Health & Wellness

Free Memory Screenings Available This Month

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The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is teaming up with Kmart Pharmacy to offer free, confidential memory screenings nationwide this month.

Savvy Senior: The New MIND Diet May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s

Details: Written by Jim Miller Jim Miller

Dear Savvy Senior,

I’ve heard that there’s a new diet that can help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. What can you tell me about this? My 80-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s, and I want to do everything I can to protect myself.

ORTHO & PAIN: A New Hip for John

Details: Written by John J. Kerecz John J. Kerecz

Pain. Slowly creeping, insidious pain. Over the course of at least a decade, nagging pain in my left hip managed to permeate every corner of my life until I finally slid into depression. I wanted to crawl off in a leafy hollow and hide like a wounded animal.

Taking Care of Your Aging Spine

Details: Written by Kaliq Chang, M.D. Kaliq Chang, M.D.

Thanks to the baby boom generation, there will be more Americans over age 65 in coming years than at any point in history. About 44.7 million Americans were age 65 or older in 2013, the latest year for which data is available, according to the U.S. Administration on Aging.

Free Vision Services Available in Area

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Did you know that by 2030, the National Eye Institute projects that more than 2 million Americans will be considered legally blind?

Medicare Open Enrollment: 5 Things You Need to Do

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Routines help keep us focused, organized, and even healthy. However, if your health routine doesn’t include preparing for Medicare’s Open Enrollment, now’s the time to kick-start a new, healthy habit.