Senior's Health Package
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.
Nutrition
Nutrition for Seniors: Options and Opportunities
An overview of the specific nutrition requirements for those 60 and over, including protein, carbohydrates, fiber, water, vitamins, and minerals.
The Shape of Healthy Eating
Details the new guidelines for healthy eating that have been developed from the vast research findings on nutrition.
New Diet Guidelines: A Few Steps Forward, a Few Back
Every five years, the federal government tells us what we should eat to stay healthy. However, these guidelines are published under intense pressure from the food industry.
Vitamins: The Quest for Just the Right Amount
Covers the debate of how much people really need of Vitamins A, B12, C, D, E, and folate. Includes reference charts for each.
Are you Getting Enough of this Vitamin?
It is easier than once thought to be getting too little of the important vitamin B12, particularly for vegetarians and those in their later years.
Swan Song for Antioxidant Supplements
If you take antioxidants to treat or prevent heart disease, it's time to rethink this gambit.
HARVARD COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH
- Diet and Age Related Macular Degeneration
- Halting Hypertension with a Healthy Diet
ASK-THE-EXPERT
- I have lost my appetite. What can I do to get my appetite back and start eating normally?
- Does drinking coffee have a damaging effect on diabetics? Does it affect heart patients -- specifically the lipid profile? Is there a safe limit to coffee intake?