March is Brain Injury Awareness Month so “feed your head” and read about the causes of brain injury and what you can do to prevent them.
Serious risk for older adults: You don’t need to be a superhero to know that falls are the major cause of head injury in older adults. A common scenario - […]

Posted on March 5th, 2008 by Emme Levine
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Hey readers, put down that candy bar. Researchers at Tufts University have just solved the mystery of the Pyramid – the Food Pyramid, that is. Seniors puzzled by nutritional requirements can relax and peruse the graphically enhanced pyramid so “all shall be revealed.”
The new Tufts version for elders complements the USDA food pyramid called MyPyramid. […]

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Emme Levine
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February is American Heart Month, so let’s all take a moment to talk about strokes and the simple things you can do to save a life. Yes, you. Every year in the U.S., 700,000 people suffer a stroke. A whooping 75% of them occur in people age 65 and older. It is the third leading […]

Posted on February 27th, 2008 by Emme Levine
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