Jeremy Herndon » Health

Today’s Internet Helps Our Seniors

jeremy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:18:02 +0000

The Internet can be very useful for the elderly if they know the right places to look. Networking sites like Facebook and Myspace can be used to meet people with similar interests. Many websites can help seniors get the products they need at a much lower price than they could in normal retail outlets. You can find miracle ear hearing aids prices and reviews. Powerscooter.com can give them the information they need to get a mobility scooter. Any elderly person who is feeling lonely can go to littlebrothers.org to be matched up with someone who would be happy to keep them company. The seniors.lovetoknow.com is a site that has much information about caring for the elderly. It includes knowledge of financial planning, assisted living, fashion, senior services, athletic activities, medical insurance and health.

If someone is looking for information on the best place to retire bestretirementspots.com, and bestretirementdestinations.com have tons of information. Search engine sites like yahoo, Webcrawler, and Google may be used to find any sort of information that anyone could ever need, all that is required is the knowledge to use these sites. Information on life and health insurance as well as the latest miracle ear can also easily be found using a search engine, with quotes being given in minutes. The internet is a tool that can be used by the elderly to get goods and services that would not otherwise be easily available to them and at a time when medical health care insurance is a must.

Comfort and Style

jeremy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:01:18 +0000

So many people flocking to the medical field these days makes it to where there is an abundant amount of folks walking around wearing nursing uniforms and medical scrubs. Much like the kind you can find at http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/. I’ve been noticing it more and more, like at the gas stations the mall and the at the grocery store, you are likely to see at least one person wearing some type or another of medical uniforms. They have come a long way with different styles, fabrics, patterns and designs, and after all variety is the spice of life.

Some of these medical uniforms that are being seen now-a-days are really attractive and they look like they would be comfortable to wear. The majority of folks that are on their feet (medical personnel certainly stay on their feet all day) are wearing those funky looking crocs/clogs that have been selling like crazy in the last umpteen years or so now. But if it feels good do it, right?

Forget the food, I’m seeing the Thanksgiving parade!

jeremy — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:28:45 +0000

Guest post written by Sharlene Brooks

For once, I’m not going to have to worry about which pie I’m fixing for our huge family gathering for Thanksgiving Day. I always wonder about that because my family is all about the pies and I like to make sure that we have no repeats. But instead of doing the normal thing for Thanksgiving this year, I’m going to take my family to see the Thanksgiving Day parade!

It’s something that I’ve thought about doing for a few years now, but I finally decided to just go ahead and do it before the kids get a little older and have other things that they need to do during the Thanksgiving break. I was online a few months ago booking our hotel and everything for it when I ran across some information on getting a hearing aid. That’s also something that I’d been thinking about for a while, so I decided to go ahead and get fitted before the big trip.

I think that we’re going to have so much fun with the parade and I just want to make sure that we’re all ready for the trip and pack everything. It’s going to be a whirlwind of a trip, but I think that it’s going to be amazing!

Variety Is Good

jeremy — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:27:00 +0000

Well my neighborhood Jack who I just recently spoke about being in the nursing profession, has certainly made use of the website of http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/ in which I turned him onto to the other week. Apparently he has spread the word all over with his friends and family concerning the issue of purchasing medical nursing uniforms for him as gifts for the up and coming 2011 Christmas holiday. It sounds like a great idea to me, these nursing uniforms are a necessity for anyone in the nursing profession or any medical profession these days. And now that there is a much wide variety of medical uniforms it is a big deal for them to be wearing these uniforms and looking good in them.

It’s so good to see that those old starched white uniforms from the past are dead and gone, it must have been a real drag wearing those darned sterile things day after day after day. Check out the cool holiday prints that they are currently offering there and they are having a sweepstakes going on right now as well. A good resource for our medical professionals.

Keeping Cool In Cotton Scrubs

jeremy — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:08:06 +0000

I really thought that my sister was pulling our collective leg when she sent out her last email with her Christmas Wish List attached with the link of http://www.blueskyscrubs.com promptly provided for anyone interested in purchasing her a set or two of her favorite cotton scrubs to wear next summer. My sister has become very sensitive to the heat the older and heavier she gets each year and she has discovered (so I’ve since been clued into) that these type of cotton scrubs, much like the ones that you see all of the medical people wearing to work at their office or the hospital.

