New Physicians – First to Offer Innovative Sleep Apnea Treatment in the Quad Cities
Dr. Ryan Krogmann and Dr. Adam Schwalje join ENT Professional Services, PC with outpatient surgeries at Mississippi Valley Surgery Center Two new physicians are seeing patients at ENT Professional Services, PC with locations in Moline and Davenport and performing outpatient surgeries at the Mississippi Valley Surgery Center. Both specialists come to the Quad Cities with […]
How Do I Decide Which Hearing Aid Is Best for Me?
By Margaret Christiansen, Au.D., Audiology Consultants There are a lot of different hearing aids available, and they are definitely not a one size fits all solution. The first step in the process is a complete hearing test which will provide necessary information regarding your hearing needs. After the hearing test, the audiologist can help guide […]
The SECURE Act & Eligible Designated Beneficiaries
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC The SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) was one of the biggest blasts to retirement planning to come down the chute in many years when it was signed into law in 2019 and took effect the beginning of 2020. One big […]
Meeting the Monster: My Pandemic Journey
By Karen Buchanan, Friendship Manor Assistant Administrator Feb. 2020: New coronavirus in China; the USA declares a Public Health Emergency. My boss, the President/CEO of a Continuing Care Retirement Community, tells our Purchasing Specialist to stock up on personal protective equipment. He says the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 surged early, killing many, declined over […]
Nutrition After Menopause Be Your Best at Every Age
By Bruce Young, MD, Scientific Advisory Board member for the Grain Foods Foundation Health care professionals are often asked by their female patients, friends, and family members if nutrition needs to be changed with aging and especially after menopause. For women, every stage of life brings different nutritional needs. To be your best at any […]
IRA Estate Planning With Your Spouse in Mind
By Heidi Huiskamp, Founder and CEO of Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC I’ve been opening IRA retirement accounts for clients for nearly 20 years and the estate planning and choice of beneficiaries is pretty rote: name your spouse as your Primary Beneficiary and your child or children as Contingent Beneficiary(ies). Nothing wrong with that and, in […]
Service Is a Way of Life, Well Beyond the Paycheck Years
By Karen Buchanan, Friendship Manor Assistant Administrator Years ago, I worked at a fitness center with a lot of members from the retirement-age set; it was there I first heard about the busy lives of retirees. “I don’t know how I ever had time to work!” was the frequent refrain. For all the dreaming that […]
Protecting Your Ears Through the Years — What is sound induced hearing loss and what you can do to protect your hearing?
By, Kevin Kock, Au.D. Audiology Consultants Did you know the two leading causes of hearing loss are loud noise and aging? As a licensed audiologist, I like to remind my patients that only one of these things are preventable (unfortunately it is not aging!). Often, many of my patients report that they wish they took […]
ACL Reconstruction — Restoring Your Rx for Exercise
By Alexander Germanis More than any pain reliever, anti-depressant, or blood pressure medicine, the number one thing physicians prescribe is exercise. After all, regular physical activity carries with it a never-ending list of benefits. But if any prescription is not followed properly, disaster can result. This is as true with an exercise prescription as it […]
100 Years…and More!
By Karen Buchanan, Friendship Manor Assistant Administrator 100 years ago, the world was recovering from the Spanish Flu Pandemic. Life expectancy was less than 55 years here in the United States, thanks in most part to heart disease, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. The automobile industry was newly born, alcohol was prohibited in the USA, and women […]