August 2022

August is Medic Alert Awareness month and in recognition of it we’d like to share the story of Medic Alert’s invention from the Medic Alert foundation. In 1953, while 14-year-old Linda Collins was having fun with her cousins, she cut herself, deeply enough to require stitches. In the emergency clinic, the doctor took the normal course of action and administered…

Do you sleep in the dark or do you keep the lights on? A new study that has been released has shown a startling correlation in older Americans between the light level when we sleep and our long-term healthcare outcomes. These findings can influence your statistical likelihood to be overweight, have hypertension, and have diabetes. In people aged 63 to…