Tamera Manzanares
Recent stories
- Aging Well: H1N1 vaccine will be available to everyone — just not yet
- November 16, 2009
- Many older adults are confused about flu vaccination guidelines, often because they are urged to get a seasonal flu vaccination, but the H1N1 vaccine isn’t available to most people in their age group.
- Aging Well: Education, positive attitude are keys to diabetes management
- November 9, 2009
- Information from diabetes education programs, support groups, cookbooks and magazines for people with diabetes has been a powerful tool in helping people tackle these challenges.
- Aging Well: Aging field offers growing career options
- November 2, 2009
- While there is an increasing need for health care professionals skilled in aging issues, the growing number of adults 50 and older also is fueling demand for people to work with, or on behalf of, older adults in many other settings and roles.
- Aging Well: Getting the most from nutrition labels
- October 26, 2009
- Fill your grocery basket with fresh fruits and vegetables and you know you’re buying nutritious products. But choosing healthy processed foods, such as cereal, bread and yogurt, isn’t so easy. Nutrition labels required on most foods are an important tool for determining the right choices.
- Aging Well: Local programs help pay for mammograms, treatment costs
- October 19, 2009
- Most of us are guilty of putting off important health screenings or procedures. Often, that resistance has more to do with cost than laziness. It’s important these women know there are local programs available to help them pay for breast cancer and other important screenings and even costs related to breast cancer treatment.
- Aging Well: Medications blurring the line between helpful, harmful
- September 28, 2009
Chronic pain, anxiety and depression are just a few problems that can send a person to their doctor’s office for relief. Chances are, they will leave with one or more prescriptions for medications.
- Aging Well: Taking control of arthritis
- September 21, 2009
- Jenny Thomsen held up a large can of anchovies as evidence of a change she’s made in response to a big disease. Thomsen suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, a particularly debilitating form of arthritis causing chronic pain and joint damage.
- Aging Well: Discuss precious possessions sooner than later
- September 7, 2009
- Sometimes it helps to be outspoken when making important decisions. At least, that was the case for Bobbi Beall, who got together with her two sisters and mother to decide how to divide their mother’s possessions.
- Aging Well: Age no match for local tennis competitor
- August 31, 2009
JoAnn Lathrop is accustomed to being a decade or so older than her tennis peers, but only recently has she been comfortable revealing her age.
- Aging Well: Painting with fabric: Quilting can bring income, pleasure
- August 24, 2009
- A complex array of red, orange and rust tones mesmerize while telling the story of a devastating wildfire. The elaborate patterns are pieced together in a quilt inspired by the Hinman fire near Clark seven summers ago.
