Elderly Care: Helping You Deal With the Dying Process
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Three Safe, Natural Ways To Rev Up Your Immune System
Do you suffer from allergies or find that you become ill more often than your peers? Both of these issues can often be attributed to a weak immune system. Here's a look at three safe, natural ways to rev up your immune system for better overall health. Have your spine adjusted. What does your back have to do with your immune health? A lot, actually! Your spinal nerves, which control most of your body's systems, including your immune system, pass through small canals in your vertebrae.
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Determining Your Eligibility For Hormonal Breast Cancer Treatment
Hormone therapy can be a safe, effective and minimally invasive way to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer after successful treatment, but it is not suitable for everyone. This long-term process gradually reduces your estrogen production, impeding the growth of certain types of cancer cells as a result. If you have recently undergone therapy for your breast cancer and are now exploring your preventative options, you may be eligible for hormone therapy.
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What Tests Will Your Doctor Use To Diagnose You With Pneumonia?
If you're suffering from chest pain, a sore throat, a severe cough, fever, and muscle aches, there's a good chance you have pneumonia. It's very important to seek medical treatment, since this illness is treatable but can quickly turn deadly. But before your doctor begins treating you for pneumonia, he or she will conduct a series of tests. These tests are used to make sure that you truly have pneumonia and also to determine the best way to proceed with your treatment.
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Five Things You Didn't Know Were Causing Wrinkles And Age Spots
We all know that things like excessive sunlight exposure and smoking can detract from the health of our skin and lead to premature aging. However, there are probably a lot of surprising culprits that cause skin to age that you were unaware of. The following are five things you're probably being exposed to on a regular basis that you probably didn't know were aging your skin: 1. Some chemicals in sunscreens
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Is It Hard To Leave Your House? Learn The Pros And Cons Of At-Home Physical Therapy
Physical therapy can be used to strengthen muscles and joints following an injury. This is typically done at a physical therapist's office, a place that vaguely resembles a gym. However, for some people, leaving the house and going to a physical therapist's office one or more times a week can be hard. You may be unable to drive because of your injuries, you may hate driving in snowy conditions, or it may take a long time to get out of your house while using a walker or wheelchair you are not accustomed to using.
As an elderly care worker, I have witnessed the deaths of many individuals. I have seen family members become angry, sad, and completely silent at the end. I have also seen individuals refuse to see family members out of denial. People deal with death in different ways, and the strong emotions are often unfamiliar and scary. If you have a parent or grandparent who is elderly, then I want to share with you what I know about end of life care and dying process. We are a society that does not talk about death, and this can cause great pain when a family member dies. Learn about the process and find out how to deal with your own emotions and how to love your family members at the end. If there is only a small amount of time left, then I want you to cherish the final moments.