Memory Loss: When Should You Seek Help For Yourself or a Loved One. Now that the holidays have passed, did you notice a visiting loved one who seemed to be having trouble with their memory? Everyone forgets things at some time. How often have you misplaced your car keys or forgotten the name of a person you just met? Some degree of memory problems, as well as a modest decline in other thinking skills, is a fairly common part of aging. There’s a difference, however, between normal changes in memory and the type of memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Some memory problems are the result of… Continue Reading Memory Loss: When Should You Seek Help For Yourself or a Loved One
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Jan
2012
How can you decrease your stress? Simplify your life and de-clutter your life and mind and you can significantly improve your health. Now that we are past the Holiday Season of hustle and bustle, it’s time to simplify. Discover the value of living a more balanced, less stressful, deliberate and thoughtful life. Here’s what to do: Clear the clutter. Pick one area of your home and take a hard look. Clear out the items you are not using and either donate, sell, store or throw away. Switch off the media. Turn off the TV’s, radios, smart phones, laptops and video games. This is audio-visual clutter. Clear your calendar. Only say… Continue Reading Simplify Your Life To Reduce Your Stress And Improve Your Health!
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Dec
2011
Is your New Year’s resolution to lose weight in 2012? It is not uncommon to approach resolutions with lots of enthusiasm at the start. After a couple weeks however, your enthusiasm often lessens and it’s easy to fall back into old habits. These old habits seem comfortable and easy to fall back into, but they don’t help you lose weight or improve your health. Before you give up on this year’s resolution to lose weight and even before you start, consider this: Are you ready? Is this a good time in your life to make that commitment? Can you devote time to planning and implementing the changes? Do you have… Continue Reading Tips On How To Keep That Weight-Loss New Year’s Resolution!
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Dec
2011
About every 34 seconds, someone in the United States suffers from a heart attack! Every year, tens of thousands of Americans survive heart attacks, and are able to enjoy a normal life. Heart disease is when plaque forms in the arteries that bring oxygen to the heart muscle. Symptoms of heart disease, which can be a warning of an impending heart attack, are when ordinary physical activity causes you to experience: Undue fatigue. Palpitations which are the sensation that your heart is skipping a beat or ‘racing’, beating too rapidly. Dyspnea which is difficult or labored breathing. Angina pain which is either classified as stable (chest pain with exertion only)… Continue Reading Understanding The Symptoms Of A Heart Attack
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Dec
2011
42 million Americans have high cholesterol and another 63 million have borderline high cholesterol. High cholesterol is a major risk factor for the development of a heart attack or stroke due to plaque formation in your arteries (atherosclerosis). Here are some simple ways to reduce your cholesterol that are ‘non prescription’ to start lowering your risk for heart attack and stroke: Portion control: use your hand as a guide to the size of portions of meat (palm), fruit (fist), and veggies (cupped hand). Serve up mostly heart healthy foods: 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Go to the sea twice a week: eat fish twice a week, good… Continue Reading How To Start Lowering Your Cholesterol Without Medication!