Do You Know These Medicare Coverage Terms? Knowing a bit of Medicare terminology can come in handy when you’re talking with your doctor or other healthcare provider. Benefit period – The way original Medicare measures your use of hospital and skilled...
Stay Alert and Informed A food-drug interaction can prevent a medicine from working correctly, cause a side effect from a medicine to get worse or cause a new side effect. A medicine can also change the way your body uses a food. A number of factors can affect how...
Plan Ahead and Slow Down Driving in winter can be challenging. Here are some tips to help keep you safe: Keep your tires properly inflated. Keep your gas tank at least half full to avoid gas line freeze-up. Don’t use cruise control when driving on any slippery...
Is It Time to Update Your Routine? As one ages, it can become harder to maintain proper dental health. Teeth wear down and gums can recede. As you get older, it becomes more important to avoid tobacco and carefully brush your teeth and floss twice daily to reduce...
Heart Healthy, Diabetes Friendly – and Delicious! Pear and Blue Cheese Salad Serves 6 Since there is always so much rich food during the holidays, it’s always good to have a go-to salad that will offer a lighter alternative as a side dish. Both pears and...
Controlling Diabetes Is Critical to Protecting Your Vision Diabetes can cause eye disease that results in any one of a group of conditions, all of which have the potential to cause severe vision loss and blindness. Among people with diabetes, retinopathy is the most...
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