Health and Wellness

Perhaps we ate the wrong thing, too much of a good thing or simply too much? Maybe it was a stomach bug, or food poisoning? Or perhaps it’s just age… or nerves.

It’s easy to excuse uncomfortable symptoms like irregularity, cramps, bloating, nausea and heart burn and reach for an over-the-counter product. However, our health and well being relies on our ability to properly digest foods and absorb nutrients, not to mention eliminate wastes.

Two keys to a healthy lifestyle are well known, especially for seniors: exercise and healthy eating. Add to that mental exercises, and one might think that’s it.

But according to a recent article in the Boston Globe newspaper, there’s one area of healthy living which is frequently ignored by seniors and the general population alike: enough sleep.

If you’ve been looking for more of a senior focus in the U.S. presidential election, then watch out, because it’s about to happen.

As reported recently by ABC News, Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is traveling to the world’s largest retirement community today with his mother Elizabeth, who is close to 80 years old and who splits her time between Wisconsin and Florida.

On June 28, the US Supreme Court ruled that The Affordable Care Act – also known as Obamacare – is constitutional. That means that moving forward, all Americans, including seniors, will be part of the Act.

That’s making many Americans very happy, but many others very unhappy. In fact, a recent Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows a very sharp divide, with 47 per cent of Americans in favor of the Affordable Care Act, while slightly less, 43 per cent, are opposed.

Buying the best insurance coverage is one of the most important life decisions anyone can make, and yet some mistakes are very common, and these mistakes can cost thousands of dollars more than they should.

To help readers make the best possible decisions, SeniorSurance presents the five biggest mistakes people can make when it comes to buying insurance: