Archive for the ‘Disease Prevention’

  • Health for Seniors | Aging is a Pain…What Should I Expect?
    Aging Pain By Jan Shapan : Personally, I am facing 60 years of age and feeling some new aches and pains. Do we just close our eyes and tolerate the emerging physical and mental symptoms of aging or is there something we can do? First in doing a little personal searching, I discovered, to no real surprise that some of my aches are not really abnormal but I should ...
    April 27th, 2010 at 02:04 pm
  • Senior Living: How to Enjoy the Sun and Avoid Skin Cancer
    Skin Cancer By Janet Shapan: The lure of the outdoors is here for almost everyone. Working in the yard, going to parks with grand kids, sports and barbecues are just a few activities most seniors are planning over the next several months. But spending time in the sun can be a costly adventure for seniors. With age, the skin is more susceptible to damage and cancers of ...
    April 15th, 2010 at 08:04 am
  • Senior Health | Learn How To Lower the Sodium in Your Diet Today
    Lowering Salt in the DietBy Jan Shapan: Food just tastes better when it is properly seasoned. Spices are wonderful and who would argue. The problem comes when we get into a bad habit of adding more seasoning before we taste the food we are about to eat. Salt is almost as common as air to most seniors. Wives or husbands prepare a meal for the family and season the food ...
    April 3rd, 2010 at 09:04 pm
  • Senior Health | How to Detox Your Body and Stay Healthy Longer
    Detoxing the BodyBy Jan Shapan: Most of us enter the senior years feeling pretty good. But suddenly, we find ourselves and our friends encountering all types of ailments, aches and pains that seem to just appear. What we are finding is that our bodies have an incredible capacity to withstand all types of problems and assaults but over time its resilience declines. One ...
    April 3rd, 2010 at 08:04 pm
  • For Seniors: Is There a Connection Between Oral Health and Heart Health?
    Oral Health - A Beautiful SmileBy Jan Shapan: With growing confidence, physicians and dentists are confirming the powerful link between oral health and your risks of heart problems. The evidence doesn’t suggest that the link is causal—the condition of your mouth actually causing a heart attack—only that a clear association seems to exist. For example the International ...
    March 31st, 2010 at 07:03 am
  • Anxiety | Attention All Seniors Suffering from Anxiety, Don’t Worry—Be Happy
    Senior Anxiety By Jan Shapan :: It is about time we toss out an old, worn out rule of thumb. That rule held that anxiety disorders declined with age. The theory was that seniors would report mental issues less frequently due to their focus on physical pain and problems. This assumption may be somewhat valid but does it mean we should simply ignore seniors that complain ...
    March 13th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
  • Seniors are Challenged to Break Bad Health Habits
    Smoking Causes Lung Cancer by Janet Shapan :: The problem with breaking bad health habits is they are often behaviors that feel good, look good or taste good but these momentary pleasures can carry a high price when it comes to good health. Some readers over time come to terms with bad habits and quit while others hope that by just cutting back, they can extend the pleasure ...
    March 11th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
  • Seniors are Discovering Meditation to Manage the Pain of Fibromyalgia
    Meditation to Manage Pain by Jan Shapan :: Among chronic pain sufferers, fibromyalgia is one of the most common diagnosis with roughly 10 million people impacted in the United States and estimates of up to 6% of the world population. And most who bear this burden are women. Within families, it is common to see mothers and siblings contending with this syndrome affecting ...
    March 9th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
  • Seniors Who Choose Better Eathing Habits Can Extend Their Physical Well-being
    Senior Nutrition by Jan Shapan :: Over a lifetime too many seniors still fail to discover the wisdom of good eating habits.  Bad habits formed in youth often remain the rule.  In almost every aspect of our lives we accumulate a load of excuses for just about everything we do. Excuses for missing work, for gaining weight, for not exercising, for not apologizing and many ...
    March 1st, 2010 at 11:03 am
  • Senior Women Can Rise to Meet the Challenge in May, National Women’s Health Week
    National Women's Health Week by Jan Shapan :: For some senior women, rising to meet personal challenges is easy.  A decision is made and the challenge is met.  But for other women personal challenges are hijacked by internal thinking that stops them cold.  And to gain traction some form of outside motivation is needed.  Well get ready! Coming in May a weeklong ...
    March 1st, 2010 at 01:03 am
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