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Twittering To Your health
Author: John
Social networking has become a big part of life on the internet. It allows us to extend our circle of friends and contacts beyond our usual area of business and the cities we live in. This also increases our immediacy of knowledge which can be beneficial to our health and wellness. Keeping up with food alerts and new trends in health can help make our lives richer and fuller. One of those services is Twitter. If you use Twitter, whether on your computer or on your mobile phone, there are various government agencies that post alerts and current information on the social networking site. All you have to do is click on the link below and login in or join and click on the follow button to follow them You will receive the information as it is posted. Here are some that may be worth following:
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), several government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and allow easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
The Food Safety Information Center (FSIC) specializes in providing food safety information to educators, the industry, researchers and the general public. Using available technology, the FSIC staff develop solutions that disseminate information on a variety of food safety topics.
USDA’s Team Nutrition is an integrated, behavior based, comprehensive plan for promoting the nutritional health of our Nation’s children. This plan involves schools, parents, and the community in an effort to continuously improve school meals, and to promote the health and education of 50 million school children in more than 96,000 schools nationwide.
Nutrition.gov provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.
CDC.gov is the CDC’s primary online communication channel. Annually, there are close to 500 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per month. The CDC.gov website provides users with credible, reliable health information on:
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· Data and Statistics |
· Diseases and Conditions |
· Emergencies and Disasters |
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· Environmental Health |
· Healthy Living |
· Injury, Violence and Safety |
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· Life Stages and Populations |
· Travelers’ Health |
· Workplace Safety and Health |
And more…
Disability.gov is a federal web site that contains disability-related resources for programs, services, laws and regulations to help people with disabilities lead full, independent lives. With just a few clicks, visitors can find critical information on a variety of topics, including benefits, civil rights, community life, education, emergency preparedness, employment, housing, health, technology and transportation. For help on how to find resources on this site, visit the How to Use this Site section of Disability.gov.
Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. Using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales, information is created that is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed, tapping into the collective expertise of a multidisciplinary Editorial Board. The mission of this collaboration is to provide objective, reliable information that aids clinicians, patients, and healthcare institutions to make more informed and safer therapeutic decisions. Natural Standard is one of the world’s premier sources of information in this area.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Established in 1997, the National Diabetes Education Program is a federally-funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and includes over 200 partners at the federal, state and local levels, working together to improve the treatment and outcome for people with diabetes, promote early diagnosis, and prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
And last, but certainly not least is AARP , which was founded in 1958. This is not a government site. AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organizationthat helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their life If you are over 50, this is a great organization for a variety of topics, resources, information and discounts.
We have such wonderful technology available these days to assist us in maximizing our quality and longevity of life, I hope you utilize and implement these social networks and reap the benefits to holistic wellness they have to offer.
Be well
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Life After Retirement
Author: John
Retirement, in the past, has usually meant sitting in a rocking chair, growing old and then dying. If you were rich, you went on voyages or trips. But if not, you would sit around “relaxing”. Supposedly, you were to enjoy doing nothing to make up for the years of always being busy with your job. Unfortunately, this usually resulted in poor health and depression. Most retirees would do nothing, no walking or exercising, probably gain weight, be isolated from old work acquaintances and try to adjust to a new unfamiliar daily routine. It’s no wonder a good portion of retirees are divorced, have severe health problems or are dead within 5 years of retiring.
Today’s retirees have options. The solution is easy, along with having more healthy habits, stay engaged with life. There are many ways to accomplish this. One way is reviving old hobbies. Something you enjoyed doing before life got too busy to do it. Stamp collecting, gardening, wood working, arts & crafts, even sports are a few ways to keep active. Another alternative is to find a group of people with the same interests and start a club or join a local community club.
A great idea is teach that hobby to a new generation. Volunteer to work with a youth organization (Boy or Girl Scouts of America, Boys/Girls Clubs, Adopt a Grandparent etc.) or start your own youth club based on your particular hobby or interest.
Yet another is going back to school or take a course to learn something you always wanted to do. Most local colleges will allow seniors to audit or take classes for free. There’s also your local adult education community, they offer many classes for daily projects. Painting, Cordon Bleu cooking, flying, even get a degree in Botany or Clinical Psychology. You’re only limited by your willingness to go for a dream. I once read an article on a grandmother who finally went to college at 83, after her last grandchild left home.
One more thought (and this may be counter-intuitive), you can go back to work. No, I’m not crazy and talking about working 40+ to 80+ hours a week. I’m talking part time work or consulting, something you can enjoy. Many professionals who work long hours tend to form relationships with the people they work with that equal or exceed the relationships they have with their families. It only makes sense to continue those relationships on a more limited basis, as long as they are positive in nature. Along with interacting with your old friends, you can take off whenever you want to do the other things you need or want to do in your Life. Both venues have advantages, besides a little extra income each month. Consulting lets you set your own time while part-time you have to negotiate your hours. Part-time, the company handles taxes and social security. Consulting, it’s your business so you have to do all of that. Consult with a tax expert about to handle this for your situation.
Some people decide not to work simply to avoid losing money with the social security deduction. Here is an excerpt from the Social Security Board on the subject:
You can continue to work and still get Social Security retirement benefits. Your earnings in (and after) the month you reach your full retirement age will not affect your Social Security benefits. However, your benefits will be reduced if your earnings exceed certain limits for the months before you reach your full retirement age. (The full retirement age is 66 for people born in 1943-1954 and will gradually increase to 67 for people born in 1960 or later.)
- If you are younger than full retirement age, $1 in benefits will be deducted for each $2 in earnings you have above the annual limit ($14,160 in 2009).
- In the year you reach your full retirement age, your benefits will be reduced $1 for every $3 you earn over a different limit ($37,680 in 2009) until the month you reach full retirement age. Then you get your full Social Security benefit payments, no matter how much you earn.
If you are younger than full retirement age and some of your benefits are withheld because your earnings are more than $14,160, there is some good news. When you reach full retirement age, your benefits will be increased to take into account those months in which you received no benefit or reduced benefits.
Also, any wages you earn after signing up for Social Security may increase your overall average earnings, and your benefit probably will increase.
For more information, ask for How Work Affects Your Benefits (Publication No. 05-10069).
reprinted from http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10077.html#working
Go to or call your local Social Security office for the most accurate information when making your decision.
Whatever you decide, stay engaged with life. Do something you enjoy – anything to stay active. Really enjoy your new retirement life. You will do much improve your health and wellness. You will be much happier than if you don’t.
Be well.
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