Aging Gracefully While Aging Safely Avoiding Risky Procedures and Empty Promises
By Amy Kennard Raise your hand if you’ve looked in the mirror and tugged a little at those creases around your mouth, frowned at those frown lines, or widened those eyes to make the crows’ feet disappear. Who can relate to feeling that flash of heat that makes you want to tear your clothes off? […]
Manage Diabetic Pets at Home
Chances are good that you know someone who has diabetes. However, you may not realize this disease that commonly affects humans is on the rise among dogs and cats. Like humans, a diagnosis of diabetes requires lifestyle changes and heightened health monitoring, yet, with proper care, your pet can live a full and active life. […]
Looking at Senior Living Communities
By Steven A. Buttice What is home? This writer believes home is a major part of our identity. Chances are, a married couple bought the home at a very exciting time of life. Families were raised in the home. Memories surround each room and piece of furniture. Vibrant bedroom colors may have been chosen by […]
Am I Worrying Too Much?
By Jennifer Morrison, PsyD Postdoctoral Resident, John R. Day & Associates, Christian Psychological Associates A lot of people find themselves worrying about their children, their families, their bills, and other things on a regular basis. The amount of worrying and what you worry about can greatly vary from person to person. Time spent worrying can […]
Positive Outlook, Perseverance Pays Off
By Dave Tompkins Just because an injury limits what you can do, it doesn’t limit you. That is the life message you get when talking to Jim Brown, and it’s one he knows all too well. The Chicago native spent four years in the Air Force following high school and embarked on a series of […]
Protect Your Family’s Peace of Mind
By Ruth Ahnen, Modern Woodmen Life insurance can cover costly funeral expenses When Amy’s brother-in-law died unexpectedly in a car accident, her sister took on the burdens of grief and single parenting — and thousands of dollars of medical and funeral costs. Amy worried if her own family could handle the kind of expenses her […]
Weekend Hysterectomy
Submitted by Diamond Medical Spa and Vein It was the year 1988, Dr. Yates was in his third year of OB/GYN when he chose to perform a vaginal hysterectomy on a woman that appeared to be a candidate for a vaginal hysterectomy. In those days there were only two methods to perform a hysterectomy. The […]
Quad Cities Senior 2016 Living Tours
What is perfect retirement living? Everybody has their own answer to this question and that’s why there are different retirement homes. Each of these homes offer relaxed living designed to relieve the stresses of owning a home. No more shoveling snow, mowing the grass, or worrying about leaking pipes. Meals are cooked to perfection and […]
If I Have Ringing/Buzzing in My Ears and Have Hearing Loss, Won’t a Hearing Aid Just Make the Ringing/ Buzzing Sound Louder, To
By Ellen J. Verlo, M.A., CCC-A, Clinical Audiologist, Audiology Consultants The short answer to this question is rarely. Hearing aids do not cause ringing/buzzing to become louder with a few exceptions. The ringing/buzzing is tinnitus. The majority of people who have tinnitus and wear hearing aids experience some relief when using their hearing aids. The […]
Oral Appliance An Alternative to CPAP?
By Jeffrey Bassman, DDS, PC The continuous positive airway pressure machine (CPAP) was invented by Professor Colin Sullivan and his co-workers at Sydney University in 1981, for snoring and sleep apnea. It was, and still is, considered the gold standard of treatment for sleep disorders. The CPAP machine and the many varieties of the machine, […]