Common Illnesses Many Elderly People Experience
Those of us in the “in between” generation are watching our aging parents suffer from many medical conditions. Aside from the fear that we will face the same problems, it’s our job to make sure that they receive the care they need. Here are eight conditions that may affect an elder you care for:
1) Arthritis: It’s not a good idea to think of this as “just” arthritis. It can have some serious impact on an elder’s life. It makes movement difficult and can make falls more likely. If it comes along with thinning …
There is a major trend for Life Insurance Companies to consider “family medical history” when deciding what rate class an applicant should be offered. Currently they look at the family history of immediate family members. Immediate family members mean parents and siblings. While this may make sense from a statistical standpoint, environmental factors play a major role in many diseases. In many cases a healthy person who has a family member with diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke or cancer will be charged more than double for life insurance.
If you have just been told that your cholesterol levels are high, you will almost certainly be weighing out the choices that your doctor gave you. One alternative would be to take medication and the other alternative would be to modify your diet and carry out more exercise. The changes in diet are not radical, yet they could have a big impact. Exercising may be more of a problem to most people who lead an inactive lifestyle.
When it comes to keeping a fitness plan that includes a heart healthy diet, it’s important to know something about just what that means. The American Heart Association states that no more than 7% of total calories should be saturated fat in our diets, but many people have continued to eat diets high in saturated fat and trans fats. This research concludes that many deaths – over 30,000 – have been caused by heart attacks, which are caused by excess trans fat accumulation in the arteries. The solution is heart healthy eating.
Breast milk is said to be the perfect food for babies, because of all the nutrients and anti bacterial agents it contains and if you have chosen to give this to your baby, this is wonderful. However, this commitment also requires that you feed on demand and demand may be in the public arena.