Preventing heart disease isn’t just about avoiding unhealthy foods. By choosing the right foods and eating them regularly you can help keep your blood pressure and cholesterol levels in check. Here are some great foods you should include in your heart healthy diet to h...

January is national blood donor month. The American Red Cross celebrates National Blood Donor Month and recognizes the lifesaving contribution of blood and platelet donors. Blood donations typically drop off during and immediately after the winter holidays, which makes...

Dealing with aging parents or family members can be difficult. Aging is inevitable, but we aren't always prepared to see the people we've looked up to our whole lives become less independent. It may be a gradual decline where we find ourselves having to help more frequ...

Everyone needs a little help now and then. Sometimes, the required level of care for a loved one requires specialized training or knowledge that friends and family may not have. The patient may also need 24-hour monitoring, seven days per week, making it difficult for...

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Millions of Americans require long-term care at some point in their lives. Whether it is due to illness or age, people need access to long-term care when they are no longer able to live or care for themselves independently. This special care can be provided either insi...

World Hepatitis Day was July 28th and we wanted to continue share with you some more information about this very misunderstood disease.

Hepatitis C (HCV)

Hepatitis C causes inflammation of the liver, with an estimated 80% of those infected developing chronic hepatitis. M...

World Hepatitis Day is July 28th and we wanted to share with you some information about this very misunderstood disease.

What Is hepatitis?

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver caused by a hepatitis virus.

An estimated 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic h...

With aging comes change in the body’s immunity. The body’s defense system doesn’t work as well as it did in its younger days. Fortunately, there are steps older adults can take to compensate for the immune system’s decline. It’s important to do so to protect yourself f...

The relationship between brain tissue and eye tissue is an area of intense interest for ophthalmologists and neurologists. The brain has a critical role in taking the visual information your eye gathers and putting it together into a picture that you can understand. An...