Reducing risk factors could help you avoid becoming a 'face of stroke'
This year stroke will strike 700,000 Americans of all ages, genders and ethnicities. A member of your family, a friend or neighbor - even you - could be a victim.
Stroke is the No. 3 cause of death of Americans and is a leading cause of disability.
Better Health After 40 - Getting the Right Nutrients
As we get older and become more focused on the diseases and disorders that come with aging, we should also be concerned with getting the right nutrients that may help to prevent some of these diseases. What vitamins should you be getting to make the most of your health? And, how...
Better Health After 40
As we get older, we are at an increased risk for many chronic diseases—for about a dozen diseases this risk increases exponentially with each decade. These diseases include heart disease, cancer osteoarthritis, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and osteoporosis.
But many of these conditions are preventable and experts agree that making healthy changes at midlife can reduce...
FAWCO joins 16 NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC in a statement on 
"Aging and the Rights of Older Persons" 60.50 Kb delivered to the 61st Human Rights Commission in Geneva April 14, 2005
Statement for the Human Rights Commission 61st session "Aging and the Rights of Older Persons", March 2005
Taking Care of Your Eyes
Many people fail to consider eye health a priority in their overall health scheme, especially if they have 20/20 vision. But, taking regular care of your eyes to prevent disease or degeneration should be part of your regular health regime. Regardless of your age, you should consider the following ways of taking care of...
Taking Care of the Men in our Lives
Prostate Cancer
September 14-20 is Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. By age 50 approximately one in four men have some cancerous cells in the prostate gland. By age 80, this ratio increases to one in two. It is also the second leading...