Stroke Awareness – What you need to know!
Stroke Awareness – Knowing how to tell if someone is having a stroke could be the key to saving their life. And knowing the risk factors and what we can do to prevent them is a good way to protect ourselves.
Ask Mr. Pedometer about Healthy Choices for Snacks: Pedometer.com
Making healthy choices for snacks or quick meals can be difficult. Many “Healthy Choices” in snacks may not be so healthy and some may pose dangerous health risks.
8 Tips to Avoid Falling; The Leading Cause of Accidental Death in the Elderly
“Every 11 seconds in the U.S., an older adult ends up in the emergency room due to a fall. ‘It’s the leading cause of accidental death in the elderly,’ says Catherine Colon-Emeric, M.D., chief of geriatrics at the Duke University School of Medicine. Here are 8 tips for avoiding fall.
Celebrate Women’s Health and Mother’s Day
The month we celebrate Women’s Health Month and Mother’s Day is a good time to remind all the women that you care about to schedule their annual physicals and also, if needed, mammograms to screen for breast cancer.
Older Americans still have a lot to contribute
Mr. Pedometer, May is Older Americans Month which means people over their 65th birthday. Many of us are retired or retiring but we still have a lot of years left in us to contribute to society. Any ideas on how to move forward from here?