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A grateful woman lifts her arms in the air.
Did you know that being grateful can make you healthy? Saying ‘thank you’ and appreciating those around you affects your relationships with others and positively impacts your body. The University of California, Davis Psychology Professor Dr. Robert Emmons has dedicated his career to understanding gratefulness and its benefits. In a 2015 […]

Grateful Attitude Brings Health

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As you get older, your cognitive function can take a hit. While this decline may not stop entirely, there are ways to stimulate your brain so you maintain your reasoning skills and cognitive speed. Ultimately, your brain is like a muscle. And to maintain and grow your muscles, you must train […]

Brain Games Keep Minds Sharp

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A family prepares for an outdoor barbecue meal.
The summer season allows you to enjoy many pleasant outdoor activities. Some of your favorite pastimes may include kayaking, hiking, nature strolls, and having a family barbecue in your backyard. Unfortunately, some familiar uninvited guests might arrive at your event. Mosquitos can disrupt the happiness of outdoor activities, but how […]

Naturally Keep Away Mosquitos

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If you’re planning on traveling this summer, there are probably a lot of flights in your future. And it can be hard to give up control to pilots and flight crew when your flight anxiety kicks in. This predicament becomes especially difficult when the plane begins to experience turbulence. Turbulence […]

Curing Flight Anxiety

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A person's hand places a coin in a nearly empty piggy bank that sits on a bed.
Annuity Awareness Month June is Annuity Awareness Month, so let’s explore the basic kinds of annuities and why you might consider purchasing one. What is an annuity? An annuity is a contract between an insurance company and an individual, the annuitant, allowing the person to contribute funds by paying a premium, […]

Annuity Awareness Month

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A couple sits in the dark and looks for something to watch on TV.
Thoughtful depictions of the elderly in media are few and far between. As the world’s elderly population increases, changes to our stories and their leading characters may be necessary. Photo provided by Storyblocks. Looking at Our Elderly in Media I believe in the lasting power of our films to incite […]

5 Elderly Stereotypes In Media

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A female patient rests in a hospital bed.
Why do I need hospital indemnity Insurance? An unexpected trip to the hospital is usually unpleasant. You did not plan on suffering an injury or ailment. The exorbitant cost of merely visiting the hospital can be enough to cause a financial burden on you and your family. How can you […]

Hospital Indemnity

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How Do You Think About Old Age? As an American, I’ve grown up steeped in a culture that prizes youth. “Anti-aging” advertising engulfs all kinds of products—cosmetics, exercise gadgets, and even food. The heroes of our films usually fall between the ages of 18-40, and the actors who play them […]

Challenging Youth-Culture

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An green-colored artificial light source reveal's a woman's hand reaching out.
Turning Off Your Wi-Fi at Night Nearly every modern home has some form of Internet connection, and many use Wi-Fi to be able to access the world wide web. Wi-Fi is “a wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed Internet access.” Most people who have Wi-Fi in their […]

Turning Off Your Wi-Fi at Night

 in Medicare  tagged Electromagnetic fields / electromagnetic radiation / EMF / EMR / How does Wi-Fi work? / Turning off Wi-Fi at night / Why should I turn off Wi-Fi? / Wi-Fi by