Author: Kathleen Doheny

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Plastic: The Hidden Food Additive

Reducing plastic use can safeguard your health as well as help the planet.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Don’t Resist Resistance Training

Experts say resistance training should become a vital part of an exercise program for all ages, body sizes and genders.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

“Hi, This is the Cardiology Department…”

As technology has advanced, the ability of cardiac monitors, as well as usage, has grown. Here’s what’s new.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Arthritis Update – Hope on the Horizon?

An injectable cell therapy could someday offer hope to people suffering from painful, debilitating osteoarthritis (OA), the joint disease that affects about 32.5 million U.S. adults.

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Health: The Health Benefits of Optimism

Thinking positive, including about aging, is linked with physical and mental health benefits; Senior Planet offers new tools to help.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Health: Reasons to Smile about Dental Care

About one in five seniors have poor dental health, but advances in implants, digital dentistry and laser care can keep seniors smiling.

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Health: When Your Doctor Retires

Your doctor of many years is hanging up his or her stethoscope. How do you find a new doctor and manage the transition? 

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Salud: ¿prediabetes? ¡Reviértalo!

Ver el diagnóstico puede asustar: prediabetes, pero no tiene por qué ser inevitable. ¡Aprenda a revertirlo!

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Health: Prediabetes? Turn It Around!

Seeing the diagnosis can be scary: prediabetes – but it doesn’t have to be inevitable. Learn how to turn it around!

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Don’t Fall – for Anything!

Falls are the leading cause of injury and injury death for the over 65 age group. Take this Fall Assessment Quiz – and learn about our Balance Matters series.

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Health: Cholesterol Over 60 – What To Know Now

Cholesterol confusion: making sense of conflicting studies about LDL levels and overall heart health.

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Health: Vaccine Update

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Which vaccines do you need? Which ones could you (maybe) skip?

Thursday, July 20, 2023

The Skinny on Time-Restricted Eating

Want to lose weight but hate counting calories? Some studies suggest time-restricted eating is a good alternative.

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Relief for Back Pain

Back pain strikes almost half of Americans, with many new and different ways to handle it – but don’t overdo one common solution.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Salud y bienestar: ¡equilibrio!

El equilibrio disminuye con la edad y aumenta los riesgos de caídas y fracturas, pero existen formas fáciles y sencillas de mantenerlo.