Elderly patients are at higher risk when they have difficulty getting to and from the doctor. Those elderly patients that live outside of skilled nursing or assisted living facilities should be seeing their primary care physician on a regular basis to monitor everything from blood pressure to bone density. Often, it is a lack of [...]
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Innovations in telecommunication and wireless technology have pushed medical treatment well into the advent of a new era. Beginning with the burgeoning field of remote, robotic surgery and medical imaging, physicians are now capable of treating and monitoring their patients without necessitating their physical presence. Diagnosing patients through video-calls and remotely monitored physical exams are [...]
This can vary by personal opinion on whether or not one is too old to get married. Statistics show that college-educated individuals are more likely to get married later in life that their younger less educated counterparts. Some people prefer to marry later in life due to career advancement goals they have set for themselves. [...]
Medical imaging, or image-guided surgery, has proven one of the most powerful tools for surgical advancement with minimal invasiveness to the patient. Through digital signal processing, the physician is able to navigate and interpret data in real time with unprecedented speed and accuracy.
Image guided techniques may be applied to the diagnosis stage or the actual [...]
Growing older brings with it many changes, some pleasant and other no so pleasant, and how we adapt to those changes will determine whether we live out our remaining years in happiness or misery. One of the most significant is making the adjustment from living in a house to living in an apartment or retirement [...]
Owning and operating your own business takes some intellect and knowledge, and there are no finer candidates for success than the seniors. You may have spent most of your life working for others, but with that comes a lifetime of experience and know-how just waiting to be translated into your own profits. There are many [...]
The writer’s mind is like a fine wine: it gets better with age. For seniors who have a little time on their hands and wish to contribute to online magazines with creative or textual writing, there are several places where you can earn some extra money. Each writing venue will be a little different in [...]
Travel is one of the best ways to spend your hard earned money as its an investment into yourself building experiences and memories. And one of the best travel bangs for your buck is cruising. For most cruise vacations, there may be an airfare involved to reach the port of destination, but once aboard, its [...]
Using the computer for social networking is one of the best resources for an active senior. Long gone are the days of handwriting a letter and sending it “snail mail”. Today, our communications are instant-presto complete with photography and attached letters from others. The email system was the greatest thing since sliced bread, that is [...]
In most cases when you ask a woman what her most valued piece of jewelry is, the response will be her wedding ring. Yes, weddings rings should be treasured and mine reminds me of all the reasons I married him, but should it be lost or stolen, it wouldn’t be a half bad idea to [...]
