A new disease recently erupted in Wuhan, China, and the outbreak has already affected people in the United States. Coronavirus disease 19 is also known as Covid-19. The novel (new) coronavirus causes respiratory illness in people exposed to it. Protecting vulnerable individuals, like seniors, is vital. What is Covid-19? Coronaviruses in general are composed of a large family of viruses…
Did you know that glaucoma is a leading cause of preventable vision loss and blindness in the United States? There are approximately 3 million people in the United States alone (60 million worldwide) who have glaucoma, with half of them not even knowing they have the disease. Of the 60 million people worldwide, 13% are blind. According to the National…
Saturday, November 19th is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout event. Smoke from across the nation can use this day as a way to finally decide that they should quit smoking, or have it be the day when they actually quit. Either way, the goal is to create more non-smokers. According to the CDC, as of 2014, approximately 17%…
Did your dad, uncle, grandfather or a female relative serve in one of the armed forces? Chances are that someone in your family was in the military. My dad was in the Army, stationed in Key West during the Bay of Pigs invasion. You may think that Key West would be a prime place to be stationed, but being that…
