Ho-ho-ho. Oh no!
McClatchy Newspapers
12/1/2008, by Patricia Montemurri
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - A happy holiday doesn't have to be a stressful holiday. Keep it simple and keep your sanity. DETROIT _ Eleanor McGuire has made her stand against grand holiday expectations.
No more does she heed magazine covers compelling her to bake multi-layered, frosted holiday ...
Pssst: Tips for safe listening
McClatchy Newspapers
12/1/2008, by Julie Deardorff
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - When using personal listening devices, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association recommends turning the volume down, limiting listening time to an hour a day and taking frequent listening breaks. Here are more tips from ASHA and audiologist Dennis Burrows. If you have ...
Bossa nova music performed for hospice patients
McClatchy Newspapers
12/1/2008, by Alexia Campbell
Sun Sentinel (MCT) - Blood pressure rose. Pulses quickened. Temperatures warmed up. In three hospice rooms at Broward General Medical Center, a nurse assistant scribbled down notes on a clipboard as a group of Brazilian women sang "One Note Samba" in Portuguese to patients in their hospital beds. ...
Aging with purpose: Activity, attitude key to longevity
McClatchy Newspapers
12/1/2008, by Anita Creamer
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Let's tell Lucia McLain that she should wear a helmet when she hops on her bike for a spin to Mercy San Juan Medical Center, where she volunteers twice each month.
"I have one," says McLain, who's 93.
Of course! And here it is, unused, stored in the bottom of the ...
Sounding a warning on earbuds
McClatchy Newspapers
11/28/2008, by Julie Deardorff
Innocent looking, earbuds attached to your child's iPod or other player may cause hearing loss. CHICAGO (MCT) - Justin Roberts has wildly curious young fans, the type who might lean into a live monitor during one of his concerts just to see what it sounds like.
But the popular children's ...
Study on aging still going strong some 50 years later
McClatchy Newspapers
11/26/2008, by Richard Seven
he Seattle Times (MCT) - The University of Washington has been awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant to research specific challenges related to aging with a disability. The Aging Rehabilitation Research and Training Center will be based in the University of Washington Medical Center's Department ...
Teen dies playing ‘choking game'
McClatchy Newspapers
11/21/2008, by Samuel Spies
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It's called a game, but Kris Marceno's apparent attempt to get high by strangling himself ended up deadly. The sophomore at Enloe High School in Raleigh, N.C., 15, died at his home on Nov. 2 from accidental asphyxiation, his family said. His death has schools, churches ...
ADHD diagnosis? Try medication, support groups, mom says
McClatchy Newspapers
11/21/2008, by Liz Mitchell
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - When Gina Dunn's two sons were diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder earlier this year, she kept it private for fear they would be labeled as lacking intelligence. She quickly learned that label is a common misconception, then tried to find a support ...
Whooping cough cases on the rise in Midwest
McClatchy Newspapers
11/21/2008, by Jennifer L. Boen
The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (MCT) - An underreported, often misdiagnosed disease that people think affects only young children is drawing concern from national health officials and has recently struck hospital workers, closed schools in the Midwest and kept multiple health departments busy ...
Help with coping with Alzheimer's
McClatchy Newspapers
11/19/2008, by Prue Salasky
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - One reveals that her mother's cruel, manipulative behavior has intensified, becoming almost unbearable. Another reports that his wife now resists any offers of help and deters visitors. Another says that sometimes her husband falls and she's not strong enough ...
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