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• Blog Post - Are You Worried Sick About Your Parent's Heart Disease?

  Caring for someone with heart disease may increase your risk of heart disease and depression. Consider these tips for better heart health.

• Blog Post - Got a Parent With Diabetes? Chew on This

  A new chewing gum, infused with the widely-prescribed diabetes drug metformin, is in development.

• Blog Post - What Do You Give an Old Dad for Father's Day?

  What aging dads really need for Father's Day can't be wrapped.

• Blog Post - Lifestyles of the Rich and Retired

  As retirement housing options expand, cruise ships have joined luxury hotel chains in offering high-end retirement destinations.

• Blog Post - A Healthy Gift for National Women's Health Week

  National Women's Health from May 11 to 17 is full of useful health prevention activities on-line and off.

• Blog Post - Cell Phones That Won't Scare Mom

  Check out Jitterbug: a simplified cell phone with features designed just for seniors.

Questions & Answers

• Question - How can I convince my pack-rat mother, whom I'm moving into a smaller apartment, to let go of all her junk?

  My mother is a pack rat. I need to move her into an apartment but she refuses to throw anything away. How do I convince her to let go of all her junk?

• Question - What precautions should my dad, who has type 2 diabetes, take when traveling?

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• Question - Should I take cigarettes away from my mother, who has Alzheimer's, for fear she'll start a fire?

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• Question - Are there portable chemo methods?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert and a Community Member

• Question - How do we help my brother-in-law, who is receiving chemo and radiation, get ready to leave the house a little quicker?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - my husband doesnt understand severe fibromyalgia and how my...

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• Question - Should I let my dad, who has diabetes, drive?

  Help your parent with diabetes avoid hypoglycemic episodes while driving, and learn some legalities of driving with type 2 diabetes.

Tips & Reflections

• Tip - A Photo Album Full of Memories

  If your parents are claiming that every last item in...

News

• News - Smoking Boosts Blood Pressure in Women

  MONDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Women who smoke...

• News - Smoke-Free Workplace Laws, Cigarette Taxes on the Rise

  THURSDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Anti-tobacco...

• News - Planning for Health Emergencies Eases Stress of Family Travel

  SUNDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- While family vacations...

• News - Smokers With Colon Cancer Face High Recurrence Risk

  MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term smokers...

• News - Decline in Cigarette Sales Offset by Use of Alternative Products

  TUESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Cigarette sales...