January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. It is estimated that over 60 million people suffer with glaucoma worldwide. While everyone is at risk, some groups are more susceptible than others. The older po...
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Kicking the habit of smoking has numerous health advantages including the improvement of your heart health. But what about the weight gain that sometimes follows after quitting? A recent study ...
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It’s a known fact that as we get older, we lose muscle mass faster from inactivity, and we gain it back slower from exercise. But is there an age at which exercise just doesn’t help? A research study...
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A long-term study finds that just a little walking each week can lower the risk of hip fracture for men over 50. The researchers report that the more a man walked, and the more briskly he walked, the...
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A recent review in Current Rheumatology Reports illustrates a variety of studies showing that practicing yoga assists in pain management and the overall health and well-being of patients with conditio...
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2014
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the flu vaccine kept 79,000 people out of the hospital and prevented 6.6 million illnesses during the 2012-2013 flu season. (1) The best w...
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2014
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We have all probably experienced headaches when we are stressed out but did you know that stress can also increase the likelihood of catching a cold? This is especially true for those dealing with chr...
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Do you have patience and compassion? At Guardian Angels of Home Health, nothing is more important than helping people live safely in their own home, with independence and dignity for as long as poss...
Nov
2014
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Do you have patience and compassion? At Guardian Angels of Home Health, nothing is more important than helping people live safely in their own home, with independence and dignity for as long as poss...