Prevention

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Get a dog. Dogs get you out of the house. They give you a reason to go outside and breathe fresh air. They get you moving. Dogs force you...

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Steps you can take to prevent falls

Every 11 seconds an older adult goes to the emergency room to be treated for a fall. Looked at another way, that's one on four Americans...

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Should you really still be taking low-dose aspirin?

Back in the early days of commercial television, there were tons of obnoxious commercials for a product called Geritol, a supplement to...

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What’s your risk of falling?

Last week, I wrote about the growing number of older adults who die from fall-related injuries. Statistics show that every 11 seconds, an...

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11 minutes can add years to your life

More accurately, those minutes can keep years from being subtracted. “We’ve known for probably about a decade now that [prolonged]...

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Want to prevent strokes? Try doing some housework.

It’s common medical knowledge that sitting around all day can be hazardous to your health. Too much sitting can increase the risks of...

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Israeli research shows that 2nd COVID booster saves senior lives.

When the Omicron wave of COVID hit, Israel was the world’s first nation to start giving second booster shots to citizens over 60, younger...

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A little extra light can mess up more than a good night’s sleep.

Do you sleep with a bedside lamp, a bedroom light, or the television on? If so, you’ve got lots of company; 40% of Americans do. But even...

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7 cardiac procedures you might be better off skipping

During the almost half-century since stress EKGs earned clinical acceptance, many additional procedures have become standard procedures...

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8 things to ask when your doctor prescribes a new med

The older you are, the more doctors – your primary care physician and specialists – you’re likely to be seeing, and the more medications...

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How Medicare pays doctors and hospitals to give seniors better care

Value Based Reimbursement rewards coordinated medical care that leads to better patient health.

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Does an aspirin a day really keep heart attacks away?

On the basis of 40-year-old research, millions of people in their 40s and older take a low-dose (81-100 mg) aspirin tablet every day as a...

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Can COVID-19 cause heart attack deaths?

In a few cases, yes. But many, many more deaths are caused by the fear of the coronavirus. “Nearly everyone dying of COVID-19 has...

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Telehealth is here to stay

During the pandemic, the growth of telehealth has been, if you’ll pardon the pun, contagious. So much so that telemed, as it’s also...

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You may already own the latest telemedicine diagnostic device.

It’s a smartphone with either FaceTime or Google Duo. By eliminating travel time to and from doctors’ offices, along with time-wasting...

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Drinking lots of water can be good for your health. Or bad.

There’s an old rule of thumb about drinking eight glasses of water a day. Is that enough? Too little? Or too much? The U.S. National...

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Millions may be doing the right thing for the wrong reason

Throughout last year, thanks to rumors of vitamin D warding off coronavirus infection, many, many more Americans started taking it –...

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Do you really need all those tests?

A growing medical consensus says you don’t. No matter how old you are, it’s important to keep taking some tests – blood pressure check,...

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The value of monthly Registered Nurse assessments

In an effort to ensure good care, Virginia law requires senior care agencies like Senior Insights to have a Registered Nurse perform...

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Some commonly used meds could speed mental decline

A widely used group of prescription and over-the-counter medications could speed up older adults’ mental decline, a series of studies in...

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