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Seniors
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020
It is very difficult to avoid physical pain as you get older. However, as many people age, they complain less about pain. This phenomenon may be caused by a decreased sensitivity to pain. However, some believe that seniors don’t moan as much as juniors because they tend to be stoics.
Seniors
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
You’ll be given physical therapy exercises for at least two months. These are designed to help you bend and extend your leg. In addition to your prescribed exercises, you can walk as much as you like. Stationary bicycles are recommended for muscle tone and flexibility.
Men's & Women's Health
Monday, Oct. 5, 2020
Most tinnitus – a symptom, not a disease – comes from damage to the microscopic endings of the hearing nerve in the inner ear. People who suffer from tinnitus hear phantom noises that include not just ringing but whistling, hissing, buzzing, roaring and clicking.
Men's & Women's Health
Monday, Sept. 21, 2020
without partners who still desire Fortunately for seniors today, there is sex have been known to order home delivery. I suspect that you are having trouble believing your eyes because you don’t think older men and women are having sex. And, if that’s what you think, you are mistaken.
Seniors
Monday, Aug. 24, 2020
Lead is a natural component of the earth’s crust. However, people have spread lead throughout our environment by burning fossil fuels, mining and manufacturing. Two common sources of lead in our environment were paint and gasoline; lead has been banned from both of them.
Seniors
Monday, July 13, 2020
There are a variety of tests for dysphagia. They include: an X-ray of a bariumcoated esophagus; direct examination of the esophagus with an endoscope, a lighted instrument; a test with a pressure recorder to measure muscle contractions of the esophagus; video fluoroscopy and ultrasound, two forms of imaging that record patients swallowing.
Men's & Women's Health
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020
In hemodialysis, a patient is connected to an artificial kidney. This mechanical kidney — or dialyzer — filters the blood, and then it is returned to the patient. The treatment time typically lasts three to four hours. Most people suffering chronic kidney failure require hemodialysis three times a week.
Seniors
Monday, Dec. 2, 2019
This is a question that opens up the whole Check the weight limit. Typical subject of mobility aids, the icons of canes can hold about 250 aging. We’ll discuss canes in this pounds. Some slimmer column and save crutches, walkers, canes are limited to about wheelchairs and scooters for the 175 pounds.
Seniors
Monday, Oct. 7, 2019
W.C. Fields, the vaudevillian and comedic actor in early films, was known to hoist more than an occasional beer. But, Fields got his red, bumpy nose from rosacea, not alcohol. Former President Bill Clinton has rosacea and so did the late financier J.P. Morgan.
Seniors
Monday, Sept. 9, 2019
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a no-no if you have a pacemaker. In fact, any procedure that exposes you to electromagnetic energy is a problem. These procedures include therapeutic radiation, shockwave lithotripsy that breaks up large kidney stones, and electrocautery to control bleeding during surgery.

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