Seniors News

We are proud to have another Holiday Touch community using the Stronger Seniors programs. The Hampshire, in Merced, CA is just 45 minutes Yosemite National Park! Lots of activities, great food, great location. For more information, call 209-379-4589. Read more

It would appear without full, universal coverage at an affordable price, (single payer) we as an economy face major financial downside. Leaving Obamacare to “explode,” as the Mr. Trump puts it, is not the answer. Some 30 million of us already have ze...

Processed sugar is a killer. That is a proven fact. (Look at this.) food manufacturers put in certain foods for flavor, especially 'low-fat' options. The following list of 'sug...

Studies show that getting the right amount of sleep is an important part of maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding obesity, which has been linked to colorectal, breast and kidney cancers. Read more

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Retaining the ability to get up and about easily — to walk across a parking lot, climb a set of stairs, rise from a chair and maintain balance — is an under-appreciated component of good health in later life, and one of the goals of functional fitness. When mobility ...

Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 45 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. For more K...

Geriatricians are “experts in complexity,” said Dr. Eric Widera, director of the geriatrics medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. No one better understands how multiple medical problems interact in older people ...

Seniors enjoying their healthy longevity

With practicality in mind, we decided to take a look at the math of weight loss. At a physiological level, weight loss and weight gain revolve around caloric consumption and expenditure. Put simply- we lose weight when we eat less calories than we burn. Conversely...