elderly

Aging and Leg Cramps

July 20th, 2010 · 2:29 AM

Mom, 86 leg cramps severe most nights, takes homeopathic remedy with mixed results. Eats banana a day. Is taking too many meds to mention here. Has poor lung function needs continual oxygen. I read your daily message. Thanks.
Leg cramps can ruin a night’s sleep, especially at an age when repairative sleep is critical. The most [...]

Macular Degeneration and Nutritional Supplements

March 5th, 2009 · 6:05 AM

B Vitamins May Benefit Eye Health

An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal reports that age-related macular degeneration is the major cause of blindness and poor fine vision in the elderly. Long thought to have no cure or treatment, the use of B6, B12, and folic acid in a group of 5000

As Home IVs Grow, Medicare Patients Miss Out

October 28th, 2008 · 5:53 AM

An article in the Wall Street Journal describes the new woes taking place with Medicare:

Insurance companies have shifted IV therapies to an out-patient basis (in an effort to save money and as a convenience to patients). But as of yet, Medicare has not followed suit. This means that instead of spending $150-200 per day [...]

Common Sense, Genes, and the “Wellderly”

October 15th, 2008 · 4:07 PM

In this recent Wall Street Journal article entitled Secrets of the ‘Wellderly’, sixteen of the nineteen paragraphs talk about longevity in terms of genes, and finding the DNA keys that could be modified to help us live longer. To quote Nir Barzilae, head of the Longevity Genes Project at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in [...]