Communicate to decrease conflict and increase understanding using reflective statements How do you handle conflict? For most of us the answer is, ‘not very well’. Conflict can raise your blood pressure, constrict your veins and arteries, and make your heart beat harder and faster. Did you know that communication is NEARLY ALWAYS at [...]
Newer diabetes medications to consider if you're too sweet. Do you remember when the treatment options for your type 2 diabetes were medicines that could make your blood sugar too low – oral medicine or insulin? The available options would also make you gain weight. Those treatments are still available, and now there [...]
Medications can make memory worse, lead to falls, and make daily function difficult. If your memory is slipping, do you have dementia? If you fall are you just clumsy? If you need help doing some of your daily tasks, are you just lazy? Or, are these things just a normal part of aging? [...]
