Breastfeeding forges a powerful connection between mother and child. It’s an extraordinary bonding experience with far-reaching health benefits. Because breastfeeding is crucial to a newborn’s health, new mothers often wonder if certain foods are off-limits. If you are concerned about your food intake and how it affects your little one, read on for details from …
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COVID-19 has been a strain for people of all ages, but the sandwich generation faces unique challenges. According to a recent study, more than one-third of parents are simultaneously caring for aging parents and raising their own children. In fact, 68% of these parents reported that their senior loved one is living with them. This …
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Screening for breast cancer takes less time than getting your nails done—and unlike nail polish, its benefits can last a lifetime. Consider mammograms. It takes just 20 minutes to capture x-ray images of both breasts, which can then be examined for signs of cancer. Their ability to detect breast cancer early—before it can be felt—has …
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Staying mentally and physically active can help keep you, well, younger — particularly in your 60s, when you’re just getting used to the idea that the reading glasses and wrinkles are here to stay. So what can you expect this decade? Everyone ages differently, and lifestyle plays a major role, but you’ll experience both hard-to-notice …
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Motivate Your Metabolism and Stay Healthy Congratulations on living your best life! Retirement, senior discounts, and endless hours to enjoy life. For some life is easier than others. Aging increases the risk for health issues, but there are things you can do to reduce these risks. A visit with your Primary Care Practitioner (PCP) can …
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Stay Balanced Your health in your 20s, 30s, and 40s may have been uneventful, but in your 50s you may see significant changes in your overall health. In addition to your already busy life, you may also be dealing with the declining health of your parents and may still have children at home or who …
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Re-evaluating Your Habits For A Healthy Tomorrow Ah! The 40s! It is the time in our lives when we get a glimpse of physical changes. This is a great time re-evaluate the unhealthy behaviors you adopted in your 20s and 30s because the rate of chronic disease increases significantly as we age. Prioritize preventive health …
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Maintaining Healthy Habits For A Healthy Tomorrow The earlier you adopt good health habits, the healthier you can be as you get older. Consider tracking your health in a ‘Health Journal.’ Our 30s tend to be one of the busiest periods of our lives so it’s a good time to make sustainable health-related choices that …
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Building a Good Health Habit Foundation You feel invincible and full of energy! We would like to see you continue throughout the ages with that same vitality! Making healthy choices today will help you be healthier as you age. Take time to decide what healthy habits you would like to build. Create a ‘Health Journal.’ …
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Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are both metabolic diseases that cause your blood sugar to increase and inhibit the production of insulin. Both forms of diabetes generally crossover symptomatically, but they could surface at a different stage in your life and have a few key differences that set them apart. For starters, type 1 …
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