The holidays are approaching, and for many people that means cooking and baking for gatherings with family and friends. It’s a good time to revisit food safety practices and, perhaps, learn a few things you might not have realized can help you and your… Continue reading
(This article appeared previously in Kaiser Health News.) Royal Caribbean’s gargantuan Oasis of the Seas boasts four outdoor pools and an 82-foot zip line and made quite a splash shortly after its 2014 refurbishment when it added the first Tiffany &… Continue reading
Everybody’s best defense against influenza is vaccination. But if you do contract the flu virus this season, it’s good to know there’s more than one effective weapon to use against it, especially if you’re at high risk for developing serious complicati… Continue reading
Everybody’s best defense against influenza is vaccination. But if you do contract the flu virus this season, it’s good to know there’s more than one effective weapon to use against it, especially if you’re at high risk for developing serious complicati… Continue reading
At 74, my father found out he had stage 3 lung cancer. The prognosis was grim. That was six years ago. Last month, Dad celebrated his 80th birthday. Even though his disease is terminal, our lives have gone on and we’ve learned a lot along the way throu… Continue reading
Bri Vieira, a digital strategist in Boston, saw her therapist regularly, and credited the weekly sessions with helping her manage anxiety and depression. But Vieira never met her therapist in person. She used teletherapy — a method using face-to-face t… Continue reading
Have you heard the best part of having Alzheimer’s? You can hide your own Easter eggs! Ouch, sorry. This article isn’t about that kind of humor and dementia — unless the cognitively impaired person in your life is the sort who finds bad-taste jokes fun… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This podcast is from The Not Old – Better Show.) As part of our Fitness Friday series, today’s interview is with Connie Ruiz, founder and executive director of Personal20, an electric muscle stimulation company based here in Northern Vi… Continue reading
It’s embarrassing to admit, but doctors don’t always follow their own advice or the advice of the expert panels who produce “best-of-care” guidelines. Proving just that point is a recent study from the health care giant Kaiser-Permanente that followed … Continue reading
(This article previously appeared on the Kaiser Health News site.) Imagine a government program that would mobilize volunteers to help older adults across the nation age in place. One is on the way. The Administration for Community Living (ACL), part o… Continue reading