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Helping Seniors Maintain Healthy Cholesterol Levels
Cholesterol levels can be a source of stress for seniors. Here’s what seniors and their loved ones need to know. About 37 percent of U.S. adults have a higher than recommended LDL cholesterol level. Since this can increase risk of…
How to Buy Sunglasses That Really Protect Your Vision
As summer approaches and the sun gets stronger, it’s important to protect your eyes. The sun’s ultraviolet rays can damage the eyes and contribute to cataracts that blur vision, macular degeneration that destroys central vision, and astigmatism that alters vision.…
How to Help Seniors Prevent, Understand, & Cope With Hearing Loss
Age-related hearing loss affects many seniors. Here’s how to help seniors prevent further hearing loss and cope healthily. About 1 in 3 adults between 65 and 74 years old experiences hearing loss. Difficulty hearing or making out sounds can put…
5 Things You Need to Know About Stroke
May is stroke awareness month and it highlights the importance of learning about a silent killer that strikes 800,000 Americans and takes 140,000 lives each year. What you know about stroke may save your life or the life of a…
Top Tips for Traveling with Seniors
For seniors, travel can be especially challenging or risky. Use these top tips to make senior travel fun and safe. As adults age, their family members tend to act as long-distance caregivers. The average distance a long-distance caregiver lives from…
A Honeycomb of Bones: Understanding Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease that prevents bone tissue from regenerating and as a result, the bones become very brittle and break easily. For people with osteoporosis, something as simple as a cough or sneeze could cause a bone to break.…
