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5 Things You Need to Know About Senior Health

...tive is key to maintaining your overall health and fitness.
Senior Citizen Housing Options

senior citizen housing is an important need that every senior and their families or caregivers must eventually address. Housing should meet all of the needs of the senior citizen including financia...
5 Things You Need to Know About Senior Living

... healthier. This is especially true for senior citizens who have challenges they often must face alone. If you see the glass as half full, your positive thoughts help motivate you to a healthier...
Facts on Senior Yoga

...hose who have limited mobility, such as seniors or someone with a disability, can do yoga. Since many seniors live a sedentary lifestyle leading to many health issues, getting your body moving c...
How to Talk to a Senior About Driving

... older driver, be sure to have a recent health exam to rule out any preventable barriers to sight, hearing, or reaction time, and investigate transportation alternatives so that there are some a...
Retail Clinics and Senior Care

...aluated in light of the elder's overall health situation. This is hard to do within the time constraints of a retail clinic visit and by providers who do not have access to background informati...
Smart Shopping for Senior Multivitamins

...me that multivitamins aren't useful for Seniors. Most Seniors, however, don't eat a balanced diet, especially if they live alone. Seniors need a little help to supplement their diets. You can't ...
3 Ways to Choose a Senior Health Plan

...ch usually cover at least part of their healthcare needs. Depending on their age and income level, seniors will have to cover out-of-pocket expenses and co-payments for certain services. Most se...
Tips on Finding a Senior-Friendly Gym

...er people, a source of consternation to seniors. If you are looking for a senior-friendly gym, here are some things to consider. Want less competition and more room to work out? Look for a gym t...

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- Posted On December 12, 2008 06:48:45 AM
  ...more and more obsessed with this. I'm a senior in an online charter school, and lately instead of doing my work, I'll be planning workouts and counting calories of all the possible meals in hous... Read More
- Posted On December 12, 2008 03:08:02 PM
  ...thing, and my eating habbits are pretty healthy in within a healthy range, but thinking about it, how healthy can this attitude possibly be, and how can I shake it? Or is this fairly common? No... Read More
senior new member

...I am not too much overweight BUT I have health problems diabetes and kidney dialysis. Will be checking on the posts for good ideas
not so boring healthy eating
- Posted On July 11, 2008 01:43:03 PM
  Recently I've started to try to eat healthier, but a lot of the different health foods seemed really boring. I decided to make things fun then and started experimenting with different ways things ... Read More
- Posted On July 11, 2008 02:45:48 PM
  ............I assume your not aware of the health implications.......not a good thing. You should rethink that logic. just saying. Read More
Note to Group--health warning
...n their urine, a U.S. researcher said. Senior author Karin B. Michels of the Harvard Medical School said exposure to BPA -- used in the manufacture of polycarbonate and other plastics -- has be...
- Posted On May 30, 2009 08:21:35 AM
  Thanks for the health note, CT :o) Read More
Amazing Health Benefits of Epsom Salt Baths (long)
...fo for everyone. By Melissa Breyer, Senior Producer, Care2 Green Living (edited by me) We all know about the importance of iron and calcium, but did you know that magnesium is the second-m...
- Posted On March 14, 2008 11:59:38 AM
  I LOVE taking baths so this is an easy one for me, I'll add some epsom to my next one! It better not interfere with my bubbles though... Read More
- Posted On March 14, 2008 12:00:52 PM
  Huh. Well I knew it felt good but I didnt know all THAT! Thanks for posting! Read More
Time for me to overcome my ED.. help?
- Posted On July 11, 2008 10:11:51 PM
  ...ined an active lifestyle with dance. My senior year was extremely stressful for me academically so I quit the dance team and focused on school. That's when I reached my highest weight of 152 lbs... Read More
- Posted On July 12, 2008 11:00:19 AM
  ...m. You know- where you want to just be healthy, but you don't want to gain the weight back... I'm right there with you. You're not alone in this- and you'll always have support here! We're ... Read More
My plate
- Posted On August 1, 2008 10:53:03 AM
  ...care about myself and want to retain my health even as I get older. So I've committed myself to this program and am so thankful to read success stories and know that if someone else can do it... Read More
- Posted On August 1, 2008 11:00:37 AM
  ...care about myself and want to retain my health even as I get older. So I've committed myself to this program and am so thankful to read success stories and know that if someone else can do it... Read More
post-st pat's day question
- Posted On March 19, 2008 08:07:23 AM
  ...emember from Health Science class in my senior year in High School ] Water to rehydrate you, of course. Read More
- Posted On March 18, 2008 09:31:33 PM
  happy belated st. patrick's day to everyone. i dont know if any of you went out to the pubs at all on the weekend/monday night, but my friends and i sure did (i hope all my fellow college students ... Read More
sick dog advise, help:)
- Posted On April 25, 2009 01:32:51 PM
  ...d it to several friends and their dogs' health--eyes, coat, digestion--have drastically improved. It's a little more expensive than regular food--but less than presciption food plus medications... Read More
- Posted On April 27, 2009 07:32:31 AM
  ...has the same issues. I feed her Innova Senior, which is a very healthy, very good choice, although it is expensive. I used to feed her half canned and half dry, but she cannot tolerate the can... Read More
Who says calorie tracking is a waste of time?
- Posted On July 15, 2008 09:08:17 AM
  ...r food diary, says Victor Stevens, PhD, senior investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for health Research in Portland, Ore. http://www.webmdhealth.com/nl/nlv.aspx?id=gbefZ... Read More
- Posted On July 15, 2008 09:23:40 AM
  Not a waste of time to me, that's how I lost all of my weight Read More
Graduation Anxiety
- Posted On April 19, 2008 04:27:01 PM
  ... working on this degree through various health problems. I don't know what life will be like without this school anymore! Worse than that, I jump right into grad school...at freaking Harvard... Read More
- Posted On April 19, 2008 06:25:30 PM
  ...op it all off, i am currently making my senior collection, even though i'm so behind! because i had taken all the classes leading up to this, even though i got c's in 5 of them i still was able ... Read More
Any Advice for a Girl Going on a Cruise?
- Posted On May 24, 2009 09:03:02 AM
  ...ation to Vegas in April, plus it was my senior year of high school so tons of eating out, senior breakfasts and lunches, etc. But now that summer's started, I've got back into my health kick and... Read More
- Posted On May 26, 2009 07:58:09 AM
  ...ived when I came home. I kind of put my healthy diet aside and ended up gaining about 12lbs since and it has been difficult to lose. I would have done better if I hadn't gone crazy on the cruise... Read More
Fun Days Ahead...

