SENIOR HEALTH

As you age, it's more important than ever to keep an eye on your health. Use this page to learn about new conditions and concerns for a maturing adult - educating yourself is one of the best forms of preventative medicine.
WEB SITES
SENIORS WELLNESS - this site offers important, useful, and up-to-date health and wellness information for seniors and their caregivers.

ARTICLES
Aging and Alcohol

The Arthritis Foundation

Blood Pressure - The American Academy of Family Physicians provides this fact sheet about monitoring your own blood pressure at home.

Exercise - The Healthy Aging Prescription - learn about the importance of exercise, fitness, and staying active.

Memory Loss and Mental Alertness - WellnessWeb has compiled an interesting set of exercises for your perceptive abilities, intended to sharpen all of your five senses. The medical experts behind this popular health site suggest you combine variations of these exercises each day, and that you keep records of your progress, because - if and when you find yourself having difficulty with any of the routines - you can begin to work on these areas of perception before they grow weaker.

Minding the Maturing Mind The Mayo Clinic takes a look at Memory Loss.

Menopause - As women live longer, they are beginning to view the end of their reproductive years as a time of freedom and productivity, not just as a sign of old age.

Menopause and sex

Prostate concerns

See the Men's Health section.

Osteoporosis - learn all about osteoporosis at The National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases Web site.

Sleep Changes - The American Academy of Physicians provides a fact sheet on how sleep changes in older adults. Learn about common sleep disorders, and how to ensure that you keep getting good rest as you age.

Stroke - If you can recognize the early warning signs of stroke, you can take steps to reduce or even prevent disability.

Weight Maintenance - Weight guidelines for the elderly.

TOOLS
Test your knowledge about aging - use this questionnaire developed by the National Institute on Aging





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