Senior's Health Package

Senior's Health Over 200,000 words organized under 20 different topic areas with a focus on the health issues of most interest to our aging population. The selection of materials compiled by the editors of Harvard Health Publications, includes topics such as: care giving, advanced care directives, arthritis, diabetes, healthy aging, vision problems, home safety, hearing loss, heart disease, incontinence, memory, mental health, medication costs and safety and more.


ADVANCED CARE DIRECTIVES
ARTHRITIS
CAREGIVING
DIABETES
EXERCISE
FALLS
HEALTHY AGING
HEARING LOSS
HEART DISEASE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
 INCONTINENCE
MEDICATION COSTS AND SAFETY
MEMORY/ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
MENTAL HEALTH
NUTRITION
OSTEOPOROSIS
SAFETY
SEXUALITY
STROKE
VISION PROBLEMS


Heart Disease


Lifestyles

Major Risk
Focuses on why it truly is important to keep track of the four main risk factors for heart disease: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking.

Lifestyles

High Marks for Below-average Cholesterol
National recommendations for desirable cholesterol levels are now very low. An exploration of why and tips for how to achieve these levels.

Lifestyles

A Numbers Game Worth Playing
Twelve numbers worth knowing for your heart's health.

Lifestyles

Using Crestor — and all Statins — Safely
Following recent controversy over the drug Crestor, considering the potential side effects of statin drugs along with their benefits is worthwhile.

Lifestyles

Heart Beat: No One-size-fits-all for Aspirin and Elders
For the healthy elderly, the benefits of taking aspirin to prevent heart attack and stroke should be weighed against its risks.

Lifestyles

Streamlined CPR Guidelines a Life-saving Move
A guide to the American Heart Association's new, simplified CPR recommendations. Includes a clip and save illustrated wallet key.

Lifestyles

Now for the Renal Side of the Story
The kidneys may not get much attention, but they play an important role in overall health and are closely connected to cardiovascular disease.

Lifestyles

Advances in the Treatment of Heart Failure
Over time, new medications and techniques have made heart failure somewhat less life-threatening than it used to be.

Lifestyles

HARVARD COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH

  • Tests You May Not Need
  • Why Angioplasty May Not Be Right For You
  • Vitamin E Supplements: Rest in Peace

Lifestyles

ASK-THE-EXPERT

  • How long do coronary artery bypass grafts last?
  • What should the ratio be between a person's HDL and LDL cholesterol?
  • What is ischemic heart disease?
 

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