Senior Health Guide

Back Problems
For many people, the key to a healthy back is found in good posture, proper exercise, safe lifting techniques, and a firm mattress.
Dental Care
Periodontal disease, or gum disease, is a chronic, low-grade infection of the tissues supporting the teeth.
Hearing Loss
Hearing loss has several causes, including noise trauma, infections, heart conditions or stroke, head injuries, tumors, certain medicines, heredity, and aging.
Heart & Circulatory
Your lifestyle may include certain habits or conditions that tend to increase your chance of having a heart attack. These habits or conditions are known as risk factors.
Senior Health Care
You can prevent, delay, lessen, or even reverse some of the changes commonly associated with aging by taking advantage of information made available by the medical community.
Senior Health Coverage
Medicare is a federally funded national health insurance program for people over 65 years of age.
Seniors
Many organizations promote the interests of older adults. One of the best known and largest of the organizations is the American Association of Retired Persons.
More Halloween Stories
Make a skeleton for your crew
Most of you would think twice about celebrating Halloween with a "sleepover" in a cemetery, but in Mexico, that's exactly what children do. They aren't braver than you, they just know they have nothing to fear from the people buried there.
The sweet and sour of Halloween
Boo.
Hoo.
Chew, chew, chew.
Chocolate candy is no doggy treat
In last week's column, my friend and colleague Dr. Don Palermo provided us with a nice primer for the Halloween season and its pitfalls for pet health.
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