Failure to Thrive in Elderly
Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical March 12, 2013
For years the term failure to thrive has been used to describe infants that can not gain weight as well as reach certain physical and cognitive development. However, as our population ages and medical care costs go up more and more older adults are developing failure to thrive …
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Hip Fractures
Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical February 12, 2013
As we are now securely in the middle of winter there’s ice and snow covering the roads, sidewalks, driveways and parking lots. This makes walking very dangerous, especially for seniors…
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The ABCD’s of old age
Health January 18, 2012
The brain is our most vital organ everything from involuntary life support functions like our breathing and heartbeat to the nature of memory and personality
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Improve your memory
Health August 29, 2011
Our memory like every other part of our body needs exercise in order to perform at its peak …
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Gene linked to longevity
Medical August 10, 2011
A new study released by the American Geriatrics Society discovered a gene or what some scientist deems to call,”super agers”. This study indicates that people who live over the age of 95 tend to have a healthier lifestyle than other people who passed away at an earlier age…
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