They have come out with some very nice medical uniforms in the past decade or so, so she doesn’t feel intimidated by wearing these cool cotton scrubs out and about herself, which I think is pretty cool of her (please don’t mind the “cool” pun there folks) and if they keep her happy and cool as a clam than the more power to her. She is definitely no fun to be around when she is grump and we all know how being hot and uncomfortable can make a big gal grumpy.

They don’t have to be that expensive Sis!

jeremy — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:53:27 +0000

One of my sisters has an eight year old grandson is always losing his eyeglasses. Seems like he wears them to school and morning and when he comes home they have disappeared. If I had a child that was always losing his glasses I would buy one of those the elastic bands that hook on to the ear pieces of the glasses and is then wrapped around the head so they would not fall off in the first place! From what I understand the child has attention deficit disorder which means that the child will struggle with short term memory forever. No wonder the poor kid is always losing his glasses!

What really surprises me is how much money my sister spends on replacement glasses for him – she is always complaining that the the new glasses always cost over $100.00 each time! I know I’ve told her in the past about the zenni optical web site where she can get replacement glasses for under $20.00 each pair! The last time she posted on face book that he had lost his glasses again and she had to buy a new pair I reminded her about that web site and suggested that she just go ahead and buy a couple of spare pars from that web site to keep at the house for future use.at the

The New Electronic Cigarette

jeremy — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:17:20 +0000

I have never been into the smoking of any tobacco product but I certainly know enough people that have held on to this nasty habit for many years. My grandfather always smoked a pipe and I have always enjoyed the smell of a good pipe in the air, but as far as cigarettes goes I have never enjoyed the smell of them indoors or outdoors. My best friend has been a smoker since Junior High and has tried to kick the habit so many times that I have lost count at this point.

I am happy to say that he has now found a new product called the Electronic Cigarette that he is trying out lately. He says that by him using this Electronic Cigarette that he has cut back on the regular cigarettes and hopes to soon cut them out totally by using this Electronic Cigarette that many people are turning to with huge success.

It would be nice see him really put down those coffin nails once and for all. I worry about his health, big time. We have all lost loved ones from lung cancer and I couldn’t bare losing him from this horrible disease.

Eating out tonight

jeremy — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:40:47 +0000

Tonight a group of my friends got together to eat dinner at our local Applebee’s restaurant. That’s one of our favorite places to eat, the food is always good and it is always reasonably priced. The only thing that we don’t like about it is that it has a “smoking” section. We always ask for a seat in the “non-smoking” section but we still smell the cigarette smoke, which is just plain and simple nauseating to smell. Never mind the health consequences of smoking and second-hand smoke, it just plain and simply smells nasty! We were surprised that last night they allowed smoking; there are times when I’ve gone there and it was all non-smoking. Maybe that’s only on Sundays. Next time we think we want to go there, I’m going to call them and ask them when they have smoke-free dining.

Trying to cut down on caffeine

jeremy — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:00:11 +0000

I think that one of the hardest addictions to kick is the caffeine addiction! I love my morning cup of joe! I just can’t seem to get started without it! My doctor says I really should cut down on caffeine, that too much is unhealthy for me. So I have been slowly cutting back. I’m down to only one cup of joe a day. I’m pretty proud of that accomplishment! I’ve tried to switch to decaf for that one cup, but I get a terrible caffeine withdrawal headache that just does not go away – even when I take headache medicine! My wife tells me that every time she has tried to quit drinking tea that the withdrawal headache lasted for two weeks! I don’t think I can deal with that for two weeks and still go to work! Wish there was an easier way!

Shark attack

jeremy — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:46:10 +0000

The shark experts claim that the chances of being bitten by a shark (and killed) are slim. They claim that you are more likely to be struck by lightening than attacked by a shark. Yet, every year I hear news stories of shark attacks happening!

I know lots of people are fascinated by sharks; I think I’ll just stay out of the water thank you very much!