Keeping Your Skin Looking Young and Healthy

Your skin changes as you age. You might notice wrinkles, age spots and dryness. Your skin also becomes thinner and loses fat, making it less plump and smooth. It might take longer to heal, too.

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Avoid Caregiver Abuse From A Distance

From a distance, it can be hard to assess the quality of your parent's caregivers.
Ideally, if there is a primary caregiver on the scene, he or she can keep tabs on how things are going. Sometimes a geriatric care manager can help. You can stay in touch by phone and take note of any concerns that might indicate neglect or mistreatment.

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Screening Tests To Detect Cancer

Early Detection is key. When cancer is found early, treatment is more likely to work. Early treatment often can shrink or destroy the tumor and stop it from growing and spreading.

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Older Adults and Depression

Depression is not a normal part of aging, and studies show that most seniors feel satisfied with their lives, despite increased physical ailments. However, when older adults do have depression, it may be overlooked because seniors may show different, less obvious symptoms, and may be less inclined to experience or acknowledge feelings of sadness or grief.

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Different Forms of Depression

There are several forms of depressive disorders. The most common are major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder.

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Getting Help For Depression

If you are unsure where to go for help, talk to someone you trust who has experience in mental health. You can contact a doctor, nurse, social worker, or religious counselor. Ask their advice on where to seek treatment.

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Treatments For Depression

Depression, even the most severe case is a highly treatable disorder. As with many illnesses, the earlier that treatment can begin, the more effective it is and the greater the likelihood that recurrence can be prevented.

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Signs and Symptoms of Depression

People with depressive illnesses do not all experience the same symptoms. The severity, frequency and duration of symptoms will vary depending on the individual and his or her particular illness.

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Dealing With Diabetes

There is no cure for diabetes. Treatment involves medicines, diet, and exercise to control blood sugar and prevent symptoms and complications. With good blood glucose and blood pressure control, many of the complications of diabetes can be prevented.

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Managing Diabetes

Diabetes occurs when the body is not able to use sugar as it should for growth and energy. The body gets sugar when it changes food into glucose (a form of sugar). A hormone called insulin is needed for the glucose to be taken up and used by the body.

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Types of Diabetes Tests

A urine analysis may be used to look for glucose and ketones from the breakdown of fat. However, a urine test alone does not diagnose diabetes. Click on the link below to get detailed information on different types of test for diabetes:

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Answers to Important Heart Attack Questions

Each year, about 1.1 million Americans suffer a heart attack. About 460,000 of those heart attacks are fatal. About half of those deaths occur within 1 hour of the start of symptoms and before the person reaches the hospital.

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Heart Disease And Medications

Sometimes, medications may be needed to help prevent or control coronary heart disease (CHD) and so reduce the risk of a first or repeat heart attack. But, if medications are needed, lifestyle changes still must be undertaken. If prescribed, take medications as directed by your health care provider.

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Testing For A Heart Attack

If you think you’re having a heart attack, get help at once. Don't wait to be sure. Call 9-1-1 right away. Delay can be deadly. Once you get help, you will undergo tests to see if a heart attack has actually occurred. Some tests are done at the hospital, while others can be done by emergency medical personnel who come in an ambulance.

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Reduce Heart Attack Risk

You can reduce your risk of having a heart attack even if you already have coronary heart disease (CHD) or have had a previous heart attack.

The key is to take steps to prevent or control your heart disease risk factors. Here are some steps to take to help reduce your risk of having a heart attack:

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How To Plan Ahead For A Heart Attack

Planning is key to surviving a heart attack. Time is of the essence. According to statistics, Patient delay rather than transport or hospital delay is the biggest cause of not getting rapid care for heart attacks. It is very important to create a plan now to know what to do if heart attack should happen.
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How To Survive A Heart Attack

Fast action is your best weapon against a heart attack. Why?

Because clot-busting drugs and other artery-opening treatments can stop a heart attack in its tracks. They can prevent or limit damage to the heart–but they need to be given immediately after symptoms begin.

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Symptoms of Depression

Depression is more than the blues or the blahs. Everybody gets sad or feels down sometimes, but most people with the blues can lift their mood by exercising, socializing or other activities. However, those with major depression cannot, and their symptoms can last weeks, months or even years.

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Healing From Depression

Depression can be treated with medications or talk therapy, and both have supporters with countless studies to prove how effective they are. But researchers now know that all depression is not equal, and that different people need different approaches to get better.

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Secrets To A Longer, Healthier And Happier Life

People are living longer and healthier lives nowadays. Thanks to all the technology advancements and breakthroughs in science and medicine. Per statistics, life expectancy has dramatically been increasing. More and more people are living longer, healthier and happier. Wouldn't you?

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Can People With Alzheimer's Be Safe Drivers?

For a person with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), driving becomes increasingly difficult. Memory loss, impaired judgment, disorientation, impaired visual and spatial perception, slow reaction time, certain medications, diminished attention span, inability to recognize cues such as stop signs and traffic lights can make driving particularly hazardous.

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Safer Home For Alzheimer Patients

It is important to make the house safe for your aging relative who has Alzheimer's Disease. How can you make the house safer for your parent who has Alzheimer's disease?

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Long Distance Caregiving

Long-distance caregiving takes many forms from helping manage the money to arranging for in-home care; from providing respite care for a primary caregiver to helping a parent move to a new home or facility.

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