While your aging parent may be resistant to taking Prozac, depression appears to more than double the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, Dutch researchers report.
Depression has been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s, and many doctors suspect that risk is tied to changes in the brain caused by depression. No one can figure out [...]
According to a study published by the Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, older adults could cut their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by more than half by keeping their folate intake at 400 micrograms a day. The study, reported in the inaugural issue of the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, [...]
Some months have past now since the first post on the frozen shoulder. I’ve worked my way through a bottle of pain pills and two bottles of anti-inflammatories. I’ve learned a bit also which I’ll pass down to you in the form of Boomer Wizzdom:
1. Always get a second opinion if your orthopedic surgeon wants [...]
There’s a new Website that may be of some help if you’re looking for some help in figuring out how in the world to help your aging parent.
Many of us live busy lives, actively working in our careers while trying to bring up our children. Sometimes it becomes hard for us to recognize the symptoms [...]
As the holiday season draws near we usually visit or hear from our parents. For many of us boomers, our parents may be getting up there in age and may require our help, no matter how we deny this.
People are living longer today than ever before, and the times are a changing:
•This is the first [...]
The holidays may be one of the few times that you get together with your parents, especially if you have your own life and your own family. What you find may seem normal on the surface, but there may be chaos underneath.
If you’ve looked in the juice department of your local Costco you might have seen pomegranate juice for sale there, and perhaps wondered why anyone would pay so much for the stuff.
Apparently research has shown that daily consumption of the antioxidants in pomegranate juice may offer health benefits such as:
Heart Health – Studies in laboratory [...]
A new study suggests that eating fish at least once a week is good for the brain, slowing age-related mental decline by the equivalent of three to four years, a new study suggests.
The research adds to the growing evidence that a fish-rich diet helps keep the mind sharp. Previous studies have found that people who [...]
I’m finally through the Efudex-40 treatment for skin cancer. And I can describe the experience as being similar to rubbing battery acid on your face twice a day. It just burns and burns and burns. Then after two weeks of this seriously masochistic procedure, you stop applying it . My face was looking [...]
From the last blog on Skin Cancer you probably all (all five of you) realize that I had squamous cell skin cancer, had the doctor cut it out, only to find from the lab that not all the skin cancer was removed. I was referred to a dermatologist who suggessted that I tried applying Efudex-40 [...]