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October 6, 2016

Health & Wellness

Why tanning is still a bad idea for seniors

Although summer is two thirds completed, the unusually warm temperatures are continuing to beckon many of us to romp in the “great outdoors” where tennis/pickelball/bocce courts, golf courses, and, of course, swimming pools (with their higher rate of reflected UV radiation) continue to await us.

Safety from summer bugs

Summer annually brings warnings for Americans to be vigilant of bugs that can bite and cause harmful consequences to their victims. This year’s newest villain is the mosquito spreading the Zika virus in South and Central America.

Why we choose to live in an active senior adult community, part 2

It was most pleasing to discover in our last newspaper publication that Sun City/Huntley ranks #5 in popularity among other U.S. senior communities, according to 55Places.com. After viewing The Feeling Great Is Ageless Expo located throughout our Prairie Lodge recently, this ranking probably comes as no surprise to the expo’s participants.

Why we choose to live in an active senior adult community, part 1

Sun City Huntley residents, YOU have made the wise decision to move into our fabulous, active senior community. The Daily Herald explains it well with the following statements they printed on June 4, under the title “Be Active, Be Healthy.”

Healthy Eating, part 2: Healthy foods you can say “Yes” to!

With so many foods to choose from, which ones are the best for a healthy summer menu?

Healthy Eating Part 1: Savor the flavor  

Obesity has become a major problem of epidemic proportion in the U.S. today. This growing disease is found among all age groups. Thus, the every five-year findings of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published dietary guidelines become critical knowledge for all of us to absorb.

The ABCs of making one’s life (mentally and spiritually) a successful one

Recently Mike Iwinski and his son, Michael, wrote a eulogy remembering the inspirational life of their wife and mother, Sue Iwinski. 

Relieving acid reflux without medicine

The term, heartburn refers to stomach acids being released up into the body’s esophagus (food tube) by an inadequately closing valve or muscle. This lower esophageal sphincter controls the passage between the food tube and the stomach.

Early signs

Our five predominant senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch) take information from our environment and send it to our brain. It is a known fact that as we age, the way our senses give us this info changes.

Early Signs

Do you find that the TV remote needs to be raised to higher and higher volume levels each time you use it? Are you having difficulty understanding everything that may be said in friends’ conversations? Do you avoid certain noisy restaurants?

The amazing human-body machine

These scientific FACTS will probably read as part of a “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” column. Compiled in The Beacon (a Burnt Store Marina, Florida newspaper), columnist Bob Bottel writes about “The Wonders of the Human Body.” Here then are fascinating excerpts from his January/February/2016 column:

Beating leading diseases in 2016, part 2

In addition to cancer and heart disease (discussed in Part 1 of this topic), two other major illnesses pose a huge threat to our healthy aging. They are diabetes and obesity.

Beating leading diseases in 2016

The AARP Magazine’s October/November 2015 publication gives us a multitude of tips on how to forestay the threat of four major diseases as we age. Healthy aging is based on combating these four major debilitating players of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. In my two-part article on the subject, I repeat most of the magazine’s latest and critically extensive research summarized by Robin Westen and Joe Kita.

Maintaining your independence in 2016, part 2

No doubt you’ve heard the quote: “Move it or lose it.” Mayo Clinic, in their 2015 book on Healthy Aging, reveals the following startling facts: “Many of your basic bodily functions start to decline at a rate of about 1 to 2 percent a year after age 30.

Maintaining your independence in 2016, part 1

Mayo Clinic states, “If you’re like many people, independence is the bedrock upon which you’ve built your life. More than virtually anything else, you treasure your freedom from the control of others – the opportunity to act according to your will and to make decisions for yourself as you see fit.” Come with me to explore two critical choices we need to make to maintain our independence through establishing good health in 2016!

Holiday Health & Nutrition, Part 3

From wine glasses served on festive holiday tables to New Year’s Eve champagne toasts, alcohol can often be found during our residents’ holiday celebrations. Also known as ethanol, alcohol is a chemical found in beer, wine, and distilled spirits such as whiskey, vodka, and rum. 

Holiday Health and Nutrition Part 2

Did you know that according to a USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) report, 31% or 133 billion pounds of U.S. food goes uneaten?

Holiday health & nutrition, part 1

With my last two articles on the subject of microbes, I thought that I would issue a warning about those many food buffets that you will soon be exposed to during the holidays. Left out too long on the serving table or exposed to contamination during the preparation process, those delicious dishes might just make you and your relatives or friends very sick during the holidays! 

Who are you going to call? Germ Busters!

Have you received your flu shot yet this year? Even though 50% of American adults ignore this annual public health advisory, it is a known fact that 91% of people hospitalized with severe cases of influenza last year didn’t get this vaccine. Anne Broderick, a Sun City Community resident and retired nurse, highly recommends the Fluzone High-Dose, which is made up of three flu strains most likely to cause the flu during this upcoming season.

Shingles: the virus that may be living inside us

As many Sun City residents rush this fall to get their flu vaccinations, it becomes important for us to consider another form of immunization: the Shingles Vaccine. What exactly is shingles?

The ongoing challenge of skin cancer, part 2

Laura Landro, in the September 1, 2015 edition of The Wall Street Journal, disclosed facts for the 3.5 million known Americans who are non-melanoma skin cancer patients.

The ongoing challenge of skin cancer

September is Healthy Aging Month. One subject that seems to affect all of us, especially as we age, is skin cancer.

The Chronic Pain Connection

Those of you who suffer from maladies such as migraines, fibromyalgia, or irritable bowel syndrome (along with neuropathic and inflammatory pain), know the meaning of chronic pain.  Modern medicine and its diagnostic testing often give us no conclusion as to what is causing the pain.

Weight control while sailing the ocean blue

Many seniors resist taking a long ocean voyage due to their fear of unprecedented weight gain that can occur on a luxurious ocean liner. This past May, my husband and I were determined to prove these critics wrong, as we approached our 6th cruise taken together/my 8th with nary a pound gained in the past.

Heeding the signs of heat stroke

Attention: Runners/walkers, bikers, tennis/pickleball and bocce enthusiasts, golfers, swimmers/water exercisers in warm water, and all Sun City seniors! Since summer has finally arrived with its sunny skies and high temperatures, a word to the “wise” becomes necessary.

The Dreaded “C” Word, part 4

According to 2015.thetrendingstories.com, here are the “Signs You Might Have Cancer You Can’t Ignore:”