Reasons Why Not Take Opioids to Ease Pain

Are you suffering from aches and pains? If you are well into your 60s and beyond, then you must have experienced them. They are awful, to say the least. But before rushing off to your doctor for a painkiller prescription, you must give it a second or third thought. Here’s why: What are prescription painkillers:…

How to Ease Common Age-related Aches and Pains

Do you suffer from occasional aches and pains? Welcome to the club. At our age, that is expected. But they should not be dismissed as part of growing old, especially if they are chronic (lasting more than three months), without referring them to a doctor. Neither should it be a reason for becoming a drug…

How to Avoid Health Problems from Reheated Foods

Do you recycle food leftovers? I do as well as you. It is convenient and economical, especially if you are a live-alone senior living on a tight budget. But there are trade-offs. Reheated foods taste differently and there are potential health risks if not done well. The change in taste is unavoidable, but the health…

Be Healthy by Doing Things Your Way

Do you want to live a healthy life? Then don’t burn your midnight candle searching for ways from the Internet. You can’t find them there. Don’t fall for things like: –  Foods that Lower Cholesterol Naturally, –  Super Foods that Help You Live Longer, –  Walking may Reduce Cardiovascular Disease by 50% and many others. They…

Mantras to Help You Through Adversities

Do you know that I start and end my day reciting a mantra? I am not doing it because I am into the mind-over-body thing, or I am into this “meditation.“  I do it because it gets me into a positive, hopeful mood; gives me faith that my day will always end right. But wait,…

Twenty Adorable Quotes for Seniors

Can the life of a senior be described? No! Objects can be described, but seniors are people and people cannot be described – especially seniors. You have to live and experience it to know how it is to be one. So if you are not, be patient. You will soon find out. Suffice it is…

10 Essential Apps for Seniors

What are apps? Read on. I find people like Steve Jobs (may his soul rest in peace), astonishing? Why? Because people like him seem to dictate the pace of technology. For example, in 1983, he predicted the evolution of a “new digital distribution system.” Ten years later, in 1993, the first PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), the…

Technology Benefits Among Seniors

Can you imagine what a senior’s life would be like if not for the latest in technology? It would certainly be like my father’s when he was in his 50s. My father was with the mass media and I can still remember his banging away at his Olivetti portable typewriter until late at night for his newspaper…

Six Ways to Develop a Healthy Eating Habit

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 18th-century French lawyer, cum epicure, and gastronome. It’s been a long time since he said those words, but it was as true then as it is now. The increasing problem of obesity and chronic diseases more than says it all.

How to Live Fully If You are a Diabetic

If diabetes is a boxing match, I would be at ringside. The analogy is appropriate without a reason. My younger sister and brother are diabetics, so are my remaining two uncles. More than five of the guys I play tennis with are diabetics. A cousin had his right leg amputated because of diabetes and a…