A style blog based on a fifty-something Baby Boomer doing her best to age gracefully.
Here are all of my posts featuring health-related topics with tips for aging gracefully beyond the age of 50.
I wanted to talk about the beautiful day of this year’s spring equinox. Instead, you may recall, I preferred to get the single-dose vaccine. But then I learned about Carrie’s Angels, the COVID-19 Vaccine Hunters. Who are Carrie’s Angels? She is a local Harrisburg volunteer, assisted by her mother and two sisters. These ladies are […]
It’s nearly a year since the world discovered the age of Coronavirus. Now, 12 months later, we must consider the COVID-19 vaccine options in the United States. On January 19, Pennsylvania, like other states, opened vaccine eligibility. To whom? To everyone over 65 or chronically ill, the highest priority group.
I don’t visit my medical provider, only when I’m sick. My healthcare provider prefers that I keep routine visits, and so do I. Remember what Ben Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” There are seven preventive screenings we should never skip to maintain excellent health.
Last week’s National Wear Red Day’s annual movement encouraged all women to look more closely at cardiovascular risk factors. We hear to adopt a healthy heart diet. Why? Eating healthy is one of the best ways to reduce one’s chances of heart disease. The AHA food certification program guides you to the best nutrition choices. […]
Love is in the air! February is all about matters of the heart. Did you know happy relationships can help your heart? You gotta have the back story. Valentine’s Day originated as a Western Christian feast day honoring an early saint named Valentine. Also, did you know that in February 1964, President Johnson declared the […]
Did you know physical inactivity causes joint deterioration? Since my 65th birthday in September, I’d like to think I’m healthy senior aging well. I’ve done an excellent job with my annual preventive screenings for maintaining my health. But I’m definitely sitting more and moving less; perhaps it’s all the Netflix binging.
The end of one year and the beginning of the next is prime time for reflection. I bet we all agree on the life-changing events that 2020, finally in the rearview mirror.
A year like no other, the unparalleled Coronavirus impact since March of this year. A year for recalibrations; who needs a new mindset for 2021? We all agree that 2020 was an unprecedented year with COVID-19 globally. Our time, the recalibrations, how some of us socially gather, travel, dine out, and our health appointments/fitness routines. […]
Consider how the holiday blues could take on new meaning this year. We love it when Daylight Savings Time gives us those additional hours of sunlight, but boy, we feel the effect when it ends. Plus, the isolation of the still current health pandemic could pose trying times for many.
In the last 50 years, a female’s risk of dying from smoking more than tripled. My question, you know, smoking kills you! Ladies, why are you still a smoker? In my first pharmaceutical sales job back in the late 1980s, I sold smoking cessation products, the patch, and gum. Even back then, staggering statistics for […]