The National Council on Aging has recently put together a website to help adults with one or more chronic health conditions, such as arthritis, asthma, depression, diabetes, or heart disease, to improve upon their health by using self-management techniques and resources. On this website, Restart Living, you can learn more about self-management programs, take an […]
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Do you or does someone you know have Medicare? If so, it's not too late to change your coverage for 2012 or select a Prescription Drug (Part D) plan. Next Wednesday, December 7th is the last day for open enrollment for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage, which is a change from previous years where
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Thanksgiving 2011 has been declared as the United States' eighth annual "Family Health History Day," a part of November's Family History Month. According to U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, “An important first step in preventing illness and disability is learning about health conditions in our families that may put us at increased risk for
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Actor Jim Belushi recently filmed the above public service announcement along with Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as a way of promoting awareness of gout, an inflammatory form of arthritis. Gout is caused by high levels of uric acid in the bloodstream and can be extremely painful. Belushi is one of eight million people in the United
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The National Council on Aging has recently put together an online page of resources for older adults and for caregivers of older adults. There are financial resources, health-based information, resources regarding Medicare, and information for how to advocate for older adults. November is National Family Caregivers Month, so check out this tool today, or pass
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Today is World Diabetes Day! Several of you may be wondering why that's important to an arthritis program; it's important because it's a day to bring awareness regarding the chronic health condition of diabetes, but also because 55% of adults in Missouri with diabetes also have arthritis (BRFSS, 2009). Diabetes kills 1 person every 8
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The Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill was recently awarded a $3.25 Million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This grant will allow researches to complete a follow-up of participants in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, a project which started twenty years ago in
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Many of you may have heard of the Healthy People initiative, in particular Healthy People 2010. Healthy People 2020 is the new set of national goals and objectives to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts for all people through the next decade here in the United States. In addition to the Healthy People
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The Arthritis Foundation is asking us all to join in protecting health care services. A Congressional "Super Committee" has been tasked with finding ways to cut government spending. While this is a necessary and difficult project for these committee members, it is important that we speak up and ask for the protection of essential health
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Click on the image above to learn more about World Arthritis Day 2011, Wednesday, October 12. There are many events going on around the world for this day, and here in Missouri we have a number of events occurring as well!
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