About 21 million Americans have diabetes, but a third of them don’t know it. Since the disease becomes more common as people age, it’s tempting to ascribe the surge in diabetes to our aging population. The name diabetes encompasses three different disorders that are all marked by abnormally high blood sugar levels. They are :
Three out of four people develop serious foot problems as they age – putting their independence and well-being at risk. Feet that are healthy and pain free help you keep your balance. Good balance can prevent falls, a major cause of injury and hospitalization. Plus your feet can even give you an early warning about serious health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, nerve damage and poor blood circulation.
According to a recent US report from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only a very small percentage of older adults are doing enough to keep their muscles strong.
Muscular strength is how much weight can be lifted once. It is demonstrated when you lift something very heavy. Think of getting your suitcase off the luggage belt at the airport. Muscular endurance is lifting something moderately heavy several times, or holding it for a while. The combination of muscular strength and endurance results in muscular fitness.
The urinary tract is responsible for eliminating liquid waste from the human body. The bladder holds the urine until and unless you are ready to release it. Any kind of interruption in the urine flow can hamper your excretory process. Few people suffer from unregulated urine flow due to abnormalities in urinary tract. People with kidney stones experience urinary problems due to inadequate emptying of urinary bladder. The left over urine gets contaminated after some time. This decayed urine acts as a breeding ground for germs and bacteria that lead to urinary tract infection.
There are lots of things you can do to keep your lungs healthy and strong for life:
The thyroid helps set your metabolism – how your body gets energy from the foods you eat. Millions of people in the U.S. have thyroid diseases. Most of them are women. If you have a thyroid disease, your body uses energy more slowly or quickly than it should. A thyroid gland that is not active enough, called hypothyroidism, is far more common. It can make you gain weight, feel fatigued and have difficulty dealing with cold temperatures. If your thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than your body needs. That condition is hyperthyroidism. Too much thyroid hormone can make you lose weight, speed up your heart rate and make you very sensitive to heat.
Senior Nail Care Tips – prevent nail problems
Nails are essentially hardened skin cells. Made mostly of keratin, a protein found in the skin and hair, nails are made by living cells in the fingers and toes. These living cells begin in the matrix, the hidden (half moon) area under the cuticle. As new skin cells grow in the matrix, the older cells are pushed forward, harden, and form a visible nail.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), unfortunately don’t discriminate based on age. However, often times adults feel more immune to these infections because they are typecast as an affliction of the young.
As research to explore ways of preventing mental illness picks up steam, three trials of mental illness prevention produce positive results.
Although scientists have long demonstrated that various medical illnesses can be prevented by vaccines, early-screening tools, or particular behaviors, they have only recently started conducting studies to see whether mental illnesses can be prevented by specific tactics.
Oh my aching back, and other expletives are likely to be heard on occasion from just about everyone. But what if those aches and pains aren’t resolving, and your joints continue to ache well beyond the norm?