(NAPSI)—If you or someone you care about is among the estimated 150 million women who’ll have a urinary tract infection (UTI) this year, you may be relieved to know that cranberry juice may be a nutritional approach to help avoid the infection in the first place. The Problem Approximately 60 percent of women will experience Read More …
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FITNESS FACTS Choose Fitness When You Choose Your Health Plan
(NAPSI)—With Medicare open enrollment under way, individuals are evaluating their health plan options to ensure they meet their needs in the coming year. And, for many, their health plan holds the key to fulfilling their fitness needs as well. For many baby boomers, fitness is a top priority in retirement, to help reach health goals Read More …
Heart News: The Latest In Heart Valve Replacement Your Aortic Valve And Its Role
(NAPSI)—Did you know that a normal aortic heart valve is approximately the size of a half dollar? As one of the four valves of the heart, the aortic valve opens and closes each time the heart beats, or about 100,000 times each day. As a result, this valve can become damaged over time, most often Read More …
Top Tips For Medicare Open Enrollment
(NAPSI)—It’s that time again—Medicare Open Enrollment season. From now until December 7, anyone over 65, or those turning 65 in 2017, can enroll in Medicare health plans and prescription drug coverage. Here are five things you should know before you enroll: Learn the ABCs and D. Medicare can be difficult to understand. Here are the Read More …
HEALTH AWARENESS Heartburn Meds May Mean Kidney Problems
(NAPSI)—If you or someone you care about has kidney problems, there may be a surprising cause. A study by Johns Hopkins and published in The Journal of the American Medical Association linked heartburn medications (proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs) to increased kidney complications. This study found the risk rose 20 to 50 percent in people Read More …
FOOD TRENDS For A Sharper Mind, Eat Your Coffee
(NAPSI)—Busy consumers today expect a lot from their food-it needs to be convenient, tasty and enhance physical and mental performance. To this end, two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have created an innovation to chew on: A gummy cube that combines the caffeine kick (and taste) of coffee with the soothing benefits of green tea and the Read More …
HEALTH ALERT Protect Yourself From Lung Cancer
(NAPSI)—Sue, 55, grew up with a smoker in the house: her father. “I used to be very against smoking. I would do things like mark little lines on the cigarettes, break cigarettes, hide cigarettes.” But even “knowing how super-bad smoking is for you,” as she says, didn’t stop her from trying one for the first Read More …
Alzheimer’s Disease: Planning For An Unknown Future
(NAPSI)—There are currently 5.4 million Americans1 who have Alzheimer’s disease, and as the U.S. population ages, many more individuals are likely to be diagnosed. It’s estimated that the number of people age 65 or older with Alzheimer’s disease will increase as much as 40 percent by 2025 and triple by 2050,2 barring any medical breakthroughs Read More …
AMERICA’S HEROES Helping Military Families
(NAPSI)—If you’re ever the parent, spouse or child of someone in the military, a military member yourself or a veteran, you may be glad to know a guide to important resources and services to make life easier can be in the palm of your hand. That’s because of something called the Hero Care App. It Read More …
HEALTH MATTERS A Vaccine To Prevent Cancer
(NAPSI)—Good news for many parents and their children: Children can get protection against cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) infections with only two doses of HPV vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that this vaccine schedule, down from three doses, still provides children with safe, effective and long-lasting protection. “Safe, effective and long-lasting Read More …