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Senior's Health

Aging Gracefully -- Growing old is chock full of challenges and opportunities. With the aging process I feel significant changes in my body, skin, hair, vision, and moods. Each one of these challenges is accompanied by an opportunity and a choice.
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Urinary Incontinence: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Methods -- Urinary incontinence is the involuntary release of urine. It may be caused by physiologic, pharmacologic, pathologic, or psychological factors.There are two main types of urinary incontinence: stress incontinence and urge incontinence. Incontinence is most common among the elderly.
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Medical Alarm System -- One of the most difficult and frustrating things about aging is the loss of independence. If you have an older loved one who is struggling to remain self-sufficient but having difficulty living alone, you may want to consider purchasing a medical alarm system.
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Seniors and Diabetes -- Diabetes impairs the health and well-being of 16 million people in the United States, and senior citizens run a particular risk. Due to already existent challenges to their health and lifestyle, it is more difficult to diagnose seniors with diabetes. Often other illnesses can mask diabetic symptoms.
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You Gotta Friend: Improving Health with a Furry Companion -- Pets are healers. The blind love and affection that animals can bring to their owners is like therapy. They are friends, companions, and a three-ring circus-act all wrapped up in one. Needing to take responsibility for another life brings meaning to one's own life, and keeps one active and useful.
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Getting Older Does Not Mean Getting Slower -- We all know and realize, whether we want to admit it or not, that as we grow older, our bodies need a little extra help in the vitamins and mineral department. As our bodies age, they lose their ability to absorb certain nutrients that are valuable for the maintenance of our bodies and overall health, necessitating nutritional supplements.
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Dementia: More than Just Memory Loss -- As we age, we naturally have difficulty remembering things or finding the right words to say. This is normal. However, Dementia is not normal. The condition causes mental changes that make it difficult to function and carry out our normal lives, not just remember names and dates.
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Seniors with Herniated Discs: How to Take Control of Your Life Again & Eliminate Your Back Pain -- Back pain is a common complaint among middle-aged Americans as they deal with hectic daily schedules, increasingly demanding jobs, and caring for children, grandchildren and aging parents.
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Effects of Aging on the Eyes -- Senior people, well into a ripe old age of 80, continue to have very good eyesight. It's a misconception that by growing older you lose eyesight. With good care of the eyesight you could continue seeing as well as you would in your 40's. There is however no denying that with age, certain changes do take place and your eyesight could tend to get weaker.
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Bladder Incontinence -- The definition of urinary incontinence is the involuntary excretion of urine from a person's body. When someone has it temporarily then it is usually a result of an underlying medical condition. Continence involves a balance of the urethral closure and detrusor muscle activity.
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Relieve Constipation with Aloe Vera -- Aloe Vera is a wonder herb that has been around for thousands of years. It has been used for both external and internal problems – skin rashes, burns, ulcers, internal bleeding. It also promotes bowel movements, which helps to relieve constipation. I have found that some people are allergic to Aloe Vera. So if you show a rash or have any other undesirable symptoms, don’t use it.
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