Category Archives: General Health

Suicide ranks number 10 as the leading cause of death in America. Conversations about suicide rarely include seniors, but they should. Suicide rates increase with age, and elderly men in industrialized countries tend to see the highest suicide rates, as discussed in the journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. The journal noted rates were highest among ...click here to read more

We all get stressed time and time again. Ultimately, it’s how we handle our stress that determines our health outcomes. An example of bad stress would be the kind associated with a traumatic experience. For example, this could be losing a loved one or being in a car accident. Trauma can be temporary or last ...click here to read more

If you’ve ever experienced anxiety you know it can be unsettling. Your heart races, you develop a headache and your palms become clammy. You try to take deep breaths to calm down, but it doesn’t seem to work. We all experience anxiety at some point in our lives. Whether we have an important deadline to ...click here to read more

Growing up you might remember your parents and guardians warning you to stay away from substances such as drain cleaners and strong detergents. Swallowing them can cause serious health damage, including esophagitis. Well, it turns out that if pills get caught in our throat, they can also cause esophagitis. Doctors call it “drug-induced esophagitis.” There ...click here to read more

The older we get the more pills and medications we have to take. It seems for every ailment there’s a pill. Medications, as you may already know, can come with many other side effects – some more noticeable than others. Some may give you the runs, others may make you feel dizzy, and certain ones ...click here to read more

You may have noticed a trend in your local grocery store: More and more labels read “gluten-free.” You may think it’s the latest in health food, but for people with celiac disease this is how they have to eat. Gluten is a protein found in wheat endosperm that makes dough chewy and stretchy. If you ...click here to read more

Your liver could use some love. It doesn’t get nearly as much attention as the heart, brain or even lungs. It’s usually the last organ to get checked out when you’re suffering from an illness. But all those years of neglect is leading to an epidemic. The American Liver Foundation (ALF) estimated 30-million Americans have ...click here to read more

Illness is most commonly associated with the winter months. As temperatures dip, our immune system seems to take a nose dive. So when summer arrives and the mercury rises, we live more carelessly with minimal fear of getting sick. But just because it’s sunny and warm outside doesn’t mean the threat of illness goes away. ...click here to read more

As you get older the likelihood of being alone increases. Whether you are widowed, divorced or never married, aging alone can really take its toll. Combine loneliness with chronic illness and you have a recipe for poor health. One solution that has shown to offer a great benefit to seniors is to own a pet. ...click here to read more

Everywhere you look a new fitness food is being touted. Try this now! Eat this to lose weight! Lose weight without exercise! It’s all propaganda so consumers buy more. But not only are consumers wasting their money, they aren’t seeing the results they were promised. We’re continuously bombarded with the “latest and greatest” thing, but ...click here to read more

Naturally our body contains acid, but when we build up too much – or can’t get rid of the acid – this condition is known as metabolic acidosis. Metabolic acidosis can affect anyone, at any age, and can range from mild symptoms to a life-threatening condition. There a few different types of metabolic acidosis. These ...click here to read more

Bladder problems seem to strike as we get older. From going too frequently or barely visiting a restroom, our bladders simply don’t work as well as they used to. One condition in particular not only makes you have a steady urge to urinate, but can cause pain as well. This bladder condition is called interstitial ...click here to read more

We wash our hands, we take showers or baths, we scrub our homes and do everything and anything in our power to stay germ-free. Who really wants to get sick anyways? Avoiding and preventing illness is the best way to avoid getting sick. So if staying clean is the trick, then keeping ourselves and our ...click here to read more

We’re sure that every now and then you enjoy an alcoholic beverage. Maybe it’s in celebration of an occasion or maybe you’ve opted for a glass to wind down. Occasional drinking isn’t too harmful and, in fact, it is shown to have some health benefits. But when drinking alcohol becomes excessive, when it becomes your ...click here to read more