Strengthen muscles and improve balance through exercise and dance. The focus in Stepping Up is on fitness and fun and includes group movement to music and exercises, helping reduce fall risk in adults. Activities are designed to improve flexibility, strength, endurance and balance and are customized to each participant’s specific needs and abilities. Stepping Up is offered weekly. How can I participate? Persons with memory loss are referred to Stepping Up through the Smith Alzheimer's Center's Memory & Aging Clinic. Criteria to participate in Stepping Up: Must have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
If you’re one of the 80 million Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies, then this spring has brought you watery eyes, sneezing fits and more. Learn what causes this seasonal allergies - and how you can fight back.
Stomach cancer may initially present with no symptoms of stomach cancer. As the disease progresses, symptoms include feeling bloated after eating, feeling full after eating small amounts of food, nausea, heartburn, or indigestion. Treatment options include surgery, medications, radiation, and chemotherapy.
Stomach ulcers are sore spots that develop along the esophagus or lining of the stomach. Upper abdominal pain is a common symptom. Treatment usually includes medication to decrease stomach acid production. In some cases, antibiotics may be prescribed.
Stress management is a field of therapy that focuses on helping patients alleviate, avoid or reduce the negative impact of stressful situations. Stress affects all people to some degree. But in some cases, untreated stress can lead to other health problems.
Stroke is an abrupt interruption of constant blood flow to the brain that causes loss of neurological function. The interruption of blood flow can be caused by a blockage, leading to the more common ischemic stroke, or by bleeding in the brain, leading to the more deadly hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke constitutes an estimated 87 percent of all stroke cases. Stroke often occurs with little or no warning, and the results can be devastating. It is crucial that proper blood flow and oxygen be restored to the brain as soon as possible. Without oxygen and important nutrients, the affected brain
