An important way to lower the risk of a stroke is by controlling your weight. Excess pounds, which strain the circulatory system, can lead to other health conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, and obstructive sleep apnea. Losing as little as 5–10 percent of your starting weight can lower blood pressure and other stroke risk factors. Keeping the [...]
Davidson County Department of Senior Services, in partnership with Novant Health, has relaunched the Passport to Better Health program, introduced last year with noteworthy success. The program, in which more than 50 participated in 2015, offers senior 55 and older the opportunity to learn how physical activity, food choices, lifestyle habits and maintaining positive mental health influences several chronic diseases. [...]
By Dr. Aaron Williams, DC Dr. Aaron Williams, DC is a graduate of Life University and vice president of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association central district. Many people with neck pain, tingling down the arms, low back pain and pain going down the leg into the foot often receive the diagnosis of Degenerative Disc Disease, as common condition highly misunderstood. [...]
Getting enough good-quality sleep is essential to staying healthy and aging well. Certain sleep problems such as sleep apnea require medical treatment, but Harvard Medical School has provided 10 simple steps that can help you overcome general sleep difficulties, including insomnia. 1. Stick to a consistent sleep schedule and routine. A set sleep routine will “train” you to fall asleep [...]
Some foods are particularly good at helping to lower cholesterol. They deliver a good dose of soluble fiber, which binds cholesterol and its precursors in the digestive system and drags them out of the body before they get into circulation. Others provide polyunsaturated fats, which directly lower LDL. • Oats. An easy way to start lowering cholesterol is to choose [...]
It’s a fact that, on average, women live longer than men. More than half (57 percent) of women ages 65 and older are female. By age 85, 67 percent are women. The average lifespan is about five years longer for women than men in the United States and seven years longer worldwide. A glance around most assisted living facilities shows [...]
It’s an indisputable fact that seniors today are living longer, living better, and doing more than at any time in history. It’s almost as though they have imbibed from a fountain of youth. And surely there is such a fountain. Herodotus (circa 425 BC) wrote of a spring in Ethiopia to which Ethiopians attributed their long life. Alexander the Great [...]
By Dr. Aaron Williams, DC Dr. Aaron Williams, DC is a graduate of Life University and vice president of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association central district. Peripheral neuropathy is a serious condition that is affecting more and more Americans at an alarming rate. The condition which affects the “peripheral” (hands and feet), is a deterioration of the nerves that go [...]
By Wayne Mogielnick, Wake Forest Baptist Can lung cancer in longtime smokers be caught before it’s too late? Yes. “For some patients, the perception is that lung cancer is terminal, but that’s not always the case,” says Dr. Christina Bellinger, a pulmonologist at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. “Lung cancer screening has proven effective in detecting lung cancer when it’s [...]
