Why make the move to senior living now?

Deciding to move to a senior living campus can be difficult. Yet, if you or a loved one needs assisted living, skilled nursing, rehab, or memory care, is it best to stay at home or check into senior living now?

NO GREATER GIFT— Celebrate transplant recipients and organ donor heroes during National Kidney Month

DID YOU KNOW THAT MARCH IS NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH?

Lifelong friends reconnect at The Gardens of St. Francis

It’s an unfortunate reality that friendships often fade with the passage of time. As we move from one significant phase of life to the next, obligations and commitments change, peer groups evolve, physical distance intervenes, and once-inseparable people tend to find themselves drifting apart.

UTMC raising awareness of disparate impact of HIV on black Americans

THERE HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE ADVANCES in the treatment of HIV over the last three decades, with the disease going from an almost certain death sentence to a chronic condition that can be managed with medication.

No Greater Gift—Share the love on National Donor Day

DID YOU KNOW that February 14 is not only Valentine’s Day, but also National Donor Day? It’s a celebration where everyone is encouraged to share the love by saying “yes” to saving lives through organ donation!

Emergency medicine doctor explains what to do for the winter black and blues

HEART ATTACKS BROUGHT ON BY shoveling snow might sound like an urban legend—one of those “my sister’s neighbor’s cousin” stories. But the arduous work of clearing a driveway on a frigid winter day really can raise your risk of a heart attack, particularly if you have pre-existing risk factors.

No Greater Gift — Does my religion support organ donation?

A COMMON MISCONCEPTION about organ donation is that someone’s religion is not supportive of it. In reality, all major religions in the United States either support organ donation or leave the decision up to the individual.

You can prevent another carbon monoxide tragedy

ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC), each year in the US, at least 430 people die and approximately 50,000 people wind up in the emergency room due to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.