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.

Diet Can Lower Blood Pressure as much as Taking Medication

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Many people eat their way to high blood pressure (hypertension). It’s also possible to eat your way out of it, ...

Strange But True Health Tips

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Balance Walking on VNN

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Video featuring our friend, Terry Kennedy, on balance walking: This was a short segment that has ran on Villages News ...

Less sitting, more exercising leads to more sleeping, survey says

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Great article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today. Here’s an excerpt: Exercise may not be too stimulating before sleep — it ...

Elizabeth Banks in “Just a Little Heart Attack”

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I lost my mom to heart disease. Perhaps you know someone who should see this—Harvey .

Medical Practice Must Evolve for Changing Information Age

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Great article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, dated February 10, 2013. Access digital version here.Download iPad version here.) When I go for ...

Something You Should Know—Dental Health Blog

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We recently came upon this wonderful resource in the Lake Oconee area—a blog managed and maintained by Dr. Scott Roberts ...

Spider Veins and the Types of Treatment Circulatory Centers Provides

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Circulatory Centers was founded in 1979 as The Circulatory Centers, by William G. Katz, M.D., F.A.C.S., a board certified vascular ...

George C. Halvorson on the Power of Walking

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Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO George Halvorson explains the extraordinary health benefits of walking. Hear how simply walking 30 minute ...

Consider the Conversation: A Documentary About Unintended Consequences

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Consider the Conversation, a documentary about unintended consequences, takes a hard look at how we treat people at the end ...

Dinner 4U Off to a Great Start

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Healthy and fresh dinner options delivered to Greene and Morgan Counties Dinner 4U, Fine Dining Delivered, started the new year ...

Are You At Risk for Heart Disease?

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Watch MDTV Medical News Now to learn if you are at risk of Heart Disease. What can you do to ...

The Magic Formula for Staying Healthy and Energizing Your Life

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By Dr. Gayle Carson There is NO magic formula for staying healthy. But there is a magic formula to health ...

A Generation Sandwiched Between Caregiving Roles

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By Karen Peebles, Community Outreach Manager, Care Improvement Plus and Lisa Winstel, Chief Operating Officer, National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) ...

How Yoga Helped Me Navigate Choppy Waters

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By Melanie Camp I was 56 years old and I found that I fit the statistic of the average age of widowhood. ...