Health and Welfare

Doctors share which eye, chest and stomach pains, among others, may indicate something serious. If you’re hurting, see a doctor. It’s sound advice that may seem obvious, but older adults in particular, sometimes write off pain as a function of aging and may wait too long to get medical attention, says Edwin Leap, M.D., an emergency physician in Southern Appalachia. He has seen it happen. And the results can be […]

Retiring, more often than not consists in people’s minds of three steps – 1) Having enough money to buy a retirement home, 2) Having sufficient left to enable them to deal with their bucket list, and 3) Living happily and peacefully ever after. That is, of course, a very nice summarized way to look at things, BUT …. What eventualities can arise that can threaten this dream ? The first […]