Good News for those with MS!
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that attacks the myelin sheath, the material that surrounds and protects your nerve cells, affecting your brain and your spinal cord. Approximately 2 million people worldwide have MS. Autoimmune disorders occur when the immune system malfunctions and attacks the body’s own tissues and organs, in this case tissues […]
Sundowning: How to help your loved one
Have you heard of Sundowner’s Syndrome? Sometimes it’s called Sundowning, and it’s usually associated with people who have Dementia or Alzheimer’s. For those people, sundowning can be a time of increased memory loss, confusion, agitation or even anger. For the family members who care for them, it can be a painful and exhausting experience. What […]
Radon: Should you test for it?
In the United States, 15,000 – 22,000 people die from radon-related lung cancer every year (compared to 160,000 lung cancer deaths from smoking). How are people exposed to Radon? Normal decay of the elements uranium, thorium and radium found in rocks and soil causes radioactive gas, Radon, to be released into the air. Radon is […]
Put Your Best Fork Forward
March is National Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is “Put Your Best Fork Forward”. The campaign strives to help people make small changes in eating habits over time rather than a complete change overnight that may be more difficult to maintain. A variety of foods is important to diet, because no one food or food […]
Stevia vs. Sugar and other artificial sweeteners
I’m sure you’ve all seen the numerous sweeteners that are lined up on the grocery aisle, not to mention the rainbow of packets on restaurant tables. You’ve got the yellow ones, the blue ones, the pink ones, but it’s the white ones that must be the worst, right? Not so fast. We may still have […]