Medication Review is One of the Easiest Preventable Risk Factor for Falls Older adults taking four or more medications at a time are at a high risk for falling. The risk of adverse drug events (unwanted) side effects and drug interactions increases with additional medications. Starting or stopping a medication, or a change in dose [...]
This popular saying could not be closer to the truth. One in five hip fracture patients die within a year of their injury. Did you know that falls are the leading cause of injuries and fatal injuries among older adults? Over 27,000 people die annually from a fall which comes out to one death every [...]
After 40 we all start feeling the effects of aging. Have you gone to bed feeling fine, and wake up the next morning feeling as though you have been beat up? It is so crazy how our body just does not act as it once did. My husband Joel, who always cracks me up [...]
Scientists at the Salk Institute have found that THC and other compounds found in Marijuana may be a key treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Basically these compounds promote the removal of a toxic protein called beta amyloid which causes inflammation leading to memory loss and inability to perform daily tasks. Other studies on Marijuana have shown [...]
If I told you that taking this one pill a day would change your life. You would not only be healthy, you would have increased energy, look and feel you best and could lower your chance of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease? How much would that be worth to you? A million dollars? Instead of [...]
