Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, and are taking medication to help combat it? Only 24% have their hypertension condition under control. Many assume that medication is the only...

Summer brings longer days, which means more time to spend outdoors… soaking up that precious sunshine. While we may all know that feel-good feeling from spending time outdoors brings, there is actually more to it than you...

Are you a woman looking for ways to live a healthier lifestyle? Many women aren’t happy with the way their bodies look and how they make lifestyle choices. If you’re wanting to be a little healthier, there...

Getting therapy for the first time may feel daunting. Because you’re talking to someone you barely know, opening up to a therapist and talking about your problems can be difficult. You may feel some uneasiness since it...

Healthy aging extends beyond being healthy at a certain age but rather maintaining overall wellbeing throughout an entire lifetime. The reality is healthy aging is essential to enjoying a higher quality of life throughout the years. Consequently,...

May your morning coffee provide you with the energy you need to get to your mid-morning cup. If you are a serious coffee drinker, you may be interested in simple yet effective ways to improve your brew....

When you know someone who had just experienced the loss of a loved one, your immediate reaction is to reach out and offer your deepest sympathies. That’s instinctive. But sometimes, words can fail a person. Offering condolences...

Pet owners would give their right arm to verbally communicate with their beloved animals. Sometimes owners would look into their eyes, longing to discover their deepest, innermost desires. Extremely unfortunately, pet lovers have to instead use logic, expert...

The eyes are the windows to the soul. As age progresses, those windows can become a little cloudy, much like those in homes everywhere. This doesn’t mean you have to deal with a foggy view. Just as...

With everything opening back up these days, more people than ever are heading back out into the world for dinner out, date nights, and even travel. However, not everyone feels 100% confident doing this yet; and that...

We all love sipping on a good cup of tea! Earl gray. Peppermint. Green tea. Black tea. Chamomile or what about Rooibos tea? Whatever your favorite may be, the combinations and possibilities of drinking tea are endless!...

As a physical therapist, I am constantly asking my patients about the intensity of exercises I have them perform. It’s a needed question to assure I am making a patient work hard enough, but not so hard...

Walking outside is an amazing form of exercise. Completely different from walking on a treadmill inside, walking outside provides both physical and mental health benefits. Not only does it raise our heart rate, but it also gets...

 For sports fans, nothing beats seeing their favorite athletes compete at the top of their game. But a shoulder injury such as a badly torn rotator cuff threatens to pause or end the career of any athlete in...

Congratulations on your first step towards achieving better health and better shape. Life for women over 50 is not an easy period for achieving health goals. It is understandable that we are extremely anxious about all that...

Did you know that Alzheimer’s disease affects more women than men? Worldwide, women with the disease outnumber men two to one. Almost two-thirds of the 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women. More than two-thirds of...