(NAPSI)—If you’re caring for a loved one with cancer, it can often feel overwhelming, confusing and sometimes daunting. In fact, recent research has shown many people caring for someone with cancer experience depression and anxiety. One survey also found that family caregivers can spend over eight hours per day providing care and that as this Read More …
Category: Health
The Motivo Tour Will Change The Way You Get Around
(NAPSI)—Inspired by their own family members, two industrial designers set out to advance a product that has seen little innovation since its use in hospitals in World War II. What they achieved is the reinvention of the walker, the Motivo Tour. The Motivo Tour features revolutionary technology that provides users greater independence for a more Read More …
The Advantages Of Offering Health Benefits To Small-Business Employees
(NAPSI)—Despite media hoopla about the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) regulatory and compliance burdens, the advantages of offering employer-sponsored health benefits to America’s 60 million-plus small-business workers and their families have never been stronger or more important. After salary, health care benefits remain one of the most powerful tools for attracting and retaining employees. A 2016 Read More …
NEWS FOR OLDER AMERICANS Resources For Seniors
(NAPSI)—If you or someone you care about is among the over 64 million adults age 60 and older in the U.S., here’s a resource you need to know about: the Eldercare Locator. Funded by the Administration on Aging, a part of the Administration for Community Living, it’s the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging’s Read More …
CARING FOR A LOVED ONE Coping With Caregiving Roles—Tips From Leeza Gibbons
(NAPSI)—There are more than 34 million informal caregivers today, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Caring for loved ones can be one of the most important things you do but often caregivers face incredible pressures as they help ensure their loved one is safe and aging well at home, while simultaneously Read More …
Getting Healthier And Living Longer: Wellness Can Get You There
(NAPSI)—Want to live a longer and happier life? It is time to strive for wellness! Wellness is being in good physical and mental health and provides a foundation for overall wellbeing. Everyone’s routines and habits can be affected by stress (good and bad), life demands, crisis, or trauma. These changes cause emotional, social, and physical Read More …
HEALTH AWARENESS Telestroke—Going The Distance To Improve Access To Stroke Care
(NAPSI)—When it comes to treating a stroke victim, immediate medical attention plays a significant role in reducing the patient’s risk of serious long-term disability and even death. In some areas of the United States, finding appropriate stroke care can be a challenge, as more than 75 percent of U.S. counties do not have hospitals that Read More …
HEALTH NEWS Survey: Americans Still Concerned About Vulnerability Of Healthcare Information
(NAPSI)—As Americans spend more time on the Internet in their personal and professional lives, a new survey shows they are slowly becoming more comfortable with the use of new technologies to manage healthcare records.1 However, many still have concerns about this information’s vulnerability to hackers. The survey shows that nearly three in four (72 percent) Read More …
HEALTH CARE IN OUR LIVES Power Of Philanthropy by Jeffrey Lewis
(NAPSI)—Over the last several decades, I have witnessed the power of philanthropy—using charitable dollars as venture capital to solve some of society’s challenges and create change in our communities. The cost of health care in America represents one area where this power is needed. Fortunately, foundations have a unique ability to forge community consensus and Read More …
HEALTH AND WELL BEING Have Gas, Cramping, Bloating? Try A Low-FODMAP Diet
(NAPSI)—Here’s food for thought: The next time you or someone you care about exhibits the annoying symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome—gas, bloating, cramping, constipation or diarrhea—finding relief may be simpler than you think. That’s because, doctors say, a collection of carbohydrates called FODMAPs (which stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols) is often the Read More …