How your mouth changes as you age
Regular dental checkups and hygiene can help prevent or catch age-related problems of the mouth, including cavities, gum disease, stomatitis and oral cancer. By Ryan CONTINUE READING
Category: Health Beat
How your hearing changes as you age
Do you have trouble understanding what people are saying in a noisy place? Do you think everyone is mumbling? Hearing loss may the culprit—and it CONTINUE READING
How your vision changes as you age
You can’t prevent many of the changes to your eyes that come with age, but you can protect your vision and reduce your risk of CONTINUE READING
Aches and pains and aging, oh my!
Feeling sore? You’re in good company. Millions of Canadians suffer from some sort of chronic pain (chronic meaning the long-term kind that sticks around after CONTINUE READING
Everyday tips on lowering blood pressure
What are your numbers? The very question can make your blood pressure to soar. High blood pressure, or hypertension, carries an increased risk of heart CONTINUE READING
What your doctor wish you knew about aging
School prepares us for a lot in life, but one thing none of the courses really covered is aging. What happens to us as we CONTINUE READING
DLC Health Beat: Groundbreaking advances in kidney disease treatment
Health news from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times By Kathy Penner Manitoba has one of Canada’s highest rates of diabetes. Since diabetes often leads to kidney CONTINUE READING
DLC Health Beat: “Please Mister Postman…”
Health news from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times By Kathy Penner “Please Mister Postman, look and see. Is there a letter, a letter for me?”* Remember CONTINUE READING
DLC Health Beat: SuperAgers to the rescue!
Health news from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times By Kathy Penner The leading risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease—age, family history and heredity—can’t be changed. Moderate alcohol CONTINUE READING
DLC Health Beat: Helping is healthy
Health news from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times By Kathy Penner “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve CONTINUE READING
DLC Health Beat: Two needles a day keep the doctor away
Health news from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times By Kathy Penner Daily physical and intellectual activity is essential for good health. Benefits include less chronic pain, CONTINUE READING
DLC Health Beat: Take a deep breath, and rearrange your grey matter for health and happiness
Health News from Deer Lodge Centre Life.Times It’s been proven that meditation can boost health and well-being by reducing stress, relieving insomnia, and lowering blood CONTINUE READING