Sandra Williamson

While medications are meant to make us better, you may not know it but your favorite food is making your health issues worse. Some foods interact negatively with particular medications and you have to know what these foods are. Talking to your doctor about this will let you know the foods that you should avoid […]

Sleep is important for our overall well-being. This is the time when our body recuperates from all the stress it has gone through during the day. Without sufficient sleep, one is more susceptible to many medical conditions. Difficulty in sleeping is a major concern for seniors. According to a study, seniors with multiple health conditions

There’s no denying that we all want to have those youthful attributes as long as we can. But aging may not allow us, of course. Yes. Aging affects us in many ways in all aspects, physically, mentally, emotionally, and emotionally. But even if we may not be able to prevent these changes from happening, at

Being a senior means you have had long years of exposure to different hazards. This is the main reason you are more prone to diabetes. For all those years, your kidneys were continually bombarded with more sugar as compared with other age groups. This makes you a more likely candidate to develop hyperglycemia or abnormally

As a person ages, the risk of getting cancer becomes greater. Accordingly, 60% of all cancer patients are seniors. This should make every senior out there be of guard on symptoms that may spell cancer. As always said, early detection is the best way to manage cancer. Knowing the most common signs of cancer may

High blood pressure or hypertension has been the most common illness among seniors for years globally. Blood pressure may normally rise and fall during the day because of physical exertion and other reasons but when it is consistently above the normal BP for an extended period, it must be hypertension. The normal BP of those

When the pandemic has just broken out, we were told that the coronavirus can only be transferred through droplets. But now that it is reclassified as airborne, more precautionary measures should be practiced by everyone, especially the senior citizens. Seniors belong to the most vulnerable groups to COVID 19. Accordingly, older people and those with

Generally, seniors lose their appetite which may lead to nutritional imbalance. By adding herbs and spices, meals can be tastier which can entice seniors to eat. Besides that, herbs and spices contain nutrients that make healthy foods even healthier. With seniors’ increased susceptibility to illnesses, eating healthy foods is one way to decrease their vulnerability.

Honey has always been used for its medicinal properties. The ancient Greeks used honey for pain relief and for treating sore throat while the early Indians used it as an aid to digestion, as well as eye and oral health. Yes. Honey was long recognized as a food and medicine since ancient times. Today, this

For most people who are experiencing back pain in their senior years, they may have experienced their first bout with this painful condition at age 30 to 50 years old. Although it may not be as painful then, it may be a sign of something more bothersome to come. Degeneration of the bones and structures