Hearing loss is one of the symptoms that people have problems understanding and accepting, especially when contrasted with heart illness or impaired vision. Americans wait for an average of seven to ten years between the time they first notice changes in their hearing and the time they finish a hearing evaluation. Following the first test, many patients continue to put …

Alzheimer’s disease is a terrible form of dementia that slowly destroys a person’s memory, ability to think, and way of acting. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, can’t be cured, but some medicines and treatments can slow its progress and lessen its effects. Scientists have only found a disturbing link between hearing loss and the risk of getting …

National Diabetes Month is in November, and it brings attention to how much diabetes is hurting the health of Americans. Also called American Diabetes Month, the focus is on making healthy changes and lowering the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Diabetes affects more than 30 million people in the United States. It hurts them physically, emotionally, and socially, costs …