Health Articles

The Marketing and Admissions Director at Barclay Friends publishes several health articles each month in The Daily Local, a Chester County newspaper. To read these health articles, please click on the links below. 

Longevity Traits  The better you cope with stress and maintain open and positive relationships with people, the longer you are likely to live.

Greater Bone Density with Vitamin C  According to recent research, vitamin C is associated with reduced bone loss in older men.

Smoke Less, Live More  Use of tobacco is this country's leading cause of preventable illness and premature death.

Socializing Promotes Youthfulness  Seniors with full social calendars are better able to resist the physical and mental effects of aging.

Milk, For All It's Worth  Calcium-rich dairy products should not be avoided as artery-clogging agents but embraced for their life-prolonging effects.

Move It or Lose It!  Getting up out of your chair not only helps make you more physically fit, it can also clear the cobwebs in your head.

Holiday Sharing  Perhaps no one looks forward more to, or better appreciates, the holidays than senior members of the family.

Estimating Hip Fracture Risk  If you recently fell and now experience a great deal of hip pain, you may have a hip fracture.

The Size of the Matter  It may help to think of the brain as a "muscle" that must be used in order to remain vibrant.

The Toll Taken by Bad Habits  Researchers found that those who smoked and had elevated cholesterol and blood-pressure levels when they were middle-aged were two to three times more likely to have died of a heart-related problem than men who were free of all risk factors.

The Grace of Social Butterflies  Those who want to live longer and remain healthier as they age should also make it a point to remain socially   active.

Greater Expectations  The United States life expectancy has risen to a new record to nearly 78 years.

Healthy Optimism  As scientists have continued to delve deeper into humans’ mind/body connection over the past few decades, they have found scientific evidence that confirms the age-old notion that optimism is healthy.

Muscling Out Alzheimer's  Recent research shows that building stronger muscles not only accords a physical benefit to seniors, but it may also help them lower their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.