Health & Wellness

Your trusted source for feeling your best—physically, mentally, and emotionally. From managing health conditions to preventive care and everyday wellness tips, find expert advice tailored to the 50+ lifestyle.

4 Tips For Avoiding Hair Loss In COVID Times

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

People go partially or fully bald for any number of reasons – hormones, genetics and aging, among others – but ...

Is My Sudden Back Pain from My Spine, or is it Something Else?

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

Sudden pain anywhere in the body typically makes us stop what we’re doing – and that’s especially true when it’s ...

4 Tips to Boost Brain Health

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

Though Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a global epidemic without a cure, there is still hope as research has shown amending lifestyle and ...

Essential Hardware for Rigging and Hoisting

Essential Hardware for Rigging and Hoisting

Lake Oconee Boomers

Rigging and hoisting is an essential tactic for lifting and moving items, ranging from shipping containers to building materials. In ...

5 Things You Should Know about Prostate Cancer: What I Learned from my Battle

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

By Murray Keith Wadsworth I was not categorized as ‘high risk’ for prostate cancer. But, as a single sole-providing parent ...

How to Extend Your Forklift Battery Life

How to Extend Your Forklift Battery Life

Lake Oconee Boomers

Charging a forklift battery might seem like a simple task, but there are many nuances to completing this task. One ...

Improving Your Mental Health With Genetic Insights

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

With the spotlight on wellness these days, it’s normal to want to use every possible tool to keep yourself and ...

Protecting Your Eyesight Against the Silent Advance of Glaucoma

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

“Will I go blind?” It’s a frightening thought that most people have when they are first told they have glaucoma. ...

Relationships on the Rocks

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

Expert discusses how to approach a loved one about problematic drinking during pandemic. While there are a number of factors behind the development ...

ACEP Warns Against COVID-19 Misinformation

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) cautions everyone to be wary of unsourced information or opinion masquerading as public ...

What Everyone 50+ Needs to Know About Shingles

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

Father, business owner and Rhode Island native Steve B. was forced to spend the holidays sidelined with shingles at the ...

How Self-Determination is Changing Elderly and Disability Care in the Age of COVID-19

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

The threat of COVID-19 in nursing homes and assisted living facilities has led elderly individuals and people with disabilities or ...

The Stress Impact Of COVID-19: 5 Ways To Cope And Protect Your Health

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

The millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought globally are creating stress ...

4 Tips For Avoiding Hair Loss In Stressful (And Other) Times

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

People go partially or fully bald for any number of reasons – hormones, genetics and aging, among others – but ...

How Americans Can Save on Prescription Costs

The Lake Oconee Boomers Team

Did you know prescriptions cost more in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world? If you or a loved ...