Healthcare News
Granny Cam Bill In Minnesota For Nursing Homes Soon To Pass
A Granny Cam bill that will regulate electronic monitoring in resident rooms of Minnesota assisted living communities and nursing homes will soon become law. If so, Minnesota will join Texas and Utah in having laws mandating that assisted living communities grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment. As of now, six states — Illinois, Louisiana,…
Read MoreOpioid Overdoses Now Detectable With New Smartphone App
Detection of opioid overdoses and subsequent death are sometimes missed because there is no one around to help. Now scientists have created a smartphone app that beams sound waves to measure breathing and can summon help. The app while still experimental, is so promising, that it has already been submitted to the FDA for approval.…
Read MoreSocial Security Bringing Several Benefits Changes To You In 2019
First, recipients will get a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in monthly benefits beginning in January, 2019. The average individual retired Social Security beneficiary is expected to see a monthly benefit jump from $1,422 to $1,461. The estimated monthly increase is $39, or $468 a year. If you are between ages 62 and 66 or 67 (full…
Read MoreSenior Citizen Brains Grow As Many Cells As Younger People
Senior citizen brains, specifically those of healthy seniors aged 70+, can generate as many brain cells, as younger people do, according to a new study. Researchers at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute autopsied a section of the brain called the hippocampus. This brain area processes learning information as…
Read MoreLeafy Greens, Berries and Orange Juice May Protect Against Memory Loss
A study published November 21, 2018 in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology, showed that men who ate generous amounts of leafy greens, dark orange and red vegetables, berries and orange juice had better cognitive function and protection against memory loss compared to men who consumed these foods in smaller amounts. Study…
Read MoreNew Virus Kills Both Cancer Cells and Cells Adjacent to the Tumor
While the immune system’s job is to protect the body from being attacked by cancer cells, nonetheless, healthy fibroblast cells surrounding the tumor actually get tricked into protecting the cancerous tumor from being destroyed by the immune system. Until now, no one has been able to find a way to destroy both the tumor and…
Read MoreBlue Light can Lower Blood Pressure
Blue Light may Prevent Cardiovascular Events A new study shows that amazing blue light can safely lower blood pressure without any of the side effects of many pharmaceutical blood pressure lowering drugs and thus may be able to prevent cardiovascular events. The study was published in EAPC European Association of Preventive Cardiology November 1, 2018,…
Read MoreFermented Dairy Products Associated with Lower Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the number one leading cause of death in the United States, so anything that may help to keep the heart healthy should be taken seriously. Science Daily reported about an interesting new study by researchers at the University of Finland that was published October 29, 2018, in the British Journal…
Read MoreDiabetic? Go Vegan
November is National Diabetes Month November is National Diabetes Month and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that there are more than 30 million Americans with diabetes. The majority of people have type 2 diabetes and their numbers are rising and increasing at an alarming rate, so much so, that some refer…
Read MoreToday October 29, 2018 is World Stroke Day
World Stroke Day sponsored by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) seeks to improve care and support for stroke survivors and raise awareness of prevention and treatment of stroke all over the world. This year it falls today, October 29. Life after Stroke The message of this year’s World Stroke Day is that it is possible…
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