by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Nov 20, 2017 | Healthy Aging, Patient News
As almost 10,000 Baby Boomers officially become senior citizens each day, the focus on preventing and treating age-related ailments becomes distinctly more urgent. HealthWise presents an ongoing look at research that provides valuable insights to help today’s seniors...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Nov 20, 2017 | Healthy Aging, Patient News, Wellness
HealthWise presents an ongoing look at research that provides valuable insights to help today’s seniors – and the generations set to follow – create a vibrant next chapter. We have looked at strategies to keep the aging brain healthy and to protect the aging...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Nov 20, 2017 | Healthy Aging, Medical Conditions, Patient News
In the not so distant past, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), characterized by a loss of central vision, was deemed just another unfortunate consequence of growing older. The gradual breakdown of light-sensing retinal tissue that results in a blind spot directly...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Nov 20, 2017 | Healthy Aging, Patient News
While exercise has an undisputed key role in maintaining brain health throughout our lives, promising new research points to a number of other factors that can spell the difference between thriving or just surviving the senior years. We checked in with Eric Terman,...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Nov 20, 2017 | Healthy Aging, Patient News
We’ve all had the experience of frantically searching for car keys in the morning or walking purposefully into another room only to forget why we were going there, and as we age, it seems to occur with increasing frequency. Are these just signs of normal aging, or...
by Specialdocs Consultants, LLC | Nov 20, 2017 | Healthy Aging, Medical Tests, Patient News
It’s called ‘the forgotten virus,’ but after a sustained advertising campaign and years of strong recommendations for testing by the Centers for Disease Control it’s almost certain that the liver-damaging Hepatitis C will be remembered…and for good reason. All people...
