Health and Wellness

1. Cut Your Diabetes Risk

   I was re-reading an older issue of Ladies’ Home Journal the other day, and thought I’d share some information from an article about diabetes risk. Losing weight reduces your chances of developing type-2 diabetes, but there are … Continue

2. Senior Resources in Maine

   I just finished this article by Jonathan Rauch in the Atlantic Monthly, “Letting Go of My Father.” If you’re a caregiver, read it. If you’re a senior, read it. And if you’re a politician or business owner … Continue

3. Wisdom Improves with Aging

   University of Michigan researchers have reported that there’s truth in several sayings: Older but wiser and Listen to your elders! The researchers claim that results indicate that elders have advantages in analyzing social problems. Older people are … Continue

4. Maine Senior Guide Principal Lynn Peel Celebrates Second Anniversary

   As the other principal partner of Maine Senior Guide, I’d like to offer Lynn Peel my congratulations on her second anniversary as the owner and president of Beach Glass Transitions. Lynn has told me that one of … Continue

5. Control Spring Allergy Attacks

   We’ve moved into prime spring allergy conditions now that the weather is warming up and we’re switching from heating to air conditioning. We know that fungus spores cause allergy reactions, but what about dead spores, like the … Continue

6. What will you do this spring?

   I’m very excited on this sunny day to actually get out and get moving! Exercise doesn’t have to be monotonous, exhausting or painful. I’m very encouraged but what I see!   

7. Healthcare Reform and Maine Seniors

   If you’ve been following the battle over healthcare reform, you know how confusing the plan has become, and how heated the rhetoric! According to the official government site on healthcare reform, there are a number of senior-specific … Continue