Understanding Your Skin

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From Dr. Norma Braun: The skin, our second largest organ, covers our entire body and is part of theIntegumentary System, which includes the skin, nails, hair, glands, and nerves. It serves several critical functions:Protection: Shields us…

Does Winter Weather Keep You at Home? Indoor Exercise is the Answer!

Safe exercise is vital at any age for maintaining health, preventing injuries and, along with a healthy diet, lowering the risk of heart disease. So, let’s get going… Start by turning on youtube.com on your computer or television, for…

Brain Foods – Reducing Anxiety

The Washington Post kicked off 2024 with an article listing the top foods that help reduce anxiety. They interviewed Uma Naidoo, a nutritional psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital who recommended the following foods: 1. Extra dark…

Avoiding Strokes and Illness

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The tri-demic of COVID-19, Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is very much still with us, accounting for more hospitalizations and pneumonia. Viral infections lower host immune responses allowing bacteria to establish infection,…

BEATING INSOMNIA

Numerous respected health journalists write about the causes and possible cures for insomnia. These can be relatively simple if caused by some of the issues listed on p.2. But,sleeplessness can also be a sign that we are anxious about something,…

DOCTOR’S ORDERS TAKEN UP A NOTCH

I recently underwent some rather unpleasant dental surgery. (Really, is there any other kind?) Thus, I was placed first on a liquid diet and then told to eat “mush” for two weeks. My doctor didn’t give me much advice besides “puddings…

BODILY CHANGES AREN’T ALWAYS GOOD; BUT, THEY AREN’T ALL A SIGN OF DISEASE

AS PEOPLE AGE, the human body changes. Often, these come as surprises since these secrets are not popularly handed down through the generations. Many seniors are left to find out about them from personal experience and sometimes with a great…