for Caregivers, Latest Caregiving News, Maintaining Equanimity & A Positive Attitude, New & Featured On HelpingYouCare® - Dynamic Content Gallery, OurTimeForCare™ - Caregiver Self-Care & Stress Management, OurTimeForCare™ - Inspiration & Humor, Overview: How to Survive as a Caregiver, Taking Time Off & Restoring Balance to Your Life Some tips from Medicare.gov on buying generic drugs and entering a discount prescription program. Click 10 ways to reduce your drug costs» See also the ABC Diane Sawuer News Video report on how to cut the cost of . . . → Read More: How To Save On The Cost Of Prescription Drugs Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - Legal & Financial Issues, AnswersForCare™ - Tips for Caregivers, CaregiversCollege™ - CaringTube: Online Videos For Caregivers, CaringTube™ - Gallery of Online Videos for Caregivers, Find Other Financial Resources, Health Insurance, Medications: Management & Information - Classic Sources, News & Events - Latest Caregiver News, News On Health Care Reform, Other Financial Issues, Tips & Skills for Caring for Your Elderly Loved One at Home, Tips & Skills for Managing & Coordinating Care 100-year-old gynecologist Dr. Walter Watson, the oldest practicing physician in the country, serves a chairman of his department at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia where he still sees a few patients every day. He has delivered somewhere between 15,000 . . . → Read More: 100-Year-Old Doctor Still Seeing Patients Sally Gordon, Nebraska Matriarch was featured on MSNBC’s TodayShow when she was just 101. She retires next week at 102! Watch » See More Stories of Inspiring Seniors on . . . → Read More: Nebraska Matriarch Retires Next Week At 102 Years Old! According to doctors, too much sodium increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney stones, and osteoporosis. Watch Consumer Reports nutritionists find healthier . . . → Read More: Healthy Sounding Labels Are Not Always Low In Sodium! Resources to help you check up on your doctor which includes licensing, qualifications, and disciplinary action. See resource guide from Consumer Reports Health» Australian centenarian Dorothy de Low, at the 15th World Veterans Table Tennis Championships 2010 in China, wows the crowd. Watch from . . . → Read More: 100-Year-Old Table Tennis Star Meals high in fluid content avoid dehydration when cooking for the elderly. Watch Christine Marquette, a registered and licensed dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, . . . → Read More: Some Basic Tips On Cooking For The Elderly Olive Stephens will not be seeking a 20th term as mayor of Shady Shores, Texas! After 48 years of public service, Ms Stephens is pleased to leave her town debt-free with money in the bank. She said this might . . . → Read More: 94 Year-Old Mayor Completes Almost 50 Years Of Public Service! The Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies: What to Do For The Most Common Health Problems provides do-it-yourself home remedies for common ailments. Many have recommended this practical book. These home remedies recommended by the Mayo Clinic for some . . . → Read More: The Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies Here’s a free online health application that assists families in managing their health. The Mayo Clinic has teamed up with Microsoft to give you tools to control your family’s health care with personalized reminders and guidance. . . . → Read More: A Free Online Application to Manage Health “Alzheimer’s patients are often vulnerable and fragile, but in rare cases, they can become the aggressor. About 5% to 10% of Alzheimer’s patients exhibit violent behavior. It’s unclear why the outbursts occur in certain patients,” according to a recent . . . → Read More: 5 Tips On Dealing With Violent Alzheimer’s Behavior Watch Julia Zumpano, Clinical Dietician, Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation, from the Cleveland Clinic, along with Donna Setta, Executive Chef of AVI Foods, prepare a Salmon recipe» The Mayo Clinic Diet is a lifestyle that helps you maintain a healthy weight for a lifetime. It’s a sensible, habit–based approach to food that involves breaking unhealthy habits and adopting healthy new ones. Watch Dr. Donald Hensrud, The . . . → Read More: A Healthy Diet That Doesn’t Count Calories Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - Wellness: Diet, Excercise, Fitness for Seniors & Caregivers, BooksForCaregivers - Editors Book Selections, CaringTube™ - Videos on Wellness: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Editors' Book Selections, New & Featured On HelpingYouCare® - Dynamic Content Gallery, Physical Wellness: Diet & Nutrition Some practical tips for good bone health including advice on traditional calcium sources, weight-bearing activity, plant-based foods, and an overall healthy diet. Watch Cleveland Clinic’s Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS,RD,LD, Wellness Manager for the Lifestyle 180 . . . → Read More: How To Prevent Osteoporosis Do vitamins and supplements lower your risk of cardiovascular