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Returning Home after a Disaster: Be Healthy and Safe
Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. If you think climate change isn’t real, then ask the thousands of people displaced by hurricanes each year. Seems like every new storm…
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Home Care – A Crucial Safety Net
by Maria Miller, Saint Francis LIFE Many seniors are all too familiar with the changes that accompany aging. Once-simple tasks like opening a jar or medicine bottle, climbing the stairs, or buttoning…
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
New Tests Are Here to Help The American Cancer Society estimates that in the U.S. in 2017: About 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women. About 63,410 new cases of…
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HIGHMARK – Your Partner in Good Health
You might know Highmark Inc. (and its health insurance subsidiaries and affiliates collectively) as among the ten largest health insurers in the U.S. You might know Highmark as the fourth-largest Blue Cross…
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Take your Walk for a Dog
Raise your heart rate and raise money for shelter animals while you walk your dog just by using an app on your smartphone called Wooftrax! Every time you take your dog for a…
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LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA
A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WELL-BEING INITIATIVE FOR CANCER SURVIVORS The YMCA of Delaware recently launched a new initiative called LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, a research-based physical activity and well-being program that…
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Social Activities Are Essential for a Vital Life
By Renata J. Maslowski What does retirement mean to you? For many, it conjures thoughts of throwing away the alarm clock, sitting in a rocking chair whiling away the hours watching…
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The Key To Long-Lasting Rehabilitation: Returning Home – At The Right Time
No doubt, rehabilitation after a fall, surgery or illness is challenging. That challenge can be compounded with the longing to just get past the ordeal and return home as soon as possible.…
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100-year-old celebrates milestone birthday by skiing down a mountain in July
George Jedenoff celebrated turning 100 on July 5 not with leftover fireworks, but by skiing down a Utah mountain open just for him. Jedenoff didn’t start hitting the slopes until he was…
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The Sun Is Not Always Your Friend
We all know it: “A tan skin is a damaged skin.” What’s worse, as we age our skin becomes thinner and doesn’t rejuvenate as easily as it once did. This makes us…
