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The first of the Baby Boomers began reaching age 65 this year.
By 2030, the number of people 65 and older will comprise 20 percent, or about 71 million people, of the U.S. population, according to research conducted by Prudential in 2010.
Over the last several years, boomers have proven their resilience and strength in continuing to work full- or part- time jobs, although for many it’s a necessity. [Read more...]
At 2 a.m. on Sunday (Nov. 6), most of the United States will enjoy the upside to the annual daylight saving time shift — setting our clocks back by an hour.
But be careful how you enjoy it, cautions Dr. Anita Valanju Shelgikar, director of the sleep medicine fellowship program at the University of Michigan.
“It’s truly easier to go this way than in the other direction,” Shelgikar said, referring to the spring-time shift forward an hour. “It does give you an extra hour in the morning to sleep, but it can throw people off, primarily because people say I can stay up a lot later because I have an extra hour in the morning to sleep and ultimately, they sleep deprive themselves.” [Are You Getting Enough Sleep?] [Read more...]
Few months ago, it was Friday afternoon right after taking my lunch; I received a text message from a friend stating therein that two of my close relatives were whisk out to the hospital for sustaining multiple fracture and injuries as a result of motorcycle incident that transpired. Without much ado, immediately proceed to the hospital’s emergency room and found out that one of them were having several contusions on several parts of his body and a fractured bone leg while the other one was severely wounded on his left knee and a broken arm. Though how much I wanted to lend a hand, but I was reminded by a physician that treating fractures appropriately depends on the type and location of the fracture, and it was only through an x-ray where they can definitely determine the extent of a fracture.
Recently, though they were still undergoing a physical therapy but they’re now able to regain their physical strength, increase movement, endurance, improve range of motion, mobility, and restore function. Of course, had it not been for the biofeedback machines they had utilized, all of the efforts may just possibly be put into waste. Well, it was through biofeedback machines that patients learn to use their own bodies’ responses to control pain. These machines are employed in a variety of ways, and are intended to serve as an assistive element to physical therapy treatment. Biofeedbacks machines let the patient see or hear their own body’s activity and help the patient become more aware of his/her rehabilitation progress. So if you are looking for rehabilitation supplies and equipment, then look no further than electro medical equipment.
Grapes could protect against skin cancer and prevent premature ageing, research has revealed.
A study has shown that compounds found in the fruit protect cells from the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the sun – the leading environmental cause of skin cancer.
UV rays increase the levels of reactive oxygen species – harmful molecules which damage the cells – in the skin.
Scientists from the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council have shown that substances called flavonoids extracted from grapes can prevent these from forming in cells exposed to UV rays. [Read more...]
From an early age, Matt Dalio has walked a path in life that is a little different from the average person. While most teenagers are obsessed with videogames, cars, social media, or parties, Matt spent most of his time trying to help orphans on the other side of the world. It started when he was a young boy and he spent a year living abroad in China. He attended school there with the local children and was the only non-Chinese born student in the school. At first he was an outcast but the children soon befriended him and they all became friends. From this experience, he would grow up and never forget the compassion that his schoolmates showed him when he was the outsider.
Years later, while Matt Dalio was thinking of things he could do for his Eagle Scout project, he began to research how he could help Chinese children. He soon found out about the large number of orphans there. Because of the one child limit imposed on all Chinese families by the government, if a child is born with an abnormality or birth defect, it is common for the parents to simply abandon the child. Although many of these birth defects could be solved with a simple outpatient surgery. So many orphans in China have cases of a cleft lip, or clubbed foot.
Matt Dalio realized that if he was able to raise money, he could possibly afford to pay for some of these surgeries for these children, which in turn would give them a better chance at being adopted and having a better life. This is exactly what he did. Within 4 years his initial project raised over $1 million, and grew to a multi-purpose organization and provided everything from pediatric surgeries to financial aid for adopting families.
The China Care Foundation is now over a decade old and has raised millions of dollars helping hundreds of children. Matt Dalio’s initial vision became a reality and in the process, has changed the lives of many children and families around the world.
Getting health insurance should become easier for gay couples who decide to marry and live in New York, which recently became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Couples that marry will gain a variety of other legal and financial benefits as well, but the ability to add a spouse to an employer’s plan may be one of the more significant. When we calculated the extra costs that gay couples incur because of their inability to marry, health care expenses were certainly among the most onerous — not all employers offer domestic partner insurance, for instance. And even when they do, workers are often taxed on the value of those benefits.
Though the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York won’t entirely level the playing field with opposite-sex married couples, it will certainly help matters. Not only will the same-sex spouses of state workers be eligible for spousal coverage, but the same goes for many employees who work for private employers. According to the state insurance department, an employer that provides coverage to spouses must now also extend that coverage to same-sex spouses who were legally married in New York. [Read more...]
The health benefits of gastric bypass surgery may go beyond helping people lose weight, new research suggests.
The new study included 15 people who had gastric bypass surgery. Six months after surgery, the participants showed a decrease in proteins that cause inflammation associated with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and an increase in proteins that reduce such inflammation.
The study was released online in advance of publication in an upcoming print issue of the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
“We’re amassing evidence that weight loss is a very important part of changing the way the body’s systems work in people with high-risk diseases like diabetes and heart disease,” chief investigator Gary D. Miller, an associate professor at Wake Forest University, said in a university news release. [Read more...]