disease? Some frequently asked questions answered by Leslie Cho, M.D. Director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Center of the Cleveland Clinic. Watch» A simple explanation of Systolic and Diastolic pressure and what the numbers mean. See Dr. David Frid, Cardiologist, from the Cleveland Clinic» European researchers have found cardiovascular health is related to mental wellness–that cardiovascular disease or the narrowing of blood vessels to the brain causes vascular dementia. Fortunately, it may not be too late to make some lifestyle changes! Read “6 . . . → Read More: How To Protect Your Brainpower Through Lifestyle Changes How to turn back the time on the inside as well as the outside How to lower your blood pressure How to keep limber, have good bones, and eliminate stress How to keep your mind sharp Watch Dr. . . . → Read More: The Best Anti-Aging Treatment 81 year old Salsa dancer. Watch it past the 2 minute mark for quite a surprise » Click to Watch this Video on . . . → Read More: Age Is Just A Number! Did you know walking 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, combined with a moderate weight loss, can lower one’s risk of Type 2 Diabetes by 58%? Watch Dr.Raul Seballos from the Cleveland . . . → Read More: Ways To Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk Studies shows physical activity reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and delays the onset of Alzheimer’s. Watch VOA’s Carol Pearson report» Here are fifty 2-minute simple and easy step-by-step instructional videos from Google for your tech-stymied senior loved one. Some subjects covered: copy & paste adjust the time on your clock change your desktop background (Mac) change your wallpaper (PC) . . . → Read More: Send Your Elderly Loved One A Tech Support Care Package In 2001, John Basinger completely memorized John Milton’s 10,565-line poem Paradise Lost after eight years. In 2001 and 2008 he recited the entire classic in three eight-hour days. Watch this 76 year old recite No Tuna For The Moth . . . → Read More: Exceptional Memory is Made, Not Born. Studies Suggest Cognitive Expertise In Later Adulthood A recipe for Honey Crusted Chicken, which is low in fat and uses some common ingredients. It’s simple, and can be prepared for the oven in just two to three minutes. Watch Richard Johnson, Mayo Clinic’s Chef» Watch Dr. Ronan Factora from the Cleveland Clinic Discovery Health video» Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - About Home Health Care, CaringTube™ - Gallery of Online Videos for Caregivers, Taking Control of Your Caregiving Situation, Tips & Skills for Caring for Your Elderly Loved One at Home, Tips & Skills for Long-Distance Caregivers, Tips & Skills for Managing & Coordinating Care, Wellness: Overall Tips & Advice A Mayo Clinic presentation of how to give CPR to to those who have suffered a heart attack. This is a new method of CPR called Continuous Chest Compression CPR, which does not involve breathing into the mouth of . . . → Read More: How to Give Continuous Chest Compression CPR Julia Zumpano, R.D. from the Cleveland Clinic discusses fad diets and the best way to protect one’s heart without counting calories. Watch» Does garlic lower bad cholestrol? Does hormone replacement reduce the risk of heart disease in postmenopausal women? Does eating a big breakfast cut your total daily calories? Do statins help people with no history of heart disease? Is it . . . → Read More: Errors in Medical Research – Which “Findings” Should You Trust? Comments are closed Editorials - Commentary, Latest Caregiving News, Medical News - General, News & Events - Latest Caregiver News Watch» The future survival of the health-care law may rest with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. For the how and why of health-care reform, a clear account of the bi-partisan history of the individual mandate, and a discussion of where . . . → Read More: The Individual Mandate & Health Care Reform Virginia Morris, author of “How to Care for Aging Parents” appeared on Diane Sawyer’s special series, “Families on the Brink: What to do About Mom & Dad,” on ABC World News. Her book is considered by many to be . . . → Read More: “How To Care For Aging Parents” Book A new study conducted by scientists at the National Cancer Institute, has found that consuming more fiber from whole grains like oatmeal, cornmeal, and brown rice may significantly reduce the risk of death, overall as well as from cardiovascular, . . . → Read More: New Study Suggests Eating More Fiber From Whole Grains May Prolong Your Life If you as a caregiver provide at least half of a care recipient’s financial support… If you are paying for some or all of a care recipient’s medical or dental expenses… you may be entitled to tax breaks. Read . . . → Read More: Tax Breaks for Family Caregivers First the bad news. Researches found one would have to eat 2 lbs of broccoli a week to reduce the risk of cancer by 50%! In 1992, scientists from John Hopkins found a phyto-chemical in broccoli which reduces the . . . → Read More: