Even though many parts of the nation feel like they are still in the tight grip of winter, spring is here. Many people, especially seniors are far less active during the winter and they tend to eat more comfort foods, which some define as foods that taste great but add on the pounds and inches.
When I was a kid growing up, smoking cigarettes was as common as fast food is today. Many primetime television programs featured actors and actresses puffing on cigarettes. Watch movies made during the late 1950s and most of the 1960s and you’ll see the same thing, actors and actresses puffing away on a cigarette. Some
Doctors say they’re increasingly fielding questions about the safety of marijuana, as use of the drug rises and more communities consider legalizing it. Colorado and Washington state have legalized recreational marijuana, and medical use is allowed in 21 states and Washington, D.C. USA TODAY’s Liz Szabo talked to experts about what scientists know and don’t
Health officials in the greater New York city area, including Northern New Jersey are warning residents of a health hazard if they open the door to talk to members of the Jehovah Witness religion. It seems that a couple of tourists from Europe visited the three main Jehovah Witness facilities in the area, exposing everyone
In the past, we’ve discussed the highly controversial and ethically debated issues of doctor assisted suicide and right to die by refusing to take food and water in your waning days. At the heart of these debates are a person’s religious views and how much suffering someone must endure in the event of a terminal
Some are wondering if the role out of the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program was more of an April’s Fool’s joke than a reality but yes, the program is real, it’s just that coming out of the starting gate, it has stumbled, fallen and is trying to get back on its feet, but the effort is
We all know people who we would describe as night owls. They stay up late and love to sleep in, often getting up late. My youngest daughter has always been a night owl to the extreme. Even when she was in grade school, we had to force her to go to bed. Many a night
Most forms of memory loss are just attributed to age or some form of dementia but there are other things that happen in our lives that many affect our memory or loss of memory that we have never considered. It’s not always due to senility or Alzheimer’s. We just posted a piece on how prolonged
How many times have you been told to wash your hands after going to the bathroom? Over and over, we are told that one of the best ways to stay healthy and not get sick is wash your hands after using any bathroom, especially a public one. I once worked with a germaphobe. He always
Speaking with a number of older people through the years, it seems that many of them fear losing their memory. It’s bad enough to just forget a name or the right word to use or what the name of that song or restaurant that you liked so well but forgetting more important things like loved
