Health Care
Seniors Need Fiber in their Diet
Years ago, if ya couldn’t go, good ol’ Milk of Magnesia did the trick (and still does!) And did ya also know that a common cause of constipation is due to lack of fiber in your diet—yep. And get this, diabetes, high cholesterol levels, various other cardiovascular and digestive diseases and cancer can occur due [...]
Latest News on Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
The Annual International Meeting for Alzheimer’s Disease has taken place this past week in Paris. According to a Harvard School of Public Health poll of almost 2,700 people in five countries, including the United States, AD is now the second-most-feared disease after cancer. I can relate to that – how about you? In that case, [...]
Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age
William H. Thomas, M.D. is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1986, he completed graduate medical training at the Highland Hospital/University of Rochester Family Medicine Residency. While pursuing a career in Emergency Medicine, a part-time position as the medical director of a small rural nursing home [...]
