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Positioning Patients Safely

Positioning Patients Safely

The statistics with regard to safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) are not encouraging. Let’s start with the fact that more than half (51 percent) of nurses say they have experienced musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) pain at work from handling patients, according to...

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Why Journey to Alkaline?

Why Journey to Alkaline?

The confusing journey of dieting and finding optimal nutrition that almost every individual takes can be exhausting. Let’s throw in age, genetics, trauma and general family health issues and we have a melting pot for disaster. So, where do we begin? I highly recommend...

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Boomeritis: Too Much of a Good Thing Causes Injuries

Boomeritis: Too Much of a Good Thing Causes Injuries

By Marilynn Preston Any body, at any age, can suffer a sports injury, but we baby boomers are famous for them. There’s actually a term for it – boomeritis – and it refers to the high number of sports-related injuries that happen to people born between 1946 and 1964 –...

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One Benefit of Valuing Differences

One Benefit of Valuing Differences

By Daniel Bobinski Years ago, I was conducting emotional intelligence training for a large corporation. One of my friends, also a trainer and author, happened to be in town. She had written a book on diversity and was accustomed to looking at that topic through a...

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Food Not Tasting the Same? Here’s Why.

Food Not Tasting the Same? Here’s Why.

By Densie Webb, Ph.D., R.D., Entrée Environmental Nutrition You probably know that as you age, your eyesight and hearing are likely to decline, but did you know that your senses of taste and smell can go south as well? We start out with thousands of taste buds on our...

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