@Michael Muller, Getty Images People with mild forms of Alzheimer’s disease experienced improvement in sleep patterns, cognitive functioning and mood after undergoing vision-correcting cataract surgery. Researchers at Tenon Hospital in Paris studied 38 patients with mild Alzheimer’s and debilitating cataract in at least one eye before and after participants underwent...
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Who Gets Custody of Grandma After the Divorce?
Who from my family will step up and care for me as I grow older? That is a question a lot of baby boomers are asking themselves. Because the prospects are scary. In a study reported in Long-Term Care Magazine, divorce and remarriage is changing the role of adult children...
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Physical and Mental Benefits of Yoga
The following is a guest post from Liz Davies. Studies show that yoga can decrease symptoms associated with cancer and its sometimes harsh treatments such as chemotherapy and radiations. Studies have shown that nausea, headaches, and fatigue are greatly reduced by yoga. Yoga can also be helpful for mental or...
Be Part of an Alzheimer’s Study
The number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is astounding-but even more so is the number of people caring for a loved one suffering from AD. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 5 million Americans have AD and almost 11 million people are serving as their unpaid caregivers....
Insurance Affects Health Care
Heart failure patients who are Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries äóî or who are uninsured äóî are less likely to receive essential treatments and tend to be hospitalized for longer periods of time according to investigators from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. Medicaid recipients with heart failure are...