Good news about broccoli in your diet and reducing the risk of cancer! The National Sleep Foundation provides the following eleven tips to help you go to sleep at night and achieve the benefits of regular, healthy sleep. It cautions that these tips are intended for “typical” adults, and not necessarily for . . . → Read More: Eleven Tips for Healthy Sleep Watch a short video on why taking a vacation is healthy, and which cities put work before health and health before work» Video by Discovery Health, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Allen Weiss, a family medicine . . . → Read More: Stay healthy by taking a vacation Watch Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, to learn four simple lifestyle changes you can make to reduce your chances of getting a heart attack by 40%. No treatment or other thing you could do will lower your . . . → Read More: Four Things You Can Do to Prevent a Heart Attack Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - Wellness: Diet, Excercise, Fitness for Seniors & Caregivers, CaringTube™ - Videos on Wellness: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Heart Disease/ Stroke - Prevention: Classic Sources, New & Featured On HelpingYouCare® - Dynamic Content Gallery, Physical Wellness: Diet & Nutrition, Physical Wellness: Exercise, Physical Wellness: Quit Smoking & Other Practices for Healthy Living, Wellness: Overall Tips & Advice Watch The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act (legislation) to advance research into cures and treatments for paralysis, as well as aid those living with disability» The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) estimates that about a third of all common cancers in the United States, China and Britain could be prevented each year if people ate healthier . . . → Read More: Preventing millions of cancers with simple life changes A CWOT (complete waste of time)–but fun » Make a Walking Plan. See this series of Videos from the Cleveland Clinic, and learn the great health benefits of walking, how to do it properly, and how to keep motivated. Weeks 1 through 5 of the 15 week . . . → Read More: A 15-Week Walking Plan (Weeks 1 through 5) Week 6 of the Walking For Life (15 Week Walking Plan) from the Cleveland Clinic. In this Video, Dr. Gordon Blackburn of the Cleveland Clinic gives tips about how to enjoy dining out and stay healthy – part of . . . → Read More: Healthy Dining Out Tips Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois, Rice University, and Ohio State University, funded through the National Institute on Aging, recruited a sedentary group of older adults without dementia for a study. One group walked around a . . . → Read More: Which Improves Memory? Aerobic or Toning and Stretching Exercises? End-of-life health-care costs are for the most part underestimated–the biggest expense being in-home care. While not a pleasant topic to address, issues such as power of attorney, spelling out any wishes beyond what’s in the will, the fine print . . . → Read More: End-of-Life Care Expense Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - Legal & Financial Issues, Financing the Cost of Home Health Care Cooking broccoli two to three minutes can be a potent cancer fighting agent. Overcooking can destroy the vital enzymes, required for health benefits according to Elizabeth Jeffery, a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois. Read more about . . . → Read More: Do Not Overcook Cancer-Fighting Broccoli Don’t dare call your mom because you know it will be an hour before you can get off the phone? Is your parent always critical of your help, or just a non-ending complainer? Do you feel you’re not up . . . → Read More: Successful Tips With Difficult Aging Parents Comments are closed AnswersForCare™ - How to Deal with Difficult Elderly Behavior, AnswersForCare™ - Tips for Caregivers, Caregiver Self-Care, Stress Management & Survival Tips, How to Deal with Difficult Elderly Behavior - Generally, Maintaining Equanimity & A Positive Attitude, Tips & Skills for Caring for Your Elderly Loved One at Home Not really, and not now! Where, for instance in a robot, amidst the sensors, algorithms and antennas, is love found? There are, however, a lot of helpful things caregivers could love about the next-generation robots capable of household chores . . . → Read More: Amazing Robots Replace Caregivers! In her book, Selling the Fountain of Youth: How the Anti-Aging Industry Made a Disease Out of Getting Old-And Made Billions, author Arlene Weintraub exposes how the anti-aging industry made a disease out of getting old (and made billions!). . . . → Read More: The Dangers of Trying to Live Forever |
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Antiobiotic Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance, due to indiscriminate use of existing antibiotics, is an urgent global problem and is the theme for World Health Organization’s World Health Day. Watch Dr. James Hughes, IDSA President See also article on “Worst ever prescription drug . . . → Read More: Antiobiotic Resistance