...nd take a walk!" May 28th - National Senior Health and Fitness Day "We are living longer and want to stay strong and fit as we do...best way to achieve that is to stay active." Always set fo...
new!
...is Lexi. I am new to this group. I am a senior exercise science major in college. I spend most of my tiem learning about health, fitness, and nutrition. Im currently eating a mostly clean (no pr...
- Posted On February 13, 2008 05:13:49 PM
  Welcome Lexi! Good luck! :) Ashley Read More
- Posted On February 13, 2008 05:13:49 PM
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New help for selecting retirement home options

.... 8, 2008 CARF International and SNAPforseniors® are collaborating to increase the value that each organization offers to consumers and professionals who are searching for quality senior hou...
loosing lbs, adding miles
...fully, I joined a new personal training health club that helped keep me on track to loose all of that weight in 6 months. Currently, I am still trying to loose the last 10-15 lbs in order to be ...
- Posted On November 11, 2008 11:39:47 AM
  ...ost 50 lbs but between the stressors of senior year and turning 21 (I didn't drink until then either) I gained it all back. Now I am 22 and a first year grad student and am determined to get the... Read More
- Posted On November 12, 2008 01:51:53 AM
  ...ations on joining the personal training health club and losing the weight! That's a really awesome accomplishment! As far as the weight loss plateau, try to shock your body. (Ex: If you're doin... Read More
Take your elder parents along to Tai Chi class!

...Health, Oregon Research Institute (ORI) senior scientist Fuzhong Li, Ph.D., describes how senior community centers in Lane County, Oregon successfully adopted an evidence-based Tai Chi program t...
Hello to the group
...y on alternating Saturday mornings, for Senior Sports and Senior Fitness. I interview interesting people that are involved in sports and fitness for boomers and beyond. The guest that got me int...
- Posted On July 30, 2008 11:25:54 AM
  ... I am an (almost) graduate in Public Health/Gerontology, and I am quite interested in aging and nutrition. Thanks for the info, I'm going to look into it! Anne Read More
- Posted On July 30, 2008 07:02:10 PM
  Hi and welcome, glad to see you have decided to post in the group. You are in San Antonio, right? I used to live in Boerne, right up the road from you. Again, welcome and good luck. Read More
It's done!
...tress at his old job. Bev he will be a senior project manager at Qualcomm. He will manager the delivery of the software that runs the cell phone. His does that for the company he is working fo...
- Posted On April 12, 2008 04:49:18 PM
  ... He can't leave the hospital because of health insurance. He only has four more years until he will have 30 years there! He can retire but not get his SS since he's not 65! You get a lot more if... Read More
- Posted On April 12, 2008 07:39:42 AM
  Glad ww is working so well for you. enjoy the weekend. Read More
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- Posted On August 3, 2008 02:37:15 PM
  ... Appearance & Beauty * Senior Health * Senior Care livestrong.com Copyright © 2008 Demand Media, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the LIVESTRONG.... Read More

HHS Finally Addresses Health Care-Medicare Myths

…and there certainly are a lot of them! From death panels to rationing, the health care reform scare campaign has been in overdrive this month. Of course, the problem is it’s always easier to sell fear than facts and that couldn...

Health Care And Medicare

The health care issue being debated by congress has spilled over to the issue of medicare. Those who are opposed to President Obama's proposed health care plan have put up every road block they can including alleging that health care reform will destroy...

Monday Night Open Thread

I'm watching Dancing With the Stars. I like Kelly Osborne and Louie the snowboarder, and who knows why, Donnie Osmond. Len took his happy pills tonight, he's liked every dance. A commercial came on a few minutes ago warning seniors that the health care...

Obama calls for $250 payments to seniors (AP)

Yahoo! | Politics AP – President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social Security next year. The Social Security Administration is scheduled to announce...

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