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High blood pressure (Hypertension) About High Blood Pressure Controlling your high blood pressure High blood pressure from Medlineplus High blood pressure and diet Information for Seniors on high blood pressure from Medlineplus Managing Blood Pressure with a Heart-Healthy Diet Prevention & Treatment of High Blood Pressure Understanding Blood Pressure Readings But what if I have […]

How to lower high blood pressure (and what to do ...

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Too much salt in the diet can lead to high blood pressure and many other problems. Unfortunately salt is added to many foods. If you are interested in eating less salt and sodium the following links have lots of useful information: Low Salt/Sodium Diet Dietary Sodium Low Salt, Low Sodium, and the DASH Diet Low-salt diet […]

Help with low salt or low sodium diet

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Here is a list of organizations that offer free or low cost medical screenings: Alzheimer’s Foundation of America National Memory Screening Program Asthma screening Colorectal (Colon) Cancer information from the CDC Financial Assistance and Programs for Kidney Patients Free Health screenings information from the Saavy Senior Free Medical Clinic or Free Dental Clinic. GetTested Free National […]

Free and low cost medical screenings

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If you are interested in nutrition a  proposal for U.S. dietary guidelines has been released. If the gigantic report is too much for you to digest 🙂 you can search for topics you are interested in, or you can read the Executive Summary. For example, you can click here to see the results of a […]

Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

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The following article on MedPage Today by Salyn Boyles has good news for Seniors.  Even if a person is frail and elderly light housework and moving around the house can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Here is a link to the article: Inactive Seniors Can See Heart Gains With Light Exercise Just moving around […]

More good news – Keep moving and improve your health

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  There is some possible good news for those of us who like eggs, shrimp and lobster (all foods with high amounts of cholesterol). A panel of nutrition experts believes that cholesterol in the diet does not lead to increased cholesterol in the blood or increased risk of heart disease. Rather saturated fats and salt from foods […]

Are eggs making a comeback?

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Click here to buy brain healthy foods You can read the entire article here: 8 Foods for Brain Health Click each food below for low-cost, healthy and tasty recipes from the USDA: Whole grains Salmon Sardines Avocados Flax seeds Walnuts Blueberries Dark chocolate Click here to buy brain healthy foods Want more recipes? Check out these […]

8 Foods that can help to keep your brain healthy

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  1) EconomicCheckup.org  from the National Center on Aging Get started by completing a simple 23 question comprehensive questionnaire. This will give you an overview of all the ways you can improve your financial situation. The Economic Checkup tool can help you to: Find a job JobSource Reduce spending CouponBlender.com GrocerYCouponNetwork PriceGrabber Senior Discounts Try out […]

3 Tools that can help Seniors save money

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Everyone is interested in improving their health and one thing that might help is an understanding of gerontogens. Simply, a gerontogen is an environmental factor that affects aging. The following article in National Geographic discusses this in more detail: Scientists Urge Study of Environmental Factors That May Speed Aging It does make sense. It is […]

What are gerontogens?

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  An article in the  Journal of the American College of Cardiology reported that regular physical activity can delay blood pressure increases in aging males. First we have to understand a little about blood pressure. Blood pressure is reported in two numbers, the top number, is systolic blood pressure (SBP) and this is the pressure produced when the […]

Get fit and improve your blood pressure – only 150 ...

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