6 Tips for Aging with Grace

6 Tips for Aging with Grace

Remember the old commercial that said, “I’m not getting older. I’m getting better?” Getting older can mean getting better if you follow some simple rules of good health. In spite of major life altering events like the body’s physical changes, the deaths of loved ones...

6 Prostate Cancer Symptoms

Annual physicals are important to men as they age, needing senior care, but it’s not a good idea to depend totally on doctors to spot cancer. You need to listen to your body and notice anything that’s different, odd, or unexplainable. (You also need to listen to...

Seniors and Parkinson’s Disease

April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month.  According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF), approximately 1 million Americans have this progressive, incurable disease.  Parkinson’s is defined by the PDF as a “movement disorder which involves the malfunction...

The Number One Killer of Americans

Did you know heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States?  Many think its cancer, but it’s not.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is number one, followed by cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases,...