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Helping a Loved One Manage Chronic Conditions
Six in ten adults live with at least one chronic disease, such as cancer, heart disease, asthma, stroke and diabetes, while four in ten have multiple chronic conditions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While many adults are able to manage...
Heart Month Myths and Facts that Could Save Your Life
You can be in love with your sweetheart, suffer heartbreak, wear your heart on your sleeve, or hear a heartwarming story. Yet for all the references to the heart in language, poetry, music and popular culture, there is a great deal of misunderstanding about how the...
What Medical Tests Do I Need?
Your doctor may have suggested you take a medical test, while your friend suggested you take another test that helped save her life, and your brother stated that you shouldn’t take any medical tests because they’re all a scam to get your money. Who is right? I don’t...
Your Health is Worth a Shot
Think vaccines are only for kids? Think again. The development of vaccines revolutionized preventive medical care and virtually eradicated disease like smallpox and polio. And they remain an important part of the preventive health regimen for adults as well as...
What Should You Expect from a Short-Term Rehab Facility?
Nine things to consider when selecting a rehabilitation facility
A Guide Through the Long-Term Care Insurance Maze
Last summer, Sandy’s mother was placed in an assisted living facility’s Memory Care Unit. After years of paying for a long-term care insurance policy, the time had come for her to begin collecting benefits. Yet Sandy found that the process of accessing the long-term...