Tips For A SafeThanksgiving Holiday
6 Tips For a COVID-Safe Thanksgiving As Thanksgiving Day approaches, this is normally a time of year when people start planning family get-togethers and lavish spreads of traditional Thanksgiving foods, such as turkey, ham, dressing, and pumpkin pie. In 2020, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to alter their plans to protect everybody’s health […]
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Lung Health Awareness Month
How Aging Affects Your Lungs and Breathing With October being National Lung Health Month, it’s good to discuss the importance of healthy lungs and optimal breathing for senior patients. One of the most common lung issues for elderly patients is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, which is a progressive disease that gets worse as […]
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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer – A Disease of The Aging Every year, October is designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month by the National Breast Cancer Foundation, marking it as a time to increase awareness of one of the most common forms of cancer in the U.S. And while breast cancer can strike patients of almost any age, […]
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Early Diagnosis – The Key To Successfully Treating Prostate Cancer
Despite occurring almost exclusively in men over the age of 50, prostate cancer is the second most common form of the disease in the U.S. In fact, research shows that more than 70 percent of all men over 80 have at least some cancer cells in their prostate. Fortunately, the long-term prognosis for men diagnosed […]
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Managing Anxiety and Stress as We Age
The traditional view most people have when they think about retirement is that it sounds like a permanent vacation. For most adults, that seems like a far-off promise of a life free of troubles and worries. No more deadlines at work. The kids are all grown up and off on their own. Maybe the house […]
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High Blood Pressure and Summer Weather: What Seniors Need to Know
As the old saying goes, it’s not just the heat, it’s the humidity. It turns out, that applies to the affect summer weather has on your blood pressure, too. Today, high blood pressure affects as many as one out of every three adults in the United States. While high blood pressure doesn’t typically have many […]
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Seniors and Driving: What You Need To Know
While a car is basically a tool that gets you from place to place, for most people it’s also a symbol of independence and freedom. Most people probably remember how excited they were when they got their first driver’s license as a teenager because it meant they no longer had to ask their parents for […]
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Everything Seniors Need to Know About Allergies
Many of us look forward to Spring every year and are thrilled to see everything get greener and watch the flowers start to blossom all around us. If you moved to Florida for the warmer weather, it’s also when temperatures start to go up and we leave the chillier nights behind us. However, Spring is […]
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Spring Cleaning Tips for Seniors: 6 Do’s and 1 Big Don’t
Spring Cleaning for Seniors: 6 Do’s and 1 Big Don’t In Florida, spring doesn’t really mark the changing of the seasons the way it does further north. In areas with true winter weather, spring cleaning happens when the weather starts to warm up because people are opening their houses up for the first time in […]
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COVID-19 TIPS & INFORMATION
COVID-19 Our doctors and health care professionals have been trained in safety and health care rules created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This will help ensure that our patients get the right care. It will also help keep our health care teams safe, and help limit the spread of COVID-19. For […]
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