Clearing Up Food Label Confusion
By Elana Zimelman, RD, LD, CDE, Registered Dietitian with Cooper Clinic, North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazine
Do you often have trouble planning for healthy meals or picking the healthiest dinner options?
Testosterone and the Aging Male
Courtesy Avere Healthcare Clinic, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
While it’s normal for testosterone levels to drop as men age, low testosterone can have a significant impact on a man’s health. It is the chemical produced in a man’s body that makes him think, look, and behave as a man. Testosterone helps a man maintain bone density, fat distribution, muscle strength and mass, sex drive, and sperm production.
Where you live says a lot about how you live By Elizabeth Thompson, ET Communications, Maravilla Scottsdale, Scottsdale LIVING WELL Magazine When it comes to retirement living, where you live says a lot about how you live. Scheduled to open in May 2012, Maravilla Scottsdale is North Scottsdale’s newest luxury senior living community. Located adjacent [...]
Estate and Gift Taxation in the 21st Century
By Jennifer K. Huckfeldt, Esq. Carnahan Evans Cantwell & Brown, PC. Springfield LIVING WELL Magazine
First, a bit of history in the event you have managed to escape the estate and gift tax debacle of the past decade!
Short of Breath? It could be more than just getting older
By Janelle Thier, Program Coordinator, American Lung Association in Iowa, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Have you ever gone up a flight of stairs and had to pause at the top to catch your breath? Has showering, vacuuming, or even making your bed gotten increasingly difficult due to your breathing?
Medicare Update
By Mark Johnson, R.CPhT, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
In 2011 more than 2.2 million people with Medicare were able to save $1.2 billion on their prescriptions, for an average of $550 per person, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in the fall of 2011. And more than 22.6 million seniors and people with disabilities took advantage of at least one free Medicare preventive benefit, including the new Annual Wellness Visit made possible by the Affordable Care Act.
Volunteering: It’s good for your health
Giving back can improve brain functions, overall well-being
Courtesy Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Retirement often brings coveted free time for many seniors who have spent the majority of their lives juggling family, careers, and other responsibilities. Many seniors also desire purposeful ways to fill this sudden influx of freedom, and one of the most gratifying avenues is volunteering. Not only does volunteering benefit communities and help worthy organizations subsist, but it can also have a profound mental and physical impact on volunteers themselves.
Living With COPD
By Heather Branch, RN, Southeast Louisiana Home Health, Northshore & New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazines
As fall rolls around once again, so do all those pesky allergies causing inflammation and sometimes infection. The elderly, especially, need to be proactive in preventing flare-ups (exacerbations) of respiratory diseases such as asthma and bronchitis.
Learn More About Your Medicare Rights!
Courtesy The Tradition Prestonwood, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
With all the discussion about possible future changes in Medicare and concerns that many seniors have about potential changes, it’s important to keep in mind the rights that Medicare beneficiaries already have. Many people who have been receiving Medicare for many years are still unaware of the important rights they have.
Who Will Take Care of Senior Citizens?
Courtesy Avere Healthcare Clinic, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
Statistics show that most Medicare recipients don’t understand what Medicare is all about. This leads to frustration, which causes seniors to likely defer preventative care and skip necessary doctor’s visits. The average senior doesn’t know when they need a colonoscopy, and most certainly aren’t particularly eager to find out!
