Exercises for People With COPD
Exercise is important for a healthy body. In the cases of people with conditions such as COPD this is doubly so. Fortunately, there are a variety of exercises available for those who have this challenge in their lives. For many, exercises can help make the daily lives of those who have COPD easier. The simplest
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New Medicare Cards are Coming
In a move aimed at preventing fraud and identity theft, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will issue new Medicare cards next year. Social Security numbers on the current cards will be replaced with a unique, randomly-assigned number called a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). “We’re taking this step to protect our seniors from
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This is Your Brain on Cholesterol
A study led by Dr. Roelof Smit, a researcher at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, found that changes in LDL cholesterol levels may be especially damaging to cognitive functions—your memory, attention, language, and ability to reason. His study, published in the peer-review journal Circulation, followed more than 4000 people between the ages of
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Nearly Half the People Who Have Had Heart Attacks Don’t Even Know It
The term “silent heart attack” refers to when a person has a heart attack, but didn’t know. Surprisingly, a study published recently in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association, found that 45% of heart attacks happen without people being fully aware. The problem is that silent heart attacks cause just as much damage
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The Smallest Room in the House Found to Be the Most Dangerous
In horror movies, the most dangerous room in your house is the basement. In real life, you should probably fear your bathroom. A CDC (Centers for Disease Control) study found that nonfatal injuries among people above the age of 15 were particularly likely to occur in bathrooms, especially among older adults. Two bathroom locations were
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