May is Arthritis Awareness Month

May is Arthritis Awareness Month

Arthritis affects more than 50 million Americans, making it the leading cause of disability in the country. What is Arthritis? Actually, it’s an umbrella term, covering a number of different conditions that affect the joints. The two most common are osteoarthritis and...

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, a good time for people to get a better understanding of the disease, its risk factors and common symptoms, and how to screen for it. More than 40,000 Americans every year are diagnosed with oral cancer, with men and women over the...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

An estimated 140,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) and more than 50,000 die from it. The tragedy is that this cancer could have been prevented in many of these cases if the individual had been screened...
February is Heart Awareness Month

February is Heart Awareness Month

Now is a good time to become educated on ways to prevent heart disease because February is Heart Awareness Month. While great strides have been made over the years, the bad news is that heart disease remains the leading cause of death among men and women in the United...
Home Safety Checklist

Home Safety Checklist

Make sure your older family members are safe! Follow this Home Safety Checklist from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Click here to see the entire document. Consumer Product Safety Commission Safety For Older Consumers Home Safety Checklist CPSC Document #701...