September, 2019

Caring for an Aging Parent?

Stepping into the role of caregiver for your older parent can be very rewarding. It's heartfelt work—and it's also often stressful work. Over time, too much stress can wear anyone down. If the stress becomes overwhelming, you could begin to experience a sense of exhaustion and hopelessness that experts call caregiver burnout. And at that point, you can't properly take care of your own health, much less tend to your parent's health and needs. The symptoms of caregiver burnout can inclu...

Protecting Your Children from the Dangers of Obesity

You're there to help your children with their homework, and you remind them to brush their teeth. But it's also important to help them avoid or overcome issues related to obesity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 14 million children and adolescents are affected by obesity. This can lead to many other health complications if left untreated, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Here’s a few suggestions on how you can help your kid...

Prostate Cancer: Risk Factors and Symptoms

After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common type and cause of cancer death among men. Accessing your risks and symptoms for developing the disease can be deceptive. Age is by far the most common risk factor for developing prostate cancer as the disease is most prominent among men who are over the age of 65. Other factors – including family history and being an African American – are also common among those with prostate cancer, but definitely does not guarantee you will dev...

Ovarian Cancer: Watch for Early Clues

It was once considered a silent disease—often going undetected until it was too late to do much about it. Now doctors believe that ovarian cancer may cause early symptoms. If you're a woman, it's important to become familiar with them. Around 94% of women whose ovarian cancers are found and treated early will live five years or longer—and many will live much longer and can even be cured, according to the American Cancer Society ACS . Unfortunately, only 20% of ovarian cancers are act...