What truly is a burden?
By Judy Rough, Carefree Transitions, LIVING WELL Magazine
Burden is defined as a heavy load; that which is borne with difficulty; obligation. […]
Get to Know the Benefits of Hospice for You and Your Loved Ones
Courtesy Care Initiatives Hospice, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Hospice care enhances comfort and promotes the quality of life for individuals and their families when cure is no longer likely. Care Initiatives Hospice recognizes that peace and comfort in the closing months of life are essential goals of health care. […]
The Social Worker’s Role in Achieving Individualized Home Health Care
By Megan Adams, LMSW, First Texas Home Health, Texoma and Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
One of the beneficial aspects of providing healthcare in the home is the opportunity for providers to get to know the patient as an individual. Therapists, nurses, and social workers work with patients based on environmental factors that make their situation unique. This also happens to be the very thing that makes home health more challenging. When evaluating a person’s personal environment there are factors to consider. […]
Wintertime Safety
By Sydney from Copley Place, Copley Place, Akron LIVING WELL Magazine
It is good to be like the Boy Scouts, and heed their motto: “ BE PREPARED ” … “the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.” Robert Baden-Powell […]
10 Facts about Healthcare Costs
Courtesy Visionary Medical Imaging, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
Most of us are fairly good about comparison shopping. Except when it comes to medical care. We simply go where we’re told, have our tests done and pay the bill––whatever the price. There’s a better way. […]
What is Wheatgrass?
By Catherine Wilbert, ND, The Nutrition Company, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
Often mistaken for alfalfa or a small piece of your front lawn, wheatgrass can altogether confuse some people. But wheatgrass is simply the young wheat plant. The same wheat that makes up your morning toast is actually mature wheatgrass. Considered a vegetable when harvested in its young stage, wheatgrass can provide a wide range of health benefits. […]
Brain Tumors
By Adam P. Smith, MD, The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
Brain tumors are tumors inside of the skull. They occur when cells start dividing and replicating uncontrollably. Tumors can either originate from the brain tissue itself, the tissues covering the brain, blood vessels, or other structures in or around the brain. Cancer may also spread, or metastasize, to become a brain tumor. […]
The Spice of Life
By Georgette Kelly, The Manor Village at Scottsdale, Scottsdale LIVNG WELL Magazine
As we age, we undergo physical changes that are easy to spot, but more often than not the subtle changes to our mindset and how we perceive our world go undetected. […]
Managing Joint Pain and Active Lifestyles
Courtesy American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
Orthopaedic research has led to tremendous progress in managing joint pain. In fact, the treatments, therapies and surgical procedures for alleviating joint pain are more effective than ever before, so that people don’t have to let pain compromise their quality of life. […]
Prostate Cancer Screening Can Save Your Life
By Richard Augspurger, M.D., F.A.C.S., The Urology Center of Colorado, E. Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
As we struggle through the hot, dog days of summer and approach September, we come to National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Many men are not aware of what a prostate cancer screening entails or when they should be screened. […]
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