by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
A yearly cold or two dogged me for years, often followed by sinus or ear infections. After I turned 50, all those infections resulted in a hearing loss in my left ear. Desperate to halt the yearly cold onslaught, I stopped touching public door handles with my bare...
by Heidi Richards Mooney, Editor in Chief | May 21, 2020 | Aging Gracefully, Gratitude, Health and Wellness, Relationships, Self Care
Every May, the Administration for Community Living leads our nation’s observance of Older Americans Month. The theme for 2020 is “Make Your Mark.” This theme was selected to encourage and celebrate the countless contributions older adults make to our...
by Guest Writer | Apr 30, 2020 | Gratitude, Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Self Care
Janine Urbaniak Reid I wish this didn’t feel so familiar. Life feels dangerous and unpredictable, what’s known and what’s safe morphs into something unrecognizable from day to day. My family has lived outside the safe zone for a long time, but just like NASA brings...
by Heidi Richards Mooney, Editor in Chief | Apr 27, 2020 | Aging Gracefully, Health and Wellness
When you are young, it is easy to forget how important your joints are for your overall quality of life. Your joints are what allow your skeleton to bend, as your joints are located where at least two bones meet one another. This bending is what allows you to perform...
by Cassandra Hill, Mind/Body Wellness Editor | Apr 26, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
Most of the people living with autoimmune diseases are women who are childbearing age. Matter of fact autoimmune diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in girls and women 65 years of age and younger. Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system...
by Heidi Richards Mooney, Editor in Chief | Apr 19, 2020 | Aging Gracefully, Health and Wellness
Your brain is central to all of your thoughts, memories, behavior, judgment, reasoning, mood, and so much more. It is therefore critical that you do all that you can to slow down its aging process. In what follows, are ways to slow down the aging of your brain: 1. Do...
