After the global economic and financial crisis, America is once again hit by another nationwide concern, the swine flu outbreak. The swine flu scare began after a couple of countries, particularly in the US and Mexico encountered the deadly virus which killed an estimated 84 people, mostly from Mexico. As of today, there are 1000 suspected cases of swine flu which are currently undergoing rigid tests and treatments. The CDC [...]

We all know that chronic illnesses and lifestyle diseases are indisputable when seniors are in question. There are lots and lots of health concerns which plague senior citizen and it all starts from the early age of 50. As the age accumulates, so do health issues. But, no matter how many diseases a senior may acquire as they grow old, AIDS has never really made it to their typecasting. When [...]

At around 25%-50% of our senior population showed evidences of medication noncompliance and unfortunately, it’s still gaining in numbers due to many varying reasons, primarily being the stiff cost of these prescribed medications—something our health care providers fail to see or they just simply ignore. Usually upon reaching the age of 40, there are already maintenance drugs that will be prescribed by your physician. These are drugs that will prevent [...]

A recent study released by Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research warned residents of long term care facilities and/or their relatives about this new kind of bacteria which is resistant to common antibiotic medications. MDRGN organisms or Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative bacteria exceeded MRSA and VRE, in terms of strength and resistant and it is notably gaining prevalence in long term care facilities. Unfortunately, studies have been focused only on these [...]

Normally, stretching is done to warm-up the body before an exercise and cool-down after a workout. Stretching improves one’s flexibility, strengthens the muscle and helps establish good balance. Of course, we all know how important balance is to seniors since good balance prevents accidents such as trips and falls. For seniors, stretching is a whole exercise regime similar to yoga and pilates. This is because stretching has lower impact than [...]

For seniors, the best way to recharge their batteries is to have some fun, just to break the monotony of it all. Anything that will drive their mind away from pressing problems, both seen and unseen, will do just fine. You see, when you reach a certain age, you tend to worry less about the present and more for the unpredictable future. This is why sometimes, seniors are deemed paranoid [...]

Stress urinary incontinence for female seniors can be bothersome at times. This condition is the milder version of urinary incontinence that plagues men and women of senior ages. With stress urinary incontinence, only a small amount of urine is passed when the sufferer coughs, laughs, sneezes, and made other abdominal movements which apply extra pressure to the bladder causing it to mildly leak some urine uncontrollably. Stress urinary incontinence or [...]

It is a common knowledge that as we advance in years, sleep will become harder to achieve. Actually, sleeping difficulties in seniors are not entirely due to aging. There are many contributing factors in seniors’ lives which eventually lead to lack of sleep or worse, sleeping disorders. We seniors, just like any other adults, young and old, need to sleep at least 7 hours every night in order to allow [...]

We all know that lead exposure is bad for our health and can be fatal as well especially for kids hence the need to ban lead products like paints. There’s an all-out war against lead products particularly those used in production of children’s necessities. Primarily, this is due to the fact that children are more vulnerable to lead poisoning than adults and many died from it years ago. Years back, [...]

If you are a huge fan of porkchops, roast porks and meatloaves, you may want to consider cutting back a little. It was found out that red meats and processed meats pose serious health risks causing not only the usual cancer and heart disease but from other types of life threatening diseases that are known to men as well. This is according to a joint study conducted by National Institutes [...]