Elderly Osteoporosis: Breaking Badly
Osteoporosis, a disease that thins and weakens the bones to the point where they become fragile and break easily, affects 10 million Americans.
Many Elderly Are Addicted To Pain Killers
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 48 million Americans – or 20 percent of the population – have used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons at some time during their lifetime. This includes many elderly who are using medication for pain management.
Probiotics and Good Oral Health
Consider your mouth a reenactment of the Wild West, replete with heroes and villains. The streptococcus salivarius bacteria are the “good guys” with the job of keeping the “bad guys,” the streptococcus mutans, at bay. At stake is your oral health and the prevention of such common conditions as tooth decay, cavities, gingivitis and periodontitis […]
Feeling Sleepy? Try Exercising
NJ Home Health News For the many people who don’t feel refreshed after sleeping, exercise could be the solution. A recent study by the National Sleep Foundation found that exercisers report better sleep than non-exercisers even though they say they sleep the same amount each night (6 hours and 51 minutes on average during weeknights). […]
Heart Disease Is A Woman’s Problem Too
It wasn’t too long ago that heart disease was viewed as a man’s problem. In fact, up until about 10 years ago virtually all studies on heart disease excluded women. That was a big mistake because heart disease is the biggest killer of women in the U.S. Even with increased awareness, 80 percent of midlife […]
Can a Good Diet Fight Alzheimer’s Disease?
In the last few years, there has been an explosion in scientific evidence showing support for nutritional changes that can help prevent memory loss, as well as improve memory in patients with already diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease. According to Alzheimer’s expert Dr. Richard Isaacson, author of “The Alzheimer’s Diet: A Step by Step Nutritional Approach to […]
Learning About Kidney Disease and Dialysis
Dialysis keeps alive an estimated 354,000 Americans who suffer from end stage renal disease. Dialysis becomes an ongoing and integral part of their lives, with a kidney transplant the only hope for breaking the routine (and staying alive).
Prostate Cancer – Even More Prevalent than Breast Cancer
Prostate cancer is the number one form of cancer among men in the U.S., with 240,000 new cases diagnosed every year (according to the American Cancer Society). An estimated 11 percent of all men who have the disease will die from it, and it will affect one in six men (compared to one in eight […]
Heart Failure Patients Can Be Properly Managed to Stay out of Hospital
The high hospital readmission rate of those who suffer from heart failure impacts adversely on both the cost of health care and the health and well-being of the patients themselves.
NJ Home Health Care Agency Earns “Best of Home Care 2013” Distinction
March 25, 2013 (PRBuzz.com) New Brunswick, NJ – Expert Home Care Inc., a NJ home health care agency has been awarded “Best of Home Care 2013”. The quality designation is presented each year to top performing agencies by Home Care Pulse, a review organization dedicated to bringing credentialed, professional home health and home care agencies […]
