The way we sleep can really affect our health as we age. I found this article on businessweek.com that explains how sleep apnea can affect older men. Here is an excerpt below, to read the full article Click Here.
From middle age to age 70, the sleep-time breathing disorder could pose a hazard, study suggests
MONDAY, July [...]
I found this article on Science News that helps explain how to handle the high costs of diabetes. Read the full article below.
Almost one-in-four hospital dollars go to treat people with the metabolic disorder.
By: Janet Raloff
Although an estimated 7.8 percent of Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, patients with this metabolic disease rack up 23 [...]
Cataracts affect many of us as we age. I found this article about cataracts and some of the symptoms. Here is an excerpt below, to read the full article visit the following link: http://www.aao.org/aaoesite/eyemd/upload/August.pdf.
About 20.5 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts. More than half of all Americans develop cataracts by age 80.
Cataracts cloud [...]
Women who consume high-calorie diets or diets high in saturated fats have an increased risk for urinary incontinence, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Researchers examined intakes of total energy, carbohydrate, protein and fats in relation to UI in a cross-sectional sample of 2,060 women in the population-based Boston Area [...]
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Farmville. Boggle Bash. Spades. Bejeweled Blitz. Scrabble. Mafia Wars. If you’re on Facebook, you probably recognize these games (and if you’re like me, you have [...]
Just in the last two months we have received calls from two former borrowers who had been targeted for a new scam. It seems that there is a new way to try to separate borrowers from their money and at this time we don’t know if it is aimed specifically at Reverse Mortgage borrowers or [...]
Here is a very helpful article that I found and wanted to pass along to you. For more assistance with an aging loved one in your life visit our website at www.nova.rightathome.net.
By LESLEY ALDERMAN
TWO years ago my father, then 83, became very ill. Until then, he had been living alone in a pleasant one-bedroom [...]
Here is an article that I found and wanted to pass along to you. For more assistance with an aging loved one in your life visit our website at www.nova.rightathome.net.
Institutional costs for long term care continued to post big increases last year even as the economy sputtered along, according to the seventh annual Cost of [...]
Here is an interesting article on Alzheimer’s that I found and wanted to pass along to you. For more assistance with an aging loved one in your life visit our website at www.nova.rightathome.net.
A group of international experts has agreed that caffeine could prevent or reduce the effects of Alzheimer’s, according to a recent study in [...]
If you’re older than 65 and take multiple medications, you should be aware of potential interactions between your drugs. These interactions can cause unwanted side effects, reduce the effectiveness of your medicine, or even lead to hospitalization.