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Potassium – Nature’s Simple Health Aid
Potassium intake affects the elderly. Some health issues associated with low potassium levels are cardiac arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, depression,fatigue and hypertension.
Kitchen Dangers To Our Seniors
These days, my parents are elderly and forgetful. It concerns me when they are in the kitchen cooking.
Food Can Be Our Medicine
Researchers are looking at such diseases as IBS and why they are often associated with behavior issues such as depression and anxiety.
Arts for the Aging Wins Leadership in Aging Award
Arts for the Aging offers older adults specially designed, best-practice programs to promote health improvement and life enhancement through the arts.
Water: The Healthy Necessity
Drinking water is an easy health care practice for seniors and one that can benefit all ages.
Alexandria Joins the Village Movement
This newly formed organization has as its goal, “to support Alexandrians who prefer to remain – independently – in their own homes.”
Mental Health in Later Life: A Guidebook
Another chart summarizes a discussion of mental illness by contrasting dementia, depression, and delirium with normal aging.
Vitamin B-12, what it does, why we need it, who is most at risk
The incidence of vitamin B-12 deficiency rises with age and can affect as many as 15% of elderly people.
Health Reform Update: Preventive Tests for Seniors
Starting this year, Medicare and new private-insurance policies will be required to cover 45 medical tests known to be effective for early detection and prevention.
A Companion Animal Can Greatly Improve the Life of a Senior
For many seniors, the companion animal can serve as a substitute for their children who have grown and moved from home.
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