What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is a neurological condition that progresses slowly and worsens with age. With 90,000 new diagnoses each year, Parkinson’s disease is a common movement disorder that currently...
April is National Occupational Therapy Month. Did you know occupational therapy has been a profession for more than 100 years? Every April, we celebrate occupational therapists and the contributions they make to patients'...
Mental Health Awareness Month provides education about the reality of living with a mental health condition—while it can make life more difficult, it doesn't have to stop someone from having a fulfilling life. When is Mental...
Many men experience problems with the prostate gland, with risk increasing as they age. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also known as enlarged prostate, affects 40 million American men, and can cause several urinary...
You may not be raising dragons like Daenerys or training alongside Arya Stark, but keeping your bones battle-ready and...
Nearly 1.7 million people were diagnosed with cancer in the United States in 2016. In the same year, nearly 600,000...
In the health care world, we like to say that "time is brain." When it comes to a stroke, every second counts. If you...
As a hospital-based speech language pathologist, I am frequently asked, “You’re a speech language pathologist in a...
Life expectancy, for the most part, has continued to increase for Americans. We no longer think of people who are...
Urinary incontinence. It can be a taboo subject for many people, but did you know it’s actually more common than asthma...
As we age, the body changes in many ways. Some things we think of as normal signs of aging, such as the appearance of...
Joint replacement surgery has evolved over the years. Technology and techniques have improved, outcomes are better, and...
An often-overlooked part of end-of-life planning is setting up a living will, sometimes referred to as an advance...
With age comes wisdom. Unfortunately, trips, falls and injuries may come with it too. There are several reasons for that...
What is Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a common movement disorder that affects approximately one...