Category Archives: Health

How to Beat the Heat When You’re 50+ and Bikini-Challenged

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

By Mel Walsh. Published May 29, 2012 in the Huffington Post, www.huffingtonpost.com.  Summer for Dummies          Some days I think I am no smarter than your average roadside weed. That’s because every year, come summer, I have … Continue reading →

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Growing Down: Incredible Shrinking Humans

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

I don’t need a shrink because I’m already shrunk. Over the years, I’ve measured the ever-diminishing me. I’ve lost two inches in height and I can’t seem to find them anywhere except in a pair of platform shoes. And I’m … Continue reading →

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Size Matters: The Vitamin Pill Dilemma

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

I’m not a horse and neither are you. So why do supplement makers design giant horse pills that only Secretariat could swallow? Choking on the choices, we older adults with small throats have just one response to horse pills: Naaay. … Continue reading →

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Are you autoliterate?: What older people need to know about the new cars

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

We’ve all heard about the reduced skills of older drivers: We’re less flexible so we can’t swivel our necks to see backing up. Our reflexes are slower and we’re more likely to get in accidents–blah, blah. Still, it is the … Continue reading →

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Alzheimer’s–New Research Suggests Trouble Starts in the Liver, Not the Brain

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

If True, It May Be An Open Door To New Treatments With The Liver As Target Recent research suggests the amyloid protein making up the brain plaque associated with Alzheimer’s Disease may start in the liver and be moved by … Continue reading →

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Reading your medical future: The spinal tap/Alzheimer’s news

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a senior in possession of a brain, must be in want of a diagnosis.   If you missed the specifics, researchers reported that doing a spinal tap—a lumbar puncture with a needle— and … Continue reading →

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Bad Moods: Changing into something more comfortable

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

Moods come in all colors—black, grey and blue for starters. Am I the only one seeing more blue moods in the morning? Evidently not…. Maybe it’s economics—the rates on retirees’ CDs are going so low, we’ll soon owe the banks … Continue reading →

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Flu Shots: For older adults, it’s the year of the super-powered jab

Posted on October 8, 2010 by

Flu season is coming around again and so we roll up our sleeves for the traditional jab. But wait, this year it’s not the same old, same old shot.     This year there is a special super-powered flu vaccine … Continue reading →

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Farmergate: When aggie imposters infiltrate farmers’ markets

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

OK, I’m used to the ground shifting beneath my feet…housing prices cracked, retirement investments going into a sinkhole and so forth and so forth, but now—oh perfidy!—it seems that peddlers posing as farmers have infiltrated the farmers’ markets of the … Continue reading →

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If you ever think of moving….Six things to know

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

Older people, if they move from the family home—-the one where the dog died—-typically do it at two defined times. They may first get the urge to move when they are newly retired and want to trade in the bigger … Continue reading →

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