Category: Health and Wellbeing
Spruce CBD Oil Review
CBD Oil is a holistic way to help ease different ailments in the body. Read our review on the CBD brand Spruce to see if it’s right for you.
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Top 10 CBD Oils – Our Favorites for 2021
We’ve tested the best cbd oil for pain for seniors. See which is the best cbd oil for symptom relief, price point, and minimal side effects.
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Making Sense of Nutrition Advice for Seniors
Nutrition can be especially confusing for seniors, but of course these days nutrition is confusing for everyone. Every month a new study comes out that revises our understanding of what, and how much, we should eat. And even when experts agree on nutrition advice, it can be next to impossible to understand how to apply that advice to senior nutrition.
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A Guide to Breast Cancer in Older Adults
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer found in elderly women. A woman has a one-in-eight chance of developing breast cancer over her lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. The older a woman is, the more likely it is she will be diagnosed with the disease. On average and across all races, there is about a 9 percent chance that a 60-year-old woman develops breast cancer over her next 20 years.
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Guide to Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms, Stages and Treatment
This guide explains the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, along with the five stages and treatment options.
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Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Aging Men
Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in the world, despite it only being diagnosed in males. In fact, more than 70 percent of men over the age of 80 have some quantity of cancer cells in their prostate.
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A Guide to the Seasonal Flu for Seniors
When fall rolls around, the weather begins to change, you start to get in the holiday spirit, and… almost everyone gets sick? This isn’t a coincidence. The colder weather coincides with the beginning of flu season—a time when flu diagnoses begin to accelerate.
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Alcohol Abuse Amongst The Elderly: A Complete Guide
Alcohol abuse among seniors in the United States may be a bigger problem than you think. Educate yourself and find out how it can be treated.
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Guide to Dialysis and Kidney Disease
Kidney disease is a very common ailment that affects large numbers of the elderly population. Learn everything you should know, including symptoms, treatment, cost and statistics.
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Osteoporosis Defined: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
According to the International Osteoporosis Foundation, more than 44 million Americans aged 50 and older either have or face the threat of developing osteoporosis due to low bone density levels. Projections put this number at more than 60 million by 2020. Across the world, a fracture due to osteoporosis happens about once every three seconds, causing nearly 9 million fractures—just from stress being put on weak bones.
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Elderly Nutrition 101: 10 Foods To Keep You Healthy
Proper diet and a healthy life go hand in hand, especially for older adults over the age of 65. According to reports by World Health Organization (WHO), a majority of the diseases that older people suffer are as a result of lack of proper diet.
For instance, fat in food is linked cancer of the prostate, colon, and pancreas. Degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis and diabetes are also diet-related, more specifically with micronutrients.
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Seniors And Diabetes: A Complete Guide
Diabetes is one of the biggest health issues in American history, and it’s only affecting more people as the population grows. As of 2015, the Center for Disease Control says more than 30 million Americans have some form of diabetes. That number makes up just under 10 percent of the entire American population. Around 25 percent of those 65 and older have diabetes, the CDC says, meaning about 12 million seniors have the condition.
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