By Gora Ganguli CEO, VitaSound Audio Inc. Hearing loss is an ever-growing problem that robs people of their quality of life. Because it takes away the capacity to communicate and reduces social interaction between people, studies have shown that untreated loss leads to increasing isolation, depression, and even dementia. Always thought of as an “elderly […]
By Michael Hogg Like many men from my era, life was all about a career. Or perhaps it was really all about approval and, dare I say, ego. In my case, I did badly at school and never went to college, so it was simply a case of proving to others (although not to myself) […]
By AARP Executive Council Member Mike Tucker With all the noise swirling around the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, it is only natural to have questions. Whatever your views are about the law, it is important to understand some basic facts, so you can make the right health care decisions for you and […]
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), over half of all Americans over the age of 80 have cataracts. “Surgery may be an option for those with cataracts, and it is one that is often suggested in traditional medicine,” explains Dr. Edward Kondrot, founder of the Healing The Eye & Wellness Center. “However, there […]
Current statistics on diabetes are very problematic as they continue to spiral out of control. As many as 5,225 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed each day according to the American Diabetes Association. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as many as 79 million adults in the United States are pre-diabetic, […]
Everyday, Michael Hogg ingests 22 drugs, hormones, pills and potions (at a cost of over $20,000 a year) in an effort to claw back his lost youth. Now he’s written a book so you can do it too. He’s been nicknamed, the “Peter Pan Man”, and appropriately so, as independent medical tests show that, although […]
By David Stauth CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs to help treat lung cancer, and in laboratory and animal tests it appears to reduce the systemic damage done to other organs while significantly improving the treatment of lung tumors. This advance in nanomedicine combines […]
By 2050, the U.N. estimates for the first time ever, the world population will have more people over age 65 than children age 5 and younger [source: Singer]. America is certainly doing its part to contribute, as baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — begin to enter their retirement years. The health […]
Robert John Emmons helps older generations look at the rest of their lives in a positive light in “Six Thousand Sunrises: Making the Most of Every Day in Your Senior Years” (PR NewsChannel) / October 16, 2012 / SANTA BARBARA, Calif./ “Six Thousand Sunrises: Making the Most of Every Day in Your Senior Years” (ISBN […]
By David Stauth Despite concerns that have been expressed about possible health risks from high intake of vitamin E, a new review concludes that biological mechanisms exist to routinely eliminate excess levels of the vitamin, and they make it almost impossible to take a harmful amount. No level of vitamin E in the diet or […]
