Health

There’s often controversy over whether you should take supplements to make sure you’re getting necessary vitamins and nutrients, or whether you should just rely on healthy eating and good health habits. In fact, a recent New York Times piece suggested that perhaps too many people are jumping on the Vitamin D…

You may be familiar with the award winning public radio program, On Being. Hosted by journalist and author Krista Tippet, the show tackles some of the big questions in life. The website for On Being not only features stories from each week’s radio program but it also has essays that delve into…

Coming down with pneumonia can be a serious concern for anyone but it’s especially worrisome for seniors, for whom pneumonia is the 4th leading cause of death. And now a new research study finds that about 25% of adults with community-acquired pneumonia strike out on the first round of antibiotics…

The headlines tell the story: There has been a continuous failure of research efforts to find treatments to effectively combat Alzheimer’s. Millions of dollars and untold hours of research have yet to yield any real treatments to genuinely combat Alzheimer’s once a patient is afflicted. But researchers are not without…

Deciding that you want to “age in place” can be a comforting thought. However, figuring out how to adapt your home so that it works for you as you get older is another story. Each room in a home may hold it’s own unique challenges for comfort and safety- the…

Mark your calendars because May 19th has been declared “Clinical Trials Celebration Day” by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. As such, it’s a good time to be reminded about what it means to enroll in a clinical trial and why you may want to do so. As you probably know,…