Nov
17
2014
What are warning signs of age related decline?
Many times, elders will tell us one thing, and do something completely different. I find phone calls can be particularly deceptive, because what I hear can be a "memory response", but not...
Nov
10
2014
It can be difficult to tell the difference between normal, age-related decline and something more serious. According to a recent article quoting a psychiatrist (and private practitioner in Massachusetts), there are several ways families can tell if an elderly...
Nov
03
2014
It's no secret: None of us are getting any younger, and more people who are growing old are living longer than ever before. But what most of us tend to shove to the back of our minds is the...
Oct
30
2014
Our third installment concerning "peripheral artery disease" covers invasive surgical procedures which may be employed to correct obstructions, strengthen arterial walls, and/or by-pass deteriorated arterial pathways altogether.
In some cases, angioplasty or bypass or thrombolytic therapy surgery may be necessary...
Oct
20
2014
Treatment for peripheral artery disease has two major goals. The first is to manage symptoms, such as leg pain, so that you can resume physical activities. The second is to stop the progression of atherosclerosis throughout your body to...
Oct
13
2014
Peripheral Artery Disease, or "PAD", is a condition that often goes undiagnosed by healthcare professionals and can lead to a heart attack or stroke, or an amputation.
With peripheral artery disease, the peripheral arteries (blood vessels outside the heart) may...
Oct
06
2014
Consider the following data:
- High blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, and smoking are key risk factors for heart disease.
- The link between diabetes and heart disease is even greater among women.
- Know your blood pressure. Having uncontrolled blood...
Sep
29
2014
It wasn’t too long ago that heart disease was viewed as a man’s problem. In fact, up until about 10 years ago virtually all studies on heart disease excluded women.
That was a big mistake because heart disease is the...
Sep
22
2014
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary, Eric Shinseki, directed Veterans Health Administration (VHA) leadership to personally review their processes to ensure the VA is doing everything possible to schedule Veterans for their appointments.
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Sep
15
2014
Many Veterans returning from war time service suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. Consider these facts:
-- More than 2 million men and women have served in the military since 2001 during our nation’s conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan....