Making the Most of a Doctor Visit
Make the Most of Your Next Doctor Visit A nurse practitioner at a past meeting gave us a list of things that could improve your next doctor visit.
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Six Ways to Stay Healthier
Six Ways to Stay Healthier Six Ways to Stay Healthier Into Old Age: Identifies “six key lifestyle factors that can influence longevity.” Additional articles in the December/January issue of Brain&Life magazine address issues of managing the challenges of aging. Click on the link below: https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/six-ways-to-stay-healthier-into-old-age Note that Brain&Life offers a free subscription (print and/electronic). The
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Goal Reset
Resetting Your Neuropathy Goals The new year gives us an opportunity to rethink our habits and attitudes. This series of questions aimed at helping you assess where you are with your PN and how you might “go beyond the limitations imposed by chronic neuropathy”. This evaluation tool meshes well with the PNSN January meeting (January
Physical Activity for Older People
Physical Activity for Older People Webinar: Physical Activity for Older People. This Zoom event will focus on “the benefits of physical activity, how to become more active, and equipment and technology that can help with getting more activity in your daily routine.” Wednesday, January 25, 2023 2:15-3:40 PM (ET) Offered by AARP and the Osher
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IMAGiNe Study
FPN’s IMAGiNe Study Research: FPN Funding Contributes $90,000 to IMAGiNe Study for anti-MAG Research. See article on the Foundation website for details. https://www.foundationforpn.org/?s=MAG
Top 10 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions
Top 10 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions for Older Adults: Recommended by The American Geriatrics Society’s Health in Aging Foundation, these suggest ways to become and stay healthy in the New Year. https://www.americangeriatrics.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/HIA-TipSheet%20NYE19.pdf
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Pad Your Landing Spot
2022/12/22 (10 minute read) Pad Your Landing Spot Ever considered installing EVA Foam floor pads in your home? What price beauty? Our friend Barbara has PN. Recently, she fell. Her body hit the beautiful tile floors that she had just used to make her house look so nice. See the first photo. The injuries took
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PN Funk
During the holidays, the expectation is for fun, food, and festivities. But Peripheral Neuropathy can get in the way. It’s hard to feel jolly when your dogs are screamimg for attention. That’s the grinchiness we feel when trying to chase the pain and numbness away and nothing seems to be working. Back in the summer,
Stiff Person’s Syndrome
Canadian performer Celine Dionne has been diagnosed with so-called Stiff Person’s Syndrome. It is a curious name for a neurological disorder that affects her vocal cords and body movement. It can be triggered by loud noise (such as a stage orchestra). It has caused her to cancel her current concert schedule. More information is here:
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