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It’s flu season. Maybe you’ve already been hit in your household by the flu, or another viral illness. I know my family has. Hopefully, your family has escaped unharmed and will continue to do so. Either way, you’ve probably considered getting vaccinated. If you’re uncertain about vaccines, or unsure of what’s even needed, this quick… Continue reading What Vaccines are Recommended for Seniors?

A new medication for stroke recovery might help with repairing damage to the brain after a stroke occurs.   Stroke recovery has long focused on re-teaching the brain how to perform activities, such as learning to walk again or learning how to speak again. Paralysis and loss of speech are common symptoms after a stroke… Continue reading New Stroke Medication May Help Repair Brain

A DNR Order is short for a “Do Not Resuscitate” Order. It is a legal document that states that if an emergency medical event occurs and resuscitative action is needed to save someone’s life, those resuscitative actions should not happen.   There are a number of steps that should be completed prior to finalizing a… Continue reading Understanding DNR Orders

Pain is one of the major issues that seniors face. But pain is also not very well understood by researchers.    Right now, there are two main theories that researchers have when it comes to understanding how the brain reacts to pain. The first is called the Estimate Hypothesis. It states that the brain attempts… Continue reading Seniors and Unexpected Pain

A new project that looks at predicting pain patterns in the brain indicates that it might be possible to predict just how sensitive someone is to certain types of pain. Along with this research, the team believes that this will lead to a …

Stroke therapy that focuses on regularly increasing intensity walking may lead to better results when it comes to recovery. At least, that’s what new research from the American Heart Association indicates. A team from the University of British Columbia looked at 12 different stroke recovery units across Canada, and over 300 different patients. At the… Continue reading How Walking Can Help with Stroke Recovery

People are living longer and healthier lives now than they ever have been in U.S. history. This includes the number of people that are expected to live to be age 100 or older. Demographic trends show that in 2024, 0.03 percent …

A new study reveals that individuals that saw their parents’ divorce when they were children had a higher risk of suffering from a stroke as they aged. This research comes from the University of Toronto and was published in the …