Feeling a little fuzzy after skimping on sleep? It’s not your imagination – poor sleep can contribute to serious brain fog. In fact, research suggests that poor sleep may have far-reaching cognitive impacts that go beyond day-after fatigue. Researchers have found the link between poor sleep and Alzheimer’s, which suggests that sleep disorders can increase …
Gifts for Grandfathers
Attention, everyone! You have exactly 9 days until Father’s Day (which falls on June 16 this year). So if you haven’t figured out how to show the fathers in your life how much you care about them, now is the time to figure it out. We know how difficult it can be to find the …
How to Embrace a Heart Smart Diet
A healthy lifestyle – consuming nutritious foods, cutting back on saturated fat and sugars, exercising regularly, limiting alcohol consumption, avoiding tobacco – is one of the best ways to fight cardiovascular disease. Although a healthy lifestyle may sound intimidating at first, we encourage you to improve your everyday habits with small steps in the right …
The Benefits of Reminiscence Therapy
Who doesn’t enjoy thinking back on good memories? People of all ages delight in sharing their most cherished memories, looking at old photos, holding treasured objects, and singing songs they once adored. This simple activity is especially helpful for people with cognitive disorders like dementia or Alzheimer’s, which is why healthcare professionals sometimes recommend reminiscence …
Gifts for Grandmothers
Mother’s Day is right around the corner (Sunday, May 12 – mark your calendars!), so now is the perfect time to plan the perfect gift for your mother and grandmothers. It’s always hard to find a gift that really shows how much you care about the amazing women in your life, but as always, it’s …
The Benefits of Telehealth
Have you heard about telehealth? Also known as telemedicine, telehealth refers to the remote delivery of health care services. So instead of visiting your doctor’s office for a consultation, you would discuss your health care concerns via the internet, by phone, or through a video call. More and more physicians and health insurance companies are …
How to Maintain a Positive Attitude
We all go through phases of life where we feel a little down. Sometimes there’s something to blame – cold and cloudy weather, an injury, loneliness, the death of a loved one – and sometimes there’s not. Either way, it helps to know how to maintain a positive attitude. Not only will it improve your …
How to Stay in Touch with Long-Distance Friends
When you reach your sunset years, you can look back upon decades of friendships – your school friends, your neighborhood friends, your work friends, your retirement friends . . . If you’re lucky, you still see many of those friends on a regular basis. But for most of us, this isn’t possible and our friends …
How to Manage Arthritis
Did you know there are more than 100 forms of arthritis? Osteoarthritis is the most common, according to the CDC, but it’s followed closely by rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, fibromyalgia, and even gout. Arthritis is so common, the CDC estimates that one in four U.S. adults suffers from some form of joint pain. For some …
Vitamin D Deficiency in Winter
Vitamin D deficiency can result in major health problems, and according to a study in Nutrition Research, as many as 41.6 percent of adults are vitamin D-deficient throughout the year. That deficiency gets even worse in the winter months. Most of our vitamin D is produced in the body as a response to UVB rays from sun; for that …
