Health Wellness

Senior Oral Health – Why It Matters

Many components of the health care system — often including patients themselves — look straight past patients’ teeth and down their throats, rather than addressing oral health needs. Medicare is no different. Original Medicare with no supplementary medigap plan, the insurance that covers roughly 427,200 seniors in Kansas, offers no preventive or restorative dental coverage,

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Is stress killing you? Over come your anxiety

Sardinia, Italy, is a place where time seems to stand still. The residents of this Blue Zone region are renowned for living long, healthy, happy and relatively stress-free lives. They have a saying, (which has since been popularized in the Julia Roberts movie, Eat, Pray, Love) that seems to capture their relaxed approach to life. The

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Debunking 2018’s Top Diet Trends

It seems like every day, you open up Facebook or Instagram and see another blogger, celebrity or influencer touting a different diet that helped them achieve their goals. They swear by it, and based on what you see, you’re intrigued enough to want to try. But how do you wade through the good, the bad,

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Rare Eye Cancer Not as Rare as Thought

I once read an article that stated that many rare diseases are only rare because they are often misdiagnosed because doctors are not familiar with them and misinterpret the symptoms for something else. Case in point is the condition plaguing my oldest daughter. She has always had a host peculiar conditions her entire life but

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How Diet Affects When Menopause Begins

Is menopause a good thing or bad thing? If you asked that question to 1,000 women from various areas and backgrounds, chances are the answer you get would be close to evenly split. Some will say that they are done having kids and look forward to no more monthly menstrual cycles with the bloating, cramping,

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WARNING: Insect Diseases on Rise

As winter finally yields its grip and warmer weather sneaks in, more people are getting outdoors. They are gardening, hiking, going to parks, rivers, streams, ponds, lakes and traveling across the country and they will be facing an increased risk of getting some pretty awful diseases, some which were rare in the US until more

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Being Eaten Alive in a Nursing Home?

I’ve been an outdoor person my entire life. I’ve climbed into black bear dens during winter to help with censusing counts and yes, there is always the danger of encountering an angry mama bear and being eaten on the spot. I’ve been surrounded by over 20 coyotes in the middle of the night in the