Assessing Your Weight: Understanding BMI
A high amount of body fat can lead to weight-related diseases and other health issues, and being underweight can also put one at risk for health issues. BMI can be used as a screening tool to estimate weight status in relation to potential disease risk. However, BMI is not a diagnostic tool for disease risks. […]
FDA: Questions & Answers “Contaminants in Pet Food”
The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) receives a high volume of questions about pet food and contaminants, with the following being the most common questions about contaminants in pet food. Q. Can pet food contain residues of pentobarbital? A. No. The FDA considers pet food containing pentobarbital residues to be adulterated under the Federal […]
Healthy Eating and Alzheimer’s Disease
Eating healthy foods helps everyone stay well. It’s even more important for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Here are some tips for healthy eating. Buying and preparing food When the person with Alzheimer’s disease lives with you, the following recommendations will help to maintain a healthy diet. Buy healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits, and whole-grain products. Be sure […]
Foreign Bodies in Your Eye Can Be Minor or Devastating
By James Wilson, OD, Bond Eye Associates So, you feel like there’s something in your eye. Let’s start with a very important question. How did it happen, and when? Did it fall or get blown into your eye, or was it driven in at high speed (tools, perhaps)? Next, is it metal, organic, or inert? […]
New Hypertension Guidelines
By Linda Snyder, Senior Care Advocate, Villas of Holly Brook Having high blood pressure puts you at risk for heart disease and stroke, which are leading causes of death in the United States. About 75 million American adults (32 percent) have high blood pressure — that’s one in every three adults. Only about half (54 percent) of people with high blood pressure […]
No One Says These Words: “I’m Looking Forward to Moving Into a Nursing Home”
By Steven Buttice, Living By Your Design, Inc. It will never happen to me. Well, it could be an accident like a fall, an illness, or issues of aging. It happens to more people than you would think. About 70 percent of people 65 and older will need long-term care assistance. If this would happen […]
Koala Kidz: Is There HELP Before BRACES?
Submitted by Koala KIDZzz® For most parents, braces seem to be the appropriate treatment option when their child has crooked teeth. Braces may not address all issues associated with growth and development. Crooked teeth may just be a symptom of an underlying growth concern regarding the facial bones and structures. Other possible symptoms include mouth […]
Mom Needs Help
By Linda Snyder, Senior Care Advocate, Villas of Hollybrook When you’re a mom with a mother who needs extra help, you may start to feel overwhelmed. With childcare responsibilities, a job, and needing to help your mom out, you may feel stuck in the middle without anywhere to turn. While you want to give your […]
Give a Caregiver a Break
By Steven Buttice, Founder and President, Living By Your Design, Inc. We are headed into the holiday season; children are thinking of Christmas presents, parents of family gatherings. Even with the joy of the season, we are also a year older and, in some cases, a little less “festive” as we were last year. The […]
Wound Care Program Recognized for Excellence at Lutheran Hillside Village
Submitted by Craig Workman Lutheran Hillside Village has been certified by Vohra Wound Physicians as a Center of Excellence for Wound Management. Since 2017, Lutheran Hillside Village has partnered with Dr. Christopher Dickinson, a Vohra wound physician, to create an interdisciplinary team that works with primary care physicians, physical therapists, staff nurses, and other specialists […]