Category Archives: Health and Fitness

May Is Better Speech and Hearing Month—Here’s How to Take Care of Your Hearing

Just how good is your hearing? Considering that 20% of Americans have some degree of hearing loss, it may not be as strong as you think. In honor of Better Speech and Hearing Month in May, here are a few facts about our hearing—and how you can take better care of this important sense. One…

5 Tips for Seniors to Keep Their Medications Safe

If you’re a senior, you may have read tips before about how or where to store medicines for safekeeping against heat or cold. But extreme temperatures may not be your medications’ worst enemies. With the opioid crisis going on nowadays, there are people—perhaps even someone you know and care for—who regularly search homes for medicines…

Did you know that most Americans struggle with health literacy? Health literacy describes how much someone can obtain, process, and understand basic information and services to make appropriate health decisions, according to the Institute of Medicine. About a third of American adults have low levels of health literacy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

Beach time, biking, and fishing are all popular when you live in Florida. Yet with our state known affectionately as the Sunshine State, there’s also another popular pastime: getting skin cancers removed. In fact, more people in the U.S. are diagnosed with skin cancer each year than all other cancers combined, according to the Skin…

Improve Your Balance to Age Safely and Gracefully

Your sense of balance may be something you take for granted when you are younger-but as you mature, you come to realize how important your balance is. Without solid balance, you're at a greater risk for falls. This is no small concern, when you consider that one in three people over age 65 fall each…

February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Awareness Month

February isn’t just a time to think about your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day. It’s also an important month for your eye health. That’s because February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month. Just what is AMD, exactly? It’s a major cause of blindness around the globe, and the Centers for Disease Control…

Last month, Secure Aging shared four great health resolutions for aging well. They include getting adequate sleep, staying social, exercising regularly, and making healthy food choices. This month, we share four more resolutions to help you age with grace and good health. Plan thoughtfully for your next chapter in life. You’ve probably heard most of…