Depression is on the rise in America and it affects all age groups from teens to seniors and it affects all different ethnic groups, people in different economic levels, different sexes, different types of jobs and more. In 2016, it was estimated that about 7.4% of adults in the US suffered from some form of
People are living longer today than they have for many centuries. It’s not uncommon for parents in the 50s and 60s to be caring for their parents who are in the 70s, 80s and 90s. In many cases, providing the necessary care and support of elderly parents falls on their senior children and many will
This summer is shaping up to he a hot one, with the second major heat wave to sweep over the central and eastern parts of the country. Where I live in northern Kentucky and just south of Cincinnati, Ohio, May was the hottest month on record and at the time of this writing, we are
Aging wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for all of the physical and health problems that come with aging. One of those is a loss of balance or one’s sense of balance isn’t as good as it used to. I can testify to that. In my teen years, I rode saddle broncs and bulls.
For the past few years, there have been a lot of television commercials advising seniors to get the pneumococcal vaccine. One commercial in particular shows an older woman and her grown daughter and the woman says that she almost wasn’t here because of pneumococcal pneumonia. It was only a matter of several days that found
How many of you get the afternoon drowsies? You eat a decent lunch and within an hour, you feel like you need to take a nap. If you work at a desk or behind the wheel, you find it hard to keep your eyes open and you begin yawning a lot. This is the reason
Cancer is the one word no one likes to hear from their doctor, but the older we get, the greater are our chances of developing some type of cancer. The risk of developing breast and prostate cancer increases dramatically as we get older. The same is true with colon and rectal cancer. Around 60% of
Pregnancy causes a number of changes within a woman and those closest to her. There is no doubt that pregnant women undergo mood swings due to the different concentrations of hormones being secreted due to the pregnancy. They often become more emotional over different things and some pregnant women even report that they are more
Fertility is a private issue that seems to be affecting more couples in the US today than ever before. Some attribute this to the busier and more stressful life and careers and some attribute it to diet and others to chemicals in the foods we eat and liquids we drink. Others suggest it may be
Some media reports say that eating at night makes you gain weight, others say that it has no effect on body weight. So who is right? First, it’s important to remember that a gain in body weight only occurs when there is a change in calories consumed or calories burned. A calorie is a calorie,
