Food Addictions
Courtesy Lifestyle Meals, Collin County LIVING WELL Magazine
What are the most common addictions in our society? You may be surprised to learn they are the addictions to sodium and sugar. That’s right, those pretty white crystals sitting on most people’s kitchen countertop. […]
Good Samaritan Society – Lake Forest Village is a Place to call Home
By Rita Martin, Denton County LIVING WELL Magazine
We invite you to visit our Good Samaritan Society – Lake Forest Village senior living campus, where you can leave behind the work of taking care of a home. We offer our residents many social, recreational, spiritual, educational and cultural opportunities to live life to the fullest.
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We recently spoke with Pat Neubert, whose husband Jim is a participant at Voyages Adult Day Center
Courtesy Discover Goodwill
Pat, how did you hear about adult day centers?
Jim has Parkinson’s disease and I could see where we were headed. I contacted the Area Agency on Aging and they informed me about the service. My daughter researched all the adult day centers and after visiting them; talking with the staff; guests and families––we decided Voyages was the best place for Jim. […]
Nutrition – The Vitamins
By Ladislav P. Novak, Ph.D.
Courtesy John Eagle Honda, North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazine
When vitamins were discovered, people fell in love with them. Vitamins seemed to be the answer to an easy route to good health. Today, scientists are discovering the complexity of the interactions of vitamins in the body and in food. Scientific advances brought on understanding of the biological roles the vitamins play in maintaining health and preventing deficiency diseases. […]
Addressing the prostate cancer screening controversy
By Richard Augspurger, Medical Director, The Urology Center of Colorado, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
More than 3,000 men in Colorado will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012. For many in our state, prostate cancer has impacted the life of a father, brother, husband or friend. […]
Have You Checked Your Mortgage Rate Lately?
By Michele Barber, Northstar Bank of Texas, Denton County LIVING WELL Magazine
Mortgage rates are at an all-time low. Because of that fact, have you stopped to see if you can take advantage of these historic rates? If not, you may be leaving money on the table for you and your family. […]
Back to a Healthier Lifestyle
Balloon Kyphoplasty Offers Relief for Patients with Fractured Vertebrae
By Bruce Ramsey, MD, Medtronic, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
You’ve suffered with back pain after falling or maybe just after bending down to pick up something off the floor. You finally make an appointment with a doctor to have it checked out. Your doctor determines that you have a vertebral compression fracture (VCF). […]
Recalled Hip Replacements:
Navigating Treatment Options and Optimizing Patient Care
By Brian Larkin, M.D., Orthopedic Associates, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazines
Modern total hip arthroplasty (THA) had its origins under the leadership of Sir John Charnley, working in England in the mid 1960s. From his initial ideas came reproducible, durable results for end stage arthritis of the hip. Fast forward 50 years and the world of hip replacement has seen accelerated growth, novel innovations, and advances that Sir Charnley himself likely could not have envisioned. Along with progress made, there have been setbacks, making it difficult to turn on the television nowadays without seeing advertisements about recalled hip implants. […]
MammoSite Radiation Therapy Offers Benefits
By Karen Vander Sanden, Mercy Medical Center, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Pauline Mason was living life––enjoying her job of 25 years as a storeroom clerk, spending time with her grown children and grandchildren, and looking forward to retirement in a few years. Then she heard the “C” word. […]
Good Samaritan Society-Denton Village
Our history…
By Virginia Langston, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
In 1922, Rev. August Hoeger was serving as a pastor in Arthur, North Dakota. A fellow pastor put a challenge in the church newsletter to donate two pennies to finance treatment for a boy with polio. […]
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