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Basic strategies to avoid getting sick from your food
Fall has arrived and so has the National Council on Aging Falls Prevention Day 2011! Falls Prevention Day lands on the first day of fall each year to raise public awareness about falling injuries and increase public safety to reduce the number of falls. Fall prevention helps us, especially older adults.
Silver Planet joins the Falls Prevention Day celebration by presenting fall prevention articles.
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Fight Osteoporosis with Good Nutrition
by Carol Bradley Bursack
Dear Carol: My mom is 64 years old and had a stroke three years ago. She lives alone, and I feel she cannot take care of herself. She has been an alcoholic for many years and it is putting her health at high risk, as well as her safety. Mom recently fell and lay on the floor until I found her two days later. After finding her, I called 911, but she refused any medical attention. She is very stubborn, depressed and she never leaves her home. Can I put my mother into a nursing home without her consent?
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Folate and Food - Healthy Ideas for Better Nutrition
Folate, aka Vitamin B9, an essential part of our diet
Choosing foods with higher concentrations of folate can easily help you and your elders get the recommended 400 micrograms you need to stay healthy. Folate or vitamin B9 aids in the prevention of anemia, promotes cell production in the skin and... -
So you are on a low salt diet - So What!
Easy ways to get around no salt with added taste!
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Financial demands brought on by today's economy have many people, young and old, looking for ways to lessen their unhealthy debt load. Their search for debt relief opens the door for fraud scams that usually leave the consumer, like the Sixteen Ton coal minor, "deeper in debt."
This week the Federal Trade Commission stopped operations of a debt relief operation alleged of luring debt stressed consumers deeper into debt.
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