by | Aug 25, 2019 | Home Health
Data from more than a million people found that genetic liability to insomnia may increase the risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke. Among types of ischemic stroke, genetic liability to insomnia was primarily associated with an increased...
by | Aug 17, 2019 | Home Health
As California governor, Gavin Newsom, called for appointment of an Aging Czar to lead a 15-member task force that would develop a Master Plan to address challenges related to long-term care and aging, Senate Bill 228 was passed on May 24, 2019. “California’s...
by | Aug 9, 2019 | Home Health
During an extended period of travel last year, my husband and I lent our house in the Ozarks to an older couple who were having work done on their own house. We returned after a month away to a spotless house and two hostess gifts. But there was also a distinctive...
by | Jul 30, 2019 | Home Health
Nearly 30 million Americans older than 40 take aspirin daily to prevent cardiovascular disease. More than 6 million Americans take aspirin daily without physician’s recommendation. Nearly half of Americans more than 70 years of age without cardiovascular...
by | Jul 15, 2019 | Home Health
Preliminary findings from a new study reveal that inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption may account for millions of deaths from heart disease and strokes each year. The study estimated that roughly 1 in 7 cardiovascular deaths could be attributed to not eating...
by | Jun 18, 2019 | Home Health
You don’t only avoid holes in your teeth by keeping good oral hygiene, researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, have discovered a clear connection between gum disease and Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers have determined that gum disease...
by | Jun 2, 2019 | Home Health
As the senior population in need of care is growing in California every day, more families are being encountered with the dilemma of how to set up care service for the loved ones: one that keeps their loved one cared for and comfortable, while does not drain the...
by | May 17, 2019 | Home Health
Even though one incident might not represent everybody’s experience; yet, we would like to bring to your attention a story of an extremely bad experience by a family who had their loved one in a nursing home in Cleveland, OH, and ended up with a bad surprise. Redan...
by | May 5, 2019 | Home Health
In a packed ballroom, a dapper man in a silver tuxedo swing dances with a young woman to Count Basie’s jazz classic “Shiny Stockings.” A parade of 93 other women patiently wait their turn. The man smiles wide, playfully wiggling his hips at the end of the eight count...
by | Apr 30, 2019 | Home Health
Stroke patients receive vastly different amounts of physical and occupational therapy during hospital stays despite evidence that such care is strongly associated with positive health outcomes, a new study by Brown’s School of Public Health researchers found....
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