Health & Wellness

As the temperature increases outside, it can be difficult to stay cool. In some parts of the country, including some of the best places to retire, heat warnings can even be issued. Regardless of your location, it’s important to know how to stay cool this summer, especially if you lack air conditioning. Overheating isn’t just a matter of becoming a little sweaty; it can affect your overall health. So, we’ve compiled a few tried and true ways to stay cool this summer while still enjoying your favorite activities.

Many women don’t realize how much strength training can really help them stay in top physical shape. For those of you who are living in very active adult communities should know how much a few simple workouts can help keep your body in tip top shape.

When the world starts warming up again, and people begin to spend more of their time outside soaking up the sunshine, it’s important to reiterate the importance of wearing sunscreen. Sure, we all know that it is imperative to keeping our skin-and ultimately our entire selves-healthy, but really understanding the need to apply sunscreen is something else

Duke’s Division of Geriatrics is responsible for clinical services, educational training, and research in geriatrics and gerontology. The division…

The Village of Citrus Hills believes no one provides a Florida Lifestyle better than their staff. Located in Citrus Hills, Florida (conveniently between Tampa, Orlando, and Gainesville,) Citrus Hills rests on Florida’s Central Ridge which over-sees the Gulf of Mexico- just a few miles away.

Arizona is a state saturated in color. The skies so deeply blue, the desert absolutely golden. The state boasts a minimum of three hundred sunny days a year, with sunshine touching every corner. Because of the variation in altitude, it offers the desert landscape perfect escape for sun worshippers, as well as mountains and high plateaus for more snow driven people. It is these kinds of weathers that are Arizona’s biggest attraction, and for which provides its greatest health benefits.

February is American Heart Month and we’re joining the effort to raise awareness about America’s number one killer: heart disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to 600,000 people die each year from heart disease and 715,000 from heart attacks. With numbers like those, many of us know several people who have been affected by this disease, but the good news is that it can be prevented and controlled. With advances in nutritional knowledge and medical technology, we can work together to help reduce these numbers and keep our loved ones around for many more years to come.

Adopting Healthy Eating Habits Now that a new year has begun, it’s a good time to think about starting fresh in certain areas of our lives. For some, that could mean changing our eating habits for the better. Eating healthy provides a myriad of benefits, from increasing our lifespans and increasing our energy levels to…